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General Special Education at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Knoxville has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 students attend the school each year. Of the 38 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville in 2021, 38 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.

UT Knoxville General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UT Knoxville General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UT Knoxville 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
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 34
Most Popular General Special Education Schools 152
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 157
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 207
Best General Special Education Schools 259
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Most Focused General Special Education Schools 457
Best Value General Special Education Schools 459

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 38 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Knoxville, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

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About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UT Knoxville 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 Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 35
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 4,180 $52,350
Special Education Professors 3,360 $54,010
Middle School Special Education Teachers 1,080 $52,410
Special Education Teachers 650 $57,580
Special Education Preschool Teachers 260 $48,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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