General Special Education at DePaul University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at DePaul University stacks up to those at other schools.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922.

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.

DePaul General Special Education Degrees Available

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

DePaul General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at DePaul 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 DePaul

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

DePaul General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

DePaul General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 40% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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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More about our data sources and methodologies.