General Special Education at University of Saint Joseph

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

USJ is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and approximately 2,305 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.

USJ General Special Education Degrees Available

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

USJ General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at USJ 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 USJ

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

USJ General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at USJ 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 University of Saint Joseph with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USJ General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from USJ, 73% 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 University of Saint Joseph with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
• Other Special Education & Teaching

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 CT, the home state for University of Saint Joseph.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,860	$76,780
Special Education Professors	1,660	$77,520
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,070	$78,470
Special Education Teachers	660	$70,200
Special Education Preschool Teachers	180	$68,130

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 Eddy.dossantos2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.