General Special Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and has a total student population of 12,380.

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.

UCCS General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UCCS General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from UCCS in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UCCS does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UCCS, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,510	$54,500
Special Education Professors	2,290	$55,780
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,800	$54,920
Special Education Preschool Teachers	890	$56,830
Special Education Teachers	200	$51,370

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 Jeffrey M Foster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.