General Special Education at University of the Southwest

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

• 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

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.

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from USW. This makes it the #196 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from USW in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. USW does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 82% of degree recipients. That is 56% 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	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USW 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 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
• Image Credit: By Bildungsroman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.