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

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and has a total student population of 5,828.

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.

ESU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

ESU General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from ESU in 2020-2021, 22% were men and 78% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. ESU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from ESU, 87% 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 Emporia State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$54,340
Special Education Professors	880	$54,050
Middle School Special Education Teachers	420	$54,610
Special Education Preschool Teachers	390	$55,700

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.