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General Special Education at Dominican University

General Special Education at Dominican University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Dominican University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and approximately 3,189 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.

Dominican U General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Dominican U General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Dominican U

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

Dominican U General Special Education Master’s Program

81% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Dominican U does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Dominican University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 9,670 $63,740
Special Education Professors 8,440 $69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers 3,420 $63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers 960 $57,280
Special Education Teachers 880 $54,120

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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