General Special Education at University of San Francisco

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

USFCA is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 10,068 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.

USFCA General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

USFCA General Special Education Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at USFCA

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

USFCA General Special Education Master’s Program

64% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. USFCA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 23% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 CA, the home state for University of San Francisco.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,470	$47,870

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
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