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General Special Education at University of Alabama at Birmingham

General Special Education at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563.

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.

UAB General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UAB General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB General Special Education Master’s Program

92% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UAB, 75% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation Jobs in AL Average Salary in AL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 820 $49,320
Special Education Professors 450 $46,810
Middle School Special Education Teachers 380 $54,090
Special Education Preschool Teachers 140 $46,580
Special Education Teachers 50 $60,840

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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