General Special Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. Of the 196 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021, 28 of them were general special education majors.

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.

UIUC General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UIUC General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UIUC 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
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best General Special Education Schools	23
Most Focused General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	30
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	50
	113
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
	211
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	299

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UIUC. This makes it the #177 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from UIUC in 2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UIUC General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UIUC. About 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UIUC, 70% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 4 students 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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
Special Education Preschool Teachers	960	$57,280
Special Education Teachers	880	$54,120

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.