General Special Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what West Chester University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 105 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from WCUPA.

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.

WCUPA 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 WCUPA

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.

WCUPA does offer online education options in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WCUPA General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at WCUPA 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 WCUPA 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	20
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	64
	100
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	107
Best Value General Special Education Schools	133
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	197

In 2021, 40 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from WCUPA. This makes it the #84 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 105 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from WCUPA. About 6% were men and 94% were women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	94
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WCUPA General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from WCUPA in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from WCUPA, 93% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WCUPA 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

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism

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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Special Education Professors	8,510	$63,260
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	6,010	$66,860
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,390	$69,040
Special Education Preschool Teachers	570	$54,160
Special Education Teachers	100	$66,780

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.