General Special Education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

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

SRU is located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 8,860. In 2021, 131 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from SRU.

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.

SRU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

SRU General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at SRU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at SRU 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	11
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	14
Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	16
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
	33
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	42
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value General Special Education Schools	110
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	140
Best General Special Education Schools	144
	243

In 2021, 87 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from SRU. This makes it the #35 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SRU

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

SRU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 131 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from SRU in 2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at SRU 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	120
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SRU General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SRU, 89% 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 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	77
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SRU also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 PA, the home state for Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Blackngold29 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.