General Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and has a total student population of 29,070.

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.

VCU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at VCU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, VCU does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

VCU General Special Education Rankings

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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from VCU. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. VCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,870	$66,790
Special Education Professors	4,110	$61,890
Middle School Special Education Teachers	3,150	$72,960
Special Education Teachers	2,220	$78,340
Special Education Preschool Teachers	600	$66,470

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 user:mentes under License

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