General Special Education at Lesley University

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

Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 4,200.

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.

Lesley General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Lesley General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Lesley 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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Lesley

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

Lesley General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Lesley 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 Lesley 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	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lesley General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Lesley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Lesley, 80% 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 Lesley University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 MA, the home state for Lesley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.