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General Special Education at University of the Southwest

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if University of the Southwest is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and has a total student population of 904.

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.

USW General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

USW does offer online education options in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

USW General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at USW 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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at USW

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

USW General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 the Southwest with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

USW General Special Education Master’s Program

89% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 the Southwest.

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
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