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Special Education at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Special Education at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

What traits are you looking for in a special ed school? To help you decide if The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's special ed program.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,356 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 38 of them were special education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

UT Knoxville Special Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

UT Knoxville Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at UT Knoxville is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville Special Education Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 38 special ed students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Knoxville, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

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About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at UT Knoxville are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in special ed.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 4,180 $52,350
Special Education Professors 3,360 $54,010
Middle School Special Education Teachers 1,080 $52,410
Interpreters and Translators 670 $43,550
Special Education Teachers 650 $57,580

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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