General Special Education at Mercyhurst University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Mercyhurst University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mercyhurst is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,790.

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.

Mercyhurst General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Mercyhurst General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Mercyhurst

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

Mercyhurst General Special Education Master’s Program

83% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Mercyhurst does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Mercyhurst, 83% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 PA, the home state for Mercyhurst University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Special Education Professors	8,510	$63,260
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,010	$66,860
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,390	$69,040
Special Education Preschool Teachers	570	$54,160
Special Education Teachers	100	$66,780

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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