Special Education at University of St. Thomas

Every 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 special ed program at University of St. Thomas stacks up to those at other schools.

UST is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 3,692.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

UST Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

UST Special Education Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UST

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at University of St. Thomas.

UST Special Education Master’s Program

The special ed program at UST awarded 47 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 48% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of St. Thomas with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at University of St. Thomas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of St. Thomas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Special Education & Teaching	47

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Multilingual Education
• General Education
• Instructional Media Design
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for University of St. Thomas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	13,470	$57,770
Special Education Professors	12,970	$58,570
Middle School Special Education Teachers	7,620	$56,960
Interpreters and Translators	5,460	$58,650
Special Education Teachers	1,460	$53,840

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 college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.