General Special Education at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 students attend the school each year. Of the 135 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland - College Park in 2021, 9 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.

UMCP 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

UMCP General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how UMCP 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 UMCP 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 Focused General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
	120
	121
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	195
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	204
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	340
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	348
Best Value General Special Education Schools	425
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	569

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMCP. This makes it the #196 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UMCP, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UMCP 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMCP General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from UMCP in 2020-2021, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UMCP, 76% 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 Maryland - College Park with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMCP also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 3 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	3,970	$64,590
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,280	$72,880
Special Education Professors	2,150	$71,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	360	$61,210

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 Bgervais under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.