General Special Education at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at University of Massachusetts - Boston stacks up to those at other schools.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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.

UMass Boston General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UMass Boston General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMass Boston. About 72% of these graduates were women and the other 28% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UMass Boston does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UMass Boston, 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,490	$74,470
Special Education Professors	4,630	$76,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,470	$74,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,060	$64,370
Special Education Teachers	650	$56,700

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.