Special Education at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

If you are interested in studying special education, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 24,723.

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.

CU Anschutz Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

CU Anschutz 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 CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 22 students who earned a master's degree in Special Education from CU Anschutz in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from CU Anschutz, 82% 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 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	22

Related Majors

• Educational Assessment
• Multilingual Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction
• 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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

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
Interpreters and Translators	1,440	$70,050
Special Education Preschool Teachers	890	$56,830

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 Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.