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General Special Education at Saint Joseph's University

General Special Education at Saint Joseph’s University

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

St. Joe's is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,779.

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.

St. Joe’s 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 St. Joe's

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? St. Joe's offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

St. Joe’s General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at St. Joe's 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 St. Joe's

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

St. Joe’s General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at St. Joe's 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 Saint Joseph's University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 21
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

St. Joe’s General Special Education Master’s Program

94% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from St. Joe's, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 98
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 20

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 PA, the home state for Saint Joseph's University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Special Education Professors 8,510 $63,260
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 6,010 $66,860
Middle School Special Education Teachers 2,390 $69,040
Special Education Preschool Teachers 570 $54,160
Special Education Teachers 100 $66,780

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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