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General Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin

General Special Education at The University of Texas at Austin

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 The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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.

UT Austin General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UT Austin General Special Education Rankings

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 UT Austin

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

UT Austin General Special Education Master’s Program

95% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 16
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 13,470 $57,770
Special Education Professors 12,970 $58,570
Middle School Special Education Teachers 7,620 $56,960
Special Education Teachers 1,460 $53,840
Special Education Preschool Teachers 1,030 $51,010

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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