General Special Education at Vanderbilt University

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

Vanderbilt General Special Education 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.

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

78% Women

11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Vanderbilt since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 89% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanderbilt General Special Education Master’s Program

92% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Vanderbilt, 68% were white. This is typical 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	41
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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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
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