General Special Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2021, 24 of them were general special education majors.

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.

SIUE General Special Education Degrees Available

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

SIUE General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how SIUE performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at SIUE 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	51
Best Value General Special Education Schools	60
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	141
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
	148
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	186
Best General Special Education Schools	267
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	274
	295
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	303
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	318
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	360

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from SIUE. This makes it the #304 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SIUE

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

SIUE General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from SIUE in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at SIUE since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at SIUE 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUE General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from SIUE. About 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SIUE, 88% 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SIUE also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student 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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.