General Special Education at Lewis University

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

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,437. Of the 86 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lewis University in 2021, 20 of them were general special education majors.

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.

Lewis General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Lewis General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Lewis 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
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	34
Best General Special Education Schools	50
	64
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
	92
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	213
Best Value General Special Education Schools	222
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	229
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	292
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	303

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Lewis. This makes it the #304 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lewis. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Lewis are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lewis 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	6
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lewis General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from Lewis. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 63% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Lewis does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Lewis, 63% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lewis 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

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.