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General Special Education at University of Delaware

General Special Education at University of Delaware

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if University of Delaware is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and approximately 23,613 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.

UD General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at UD

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UD does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

UD General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UD

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

UD General Special Education Master’s Program

88% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UD, 91% 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 Delaware with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 31
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation Jobs in DE Average Salary in DE
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 1,090 $61,010
Special Education Professors 270 $64,680
Middle School Special Education Teachers 130 $67,430

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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