General Special Education at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNLV.

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.

UNLV 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

UNLV General Special Education Rankings

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

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 UNLV 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
	17
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	19
Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	27
	45
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value General Special Education Schools	312

In 2021, 117 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNLV. This makes it the #19 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from UNLV in 2021, 21% were men and 79% 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 UNLV since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNLV General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	47
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 5 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	930	$53,180
Special Education Professors	630	$59,480
Middle School Special Education Teachers	360	$53,640
Special Education Teachers	230	$55,650

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.