General Special Education at Rockford University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Rockford University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rockford is located in Rockford, Illinois and approximately 1,272 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Rockford.

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.

Rockford General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Rockford General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Rockford performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Rockford 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 Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	137
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	185
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	188
	189
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	207
	228
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	270
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	287
Best Value General Special Education Schools	325
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Best General Special Education Schools	381
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	384
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	470

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Rockford. This makes it the #385 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Rockford

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

Rockford General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at Rockford awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 73% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rockford 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	3
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rockford General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Rockford, about 67% were men and 33% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Rockford does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 53% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Rockford, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rockford University 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rockford 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

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 IL, the home state for Rockford University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.