General Special Education at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Vanderbilt.

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.

Vanderbilt General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt General Special Education Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Vanderbilt 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
Most Popular General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	103
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	198
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	206
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	264
	277
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	284
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
	360
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	389

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #89 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from Vanderbilt in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

Vanderbilt General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 38 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Vanderbilt, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Vanderbilt, 76% 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 Vanderbilt University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	29
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vanderbilt also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Education of the Deaf

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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	4,180	$52,350
Special Education Professors	3,360	$54,010
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,080	$52,410
Special Education Teachers	650	$57,580
Special Education Preschool Teachers	260	$48,000

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.