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General Special Education at George Washington University

General Special Education at George Washington University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if George Washington University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 students attend the school each year.

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.

GWU General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

GWU General Special Education Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at GWU

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

GWU General Special Education Master’s Program

89% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from GWU, 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 630 $78,830
Special Education Professors 490 $73,240
Special Education Teachers 160 $67,310

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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