General Special Education at Capella University

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

Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 38,930.

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.

Capella University General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Capella University

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

Capella University General Special Education Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Capella University

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

Capella University General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 51 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from Capella University in 2020-2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Capella University, 51% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% 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 Capella University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 MN, the home state for Capella University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Special Education Professors	4,910	$62,670
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	4,600	$63,030
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,690	$66,240
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,490	$62,810
Special Education Teachers	880	$68,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.