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General Special Education at Marshall University

General Special Education at Marshall University

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

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 11,958 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.

Marshall University General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Marshall University General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Marshall University

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

Marshall University General Special Education Master’s Program

86% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Marshall University, 95% 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 Marshall University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 WV, the home state for Marshall University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 1,920 $42,400
Middle School Special Education Teachers 1,050 $42,760
Special Education Professors 910 $43,820
Special Education Teachers 200 $53,030

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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