General Special Education at Albany State University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at Albany State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Albany State is located in Albany, Georgia and has a total student population of 6,509.

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.

Albany State General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Albany State

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Albany State offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Albany State General Special Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Albany State

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

Albany State General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from Albany State. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Albany State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,180	$55,160
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,040	$59,410
Special Education Professors	3,410	$58,260
Special Education Teachers	870	$58,010
Special Education Preschool Teachers	220	$52,360

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 Diqiu Wang under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.