General Special Education at Fort Lewis College

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 Fort Lewis College stacks up to those at other schools.

FLC is located in Durango, Colorado and has a total student population of 3,469.

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.

FLC General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

FLC General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at FLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Fort Lewis College.

FLC General Special Education Master’s Program

67% Women

44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. FLC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from FLC, 56% 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 44% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 CO, the home state for Fort Lewis College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,510	$54,500
Special Education Professors	2,290	$55,780
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,800	$54,920
Special Education Preschool Teachers	890	$56,830
Special Education Teachers	200	$51,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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