General Special Education at Wilkes University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Wilkes University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

Wilkes is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,781 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.

Wilkes General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at Wilkes

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? Wilkes offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Wilkes 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 Wilkes

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

Wilkes General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from Wilkes. Of these graduates, 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Wilkes does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Wilkes, 91% 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 Wilkes 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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 PA, the home state for Wilkes University.

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 Jrmski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.