General Special Education at Western Oregon University

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

Western Oregon State College is located in Monmouth, Oregon and has a total student population of 4,554.

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.

Western Oregon State College General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Western Oregon State College

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

Western Oregon State College General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Western Oregon State College

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

Western Oregon State College General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Western Oregon State College 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 Western Oregon State College, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 OR, the home state for Western Oregon University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,360	$76,880
Special Education Teachers	1,240	$81,990
Special Education Professors	780	$84,350
Middle School Special Education Teachers	590	$80,680
Special Education Preschool Teachers	290	$75,600

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 Andrew Parodi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.