General Special Education at Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 1,166. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from WLC.

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.

WLC 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 WLC

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, WLC does offer online courses in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WLC General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at WLC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at WLC 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
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	15
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
	26
Best General Special Education Schools	35
	44
Best Value General Special Education Schools	77
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	220
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	234
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	495

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from WLC. This makes it the #408 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at WLC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

WLC General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at WLC awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

WLC General Special Education Master’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at WLC awarded 2 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from WLC, 100% 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College 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	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WLC 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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	1,640	$56,210
Special Education Professors	1,350	$53,310
Middle School Special Education Teachers	1,050	$55,350
Special Education Teachers	190	$63,010
Special Education Preschool Teachers	110	$45,780

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.