General Special Education at University of Vermont

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

UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and approximately 13,292 students attend the school each year.

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.

UVM General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UVM General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UVM

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

UVM General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UVM does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UVM, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 VT, the home state for University of Vermont.

Occupation	Jobs in VT	Average Salary in VT
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	730	$63,230
Special Education Professors	460	$61,990
Middle School Special Education Teachers	240	$63,610
Special Education Preschool Teachers	110	$62,520

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.