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General Special Education at Averett University

General Special Education at Averett University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Averett University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

AU is located in Danville, Virginia and approximately 887 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.

AU General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at AU

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? AU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

AU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at AU

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

AU General Special Education Master’s Program

83% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from AU, 100% 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 Averett University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 VA, the home state for Averett University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 5,870 $66,790
Special Education Professors 4,110 $61,890
Middle School Special Education Teachers 3,150 $72,960
Special Education Teachers 2,220 $78,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers 600 $66,470

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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