General Special Education at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. Of the 270 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of New Mexico - Main Campus in 2021, 13 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.

UNM 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

UNM General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how UNM 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 UNM 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
	37
Best Value General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	37
Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	135
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
	250
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	276
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	288
	380
Best General Special Education Schools	524

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNM. This makes it the #136 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 UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNM, about 23% were men and 77% 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 UNM since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNM General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNM. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 27% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNM 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Special Education Teachers	800	$56,290
Special Education Professors	760	$55,270
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	760	$51,050
Middle School Special Education Teachers	490	$46,760
Special Education Preschool Teachers	210	$48,710

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.