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. In 2021, 13 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from DePaul.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at DePaul compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	75
	102
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	142
	157
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	220
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	289

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from DePaul. This makes it the #76 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The teaching students with disabilities program at DePaul awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul 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 DePaul 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 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	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

DePaul General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from DePaul. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. DePaul does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 51% 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	1
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

DePaul 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

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.