General Special Education at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 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.

WSU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at WSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WSU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WSU General Special Education Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 31 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from WSU, about 23% were men and 77% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. WSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from WSU, 87% 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 Wichita State 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	1
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,490	$54,340
Special Education Professors	880	$54,050
Middle School Special Education Teachers	420	$54,610
Special Education Preschool Teachers	390	$55,700

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.