General Special Education at High Point University

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

High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and has a total student population of 5,617. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from High Point.

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.

High Point General Special Education Degrees Available

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

High Point General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at High Point compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 High Point 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
	74
	77
	114
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	166
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	232
Best General Special Education Schools	235
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	244
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	260
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	296
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	320
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	353
Best Value General Special Education Schools	488

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from High Point. This makes it the #321 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at High Point

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

High Point General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from High Point, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at High Point 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 High Point 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	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

High Point General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from High Point. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from High Point, 57% 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 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

High Point 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 NC, the home state for High Point University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	7,080	$47,760
Special Education Professors	4,350	$48,820
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,950	$49,180
Special Education Preschool Teachers	580	$50,490
Special Education Teachers	70	$45,670

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 LancerE under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.