General Special Education at Arcadia University

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

Arcadia is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,300 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.

Arcadia General Special Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Arcadia General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Arcadia is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Arcadia

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

Arcadia General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

73% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Arcadia since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Arcadia are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Arcadia General Special Education Master’s Program

69% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Arcadia does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arcadia 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	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 PA, the home state for Arcadia University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Special Education Professors	8,510	$63,260
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,010	$66,860
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,390	$69,040
Special Education Preschool Teachers	570	$54,160
Special Education Teachers	100	$66,780

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
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