Special Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 33,518 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.

UIC Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

UIC Special Education Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in special ed, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in special ed each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from UIC, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Special Education

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	69

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Assessment
• Educational Administration
• 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	9,670	$63,740
Special Education Professors	8,440	$69,840
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,420	$63,330
Interpreters and Translators	1,970	$46,320
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280

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 Hied5 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.