General Special Education at Simmons University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at Simmons University stacks up to those at other schools.

Simmons is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,263 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.

Simmons General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Simmons General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Simmons

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

Simmons General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 72 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from Simmons in 2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Simmons, 65% 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 Simmons University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	47
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs
• Elementary Special Education

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 MA, the home state for Simmons University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.