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General Special Education at Rockford University

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.

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

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.

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

86% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Rockford are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Rockford General Special Education Master’s Program

67% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Rockford does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

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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.

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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