General Special Education at Regent University

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

Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and has a total student population of 10,483.

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.

Regent General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Regent General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Regent

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

Regent General Special Education Master’s Program

86% Women

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Regent does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Regent, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented

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 VA, the home state for Regent University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,870	$66,790
Special Education Professors	4,110	$61,890
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,150	$72,960
Special Education Teachers	2,220	$78,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	600	$66,470

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.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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