by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Special Education. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Special Education is a major offered under the education program of study at Aurora University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in special ed, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Aurora paid an average of $600 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,200 | $13,200 |
special ed who receive their master’s degree from Aurora make an average of $48,667 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $48,410.
Aurora does not offer an online option for its special ed master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Aurora Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in special ed in 2019-2020, 88.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.0%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in special ed at Aurora in 2019-2020, 22.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Special Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Special Education | 9 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to special education.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Multilingual Education | 1 |
| Educational Administration | 81 |
| Instructional Media Design | 21 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 23 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 21 |
*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.
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