General Special Education at Towson University

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at Towson University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and approximately 21,917 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Towson.

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.

Towson General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Towson General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Towson 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
	10
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	22
	45
	45
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	75
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	116
Best Value General Special Education Schools	141

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Towson. This makes it the #76 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from Towson in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% 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 Towson since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Towson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Towson General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Towson. About 96% of these graduates were women and the other 4% were men.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Towson, 80% 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 Towson University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Towson 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

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
• Elementary Special Education

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,970	$64,590
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,280	$72,880
Special Education Professors	2,150	$71,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	360	$61,210

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.