General Special Education at Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst University stacks up to those at other schools.

Elmhurst is located in Elmhurst, Illinois and approximately 3,421 students attend the school each year. Of the 94 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Elmhurst University in 2021, 25 of them were general special education majors.

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.

Elmhurst General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Elmhurst General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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	35
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Best General Special Education Schools	75
	81
	81
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	86
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	119
	121
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	190
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	213
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	337
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	342
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	384
Best Value General Special Education Schools	440

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Elmhurst. This makes it the #385 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Elmhurst

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

Elmhurst General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from Elmhurst in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were 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 Elmhurst since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Elmhurst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elmhurst 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	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Elmhurst General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Elmhurst, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Elmhurst 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	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst 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
• Image Credit: By Teemu008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.