by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Special Education is a concentration offered under the special education major at Western Governors University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in teaching students with disabilities, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Fees | $290 | $290 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the teaching students with disabilities master’s degree program at WGU. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WGU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities in 2019-2020, 83.7% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities at WGU in 2019-2020, 12.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 275 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 26 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.