General Special Education at Arcadia University

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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Arcadia.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Arcadia performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
	120
	126
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	127
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	174
	186
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	226
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	284
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	306
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	331
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	370
Best Value General Special Education Schools	521

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Arcadia. This makes it the #371 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Arcadia. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Arcadia since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 69% 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 4% 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	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Arcadia General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from Arcadia in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Arcadia, 75% 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 Arcadia University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Arcadia also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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
• Image Credit: By Shuvaev under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.