General Special Education at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 34,742. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UTSA.

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.

UTSA General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UTSA General Special Education Rankings

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

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 UTSA 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	65
Best General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	78
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	141
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	143
Best General Special Education Schools	360

In 2021, 25 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UTSA. This makes it the #142 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UTSA

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 San Antonio.

UTSA General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from UTSA. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% 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 UTSA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTSA General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 25 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from UTSA in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UTSA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 45% 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 San Antonio with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UTSA 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.