General Special Education at Sierra Nevada College

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

SNC is located in Incline Village, Nevada and approximately 617 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.

SNC General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

SNC General Special Education 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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SNC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Sierra Nevada College.

SNC General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 11 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from SNC in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. SNC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SNC, 82% 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 Sierra Nevada College with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NV, the home state for Sierra Nevada College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	930	$53,180
Special Education Professors	630	$59,480
Middle School Special Education Teachers	360	$53,640
Special Education Teachers	230	$55,650

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 Sierra Nevada College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.