General Special Education at Michigan State University

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

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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.

Michigan State General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Michigan State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

Michigan State General Special Education Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Michigan State, 89% 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 Michigan State University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities

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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,460	$66,820
Special Education Teachers	1,880	$72,670
Special Education Professors	1,830	$63,700
Middle School Special Education Teachers	660	$61,540
Special Education Preschool Teachers	410	$64,300

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.