General Special Education at Appalachian State University

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

Appalachian State is located in Boone, North Carolina and has a total student population of 20,023.

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.

Appalachian State General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Appalachian 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? Appalachian State offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

Appalachian 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 Appalachian State

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

Appalachian State General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from Appalachian State. Of these graduates, 3% were men and 97% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Appalachian State, 97% 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 Appalachian State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism

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 NC, the home state for Appalachian State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	7,080	$47,760
Special Education Professors	4,350	$48,820
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,950	$49,180
Special Education Preschool Teachers	580	$50,490
Special Education Teachers	70	$45,670

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 Clayhefner under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.