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General Special Education at National Louis University

General Special Education at National Louis University

116 Master's Degrees
If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what National Louis University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 7,402 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.

NLU General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

NLU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU General Special Education Master’s Program

68% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. NLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% 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 46% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 22
White 45
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 National Louis 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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