General Special Education at Old Dominion University

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 Old Dominion University stacks up to those at other schools.

Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 24,286 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from Old Dominion.

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.

Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion

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.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree

Old Dominion General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion 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
Most Popular Online General Special Education Schools	46
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	99
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	178
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	283
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	316
Best Value General Special Education Schools	533

In 2021, 52 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Old Dominion. This makes it the #61 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Old Dominion

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

Old Dominion General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Old Dominion, about 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at Old Dominion since its program graduates 86% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Old Dominion 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 Old Dominion University 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Old Dominion General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Old Dominion. About 94% of these graduates were women and the other 6% were men.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Old Dominion, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Old Dominion 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

• Other Special Education & Teaching
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism

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 VA, the home state for Old Dominion University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,870	$66,790
Special Education Professors	4,110	$61,890
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,150	$72,960
Special Education Teachers	2,220	$78,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	600	$66,470

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 D’Ana Knowles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.