General Special Education at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 24,565 students attend the school each year. Of the 242 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2021, 21 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.

UWM General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UWM General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UWM compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UWM 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
	51
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	81
	103
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	148
Best General Special Education Schools	157
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	230
Best Value General Special Education Schools	257
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	281
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	372
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	436

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UWM. This makes it the #231 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from UWM in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% 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 UWM since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UWM General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from UWM in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UWM, 92% 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UWM 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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,640	$56,210
Special Education Professors	1,350	$53,310
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,050	$55,350
Special Education Teachers	190	$63,010
Special Education Preschool Teachers	110	$45,780

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.