General Special Education at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

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

Ship is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,130.

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.

Ship General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Ship General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Ship

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

Ship General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Ship does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Ship, 89% 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 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	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.