General Special Education at Lamar University

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 Lamar University stacks up to those at other schools.

Lamar University is located in Beaumont, Texas and approximately 16,637 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.

Lamar University General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Lamar University General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Lamar University

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

Lamar University General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 320 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Lamar University. About 7% were men and 93% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	179
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Education of the Deaf

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 TX, the home state for Lamar University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	13,470	$57,770
Special Education Professors	12,970	$58,570
Middle School Special Education Teachers	7,620	$56,960
Special Education Teachers	1,460	$53,840
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,030	$51,010

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.