General Special Education at Howard University

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what Howard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 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.

Howard General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Howard General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Howard

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

Howard General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Howard, about 67% were men and 33% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Howard does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 53% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 73% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 DC, the home state for Howard 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.