General Special Education at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and has a total student population of 37,840.

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.

UA General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UA General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UA 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.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UA

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

UA General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UA General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UA, 70% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	820	$49,320
Special Education Professors	450	$46,810
Middle School Special Education Teachers	380	$54,090
Special Education Preschool Teachers	140	$46,580
Special Education Teachers	50	$60,840

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.