General Special Education at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin and approximately 11,989 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UW - Whitewater.

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.

UW - Whitewater 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 UW - Whitewater

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UW - Whitewater offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UW - Whitewater General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how UW - Whitewater performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UW - Whitewater 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
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
	54
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	61
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	66
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	79
Best General Special Education Schools	91
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	130
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	135
	139

In 2021, 42 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UW - Whitewater. This makes it the #80 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UW - Whitewater

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

UW - Whitewater General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW - Whitewater, about 20% were men and 80% 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 UW - Whitewater since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 97% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UW - Whitewater are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Whitewater General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 42 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from UW - Whitewater in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UW - Whitewater, 95% 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 - Whitewater with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UW - Whitewater 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 - Whitewater.

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 Thebox193 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.