Special Education at Union College Kentucky

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what Union College Kentucky has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Union College is located in Barbourville, Kentucky and approximately 1,179 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Union College Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Union College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Union College offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Union College Special Education Rankings

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.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Union College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Union College Kentucky.

Union College Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 special ed majors earned their master's degree from Union College. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Union College, 100% 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 Union College Kentucky with a master's in special ed.

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

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Union College Kentucky. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	6

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration
• General Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for KY, the home state for Union College Kentucky.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,250	$54,010
Special Education Professors	2,280	$54,940
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,430	$54,020
Interpreters and Translators	650	$49,690
Special Education Teachers	510	$58,910

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 deror_avi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.