General Special Education at University of Hartford

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

UHart is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and approximately 6,493 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from UHart.

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.

UHart General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UHart

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UHart offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UHart General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UHart 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 UHart 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	83
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	91
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	93
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	101
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	102
	132
	165
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	183
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	210
	231
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	294
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	301
Best Value General Special Education Schools	369
Best General Special Education Schools	398

In 2021, 37 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UHart. This makes it the #94 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UHart

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

UHart General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to 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 UHart since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UHart are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 University of Hartford with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UHart General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 37 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UHart, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UHart, 78% 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 Hartford with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UHart 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 CT, the home state for University of Hartford.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	2,860	$76,780
Special Education Professors	1,660	$77,520
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,070	$78,470
Special Education Teachers	660	$70,200
Special Education Preschool Teachers	180	$68,130

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 Sage Ross under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.