General Special Education at Georgetown College

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Georgetown College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Georgetown College is located in Georgetown, Kentucky and has a total student population of 1,565.

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.

Georgetown College General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Georgetown College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgetown College offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Georgetown College General Special Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Georgetown College

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

Georgetown College General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Georgetown College. About 26% were men and 74% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Georgetown College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Georgetown College, 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 Georgetown College with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	75
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 KY, the home state for Georgetown College.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,250	$54,010
Special Education Professors	2,280	$54,940
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,430	$54,020
Special Education Teachers	510	$58,910
Special Education Preschool Teachers	140	$53,420

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 FloNight under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.