General Special Education at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 52,017. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMN Twin Cities.

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.

UMN Twin Cities General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UMN Twin Cities General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UMN Twin Cities 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 UMN Twin Cities 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools	7
Best General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	69
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	128
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In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMN Twin Cities. This makes it the #129 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMN Twin Cities. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were 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 UMN Twin Cities since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UMN Twin Cities 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities 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	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMN Twin Cities General Special Education Master’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at UMN Twin Cities awarded 27 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UMN Twin Cities does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UMN Twin Cities, 85% 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMN Twin Cities 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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Special Education Professors	4,910	$62,670
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	4,600	$63,030
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,690	$66,240
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,490	$62,810
Special Education Teachers	880	$68,540

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.