General Special Education at Elms College

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what Elms College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Elms College is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts and approximately 1,355 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Elms College General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Elms College General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Elms College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Elms College.

Elms College General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Elms College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elms College with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Elms College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.