General Special Education at Loyola Marymount University

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

Loyola Marymount is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 9,686.

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.

Loyola Marymount General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Loyola Marymount

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Loyola Marymount does offer online education options in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Loyola Marymount General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Loyola Marymount

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

Loyola Marymount General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 40 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Loyola Marymount, about 18% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Loyola Marymount does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 CA, the home state for Loyola Marymount University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,470	$47,870

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 Mishigaki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.