General Special Education at McDaniel College

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 McDaniel College stacks up to those at other schools.

McDaniel is located in Westminster, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,931.

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.

McDaniel General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

McDaniel General Special Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at McDaniel

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

McDaniel General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from McDaniel in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. McDaniel does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from McDaniel, 55% 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 McDaniel College with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented
• 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 MD, the home state for McDaniel College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,970	$64,590
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,280	$72,880
Special Education Professors	2,150	$71,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	360	$61,210

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 Swissbeauty under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.