General Special Education at Morningside College

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

Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and approximately 2,411 students attend the school each year. Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Morningside College in 2021, 7 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.

Morningside General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Morningside

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Morningside General Special Education Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Morningside 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 Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	9
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	69
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	93
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	103
Best General Special Education Schools	167
	237
	312

In 2021, 61 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Morningside. This makes it the #49 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Morningside

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

Morningside General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Morningside are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Morningside General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Morningside, 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 Morningside 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	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Morningside 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 the Gifted & Talented
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances

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 IA, the home state for Morningside College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,400	$56,300
Special Education Professors	1,080	$57,730
Middle School Special Education Teachers	750	$58,890
Special Education Teachers	210	$75,280
Special Education Preschool Teachers	90	$49,330

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.