General Special Education at West Virginia University

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

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

WVU General Special Education Rankings

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In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from WVU. This makes it the #181 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 19 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WVU, about 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. WVU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from WVU, 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 West Virginia University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

WVU 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,920	$42,400
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,050	$42,760
Special Education Professors	910	$43,820
Special Education Teachers	200	$53,030

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.