General Special Education at Rowan University

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

Rowan is located in Glassboro, New Jersey and has a total student population of 19,678.

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.

Rowan General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Rowan General Special Education Rankings

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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Rowan

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

Rowan General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Rowan. About 77% of these graduates were women and the other 23% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Rowan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Rowan, 80% 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 Rowan University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 NJ, the home state for Rowan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	12,110	$70,630
Middle School Special Education Teachers	6,850	$71,850
Special Education Professors	6,290	$75,970
Special Education Teachers	2,340	$65,380
Special Education Preschool Teachers	250	$66,890

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 Wasted Time R under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.