The University of Texas at Austin Master’s in General Special Education

44 Master's Degrees Awarded

General Special Education is a concentration offered under the special education major at The University of Texas at Austin. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in teaching students with disabilities, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Online Learning
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How Much Does a Master’s in Teaching Students with Disabilities from UT Austin Cost?

$12,028 Average Tuition and Fees

UT Austin Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UT Austin paid an average of $1,228 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $659 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$12,028	$22,886

Does UT Austin Offer an Online Master’s in Teaching Students with Disabilities?

UT Austin does not offer an online option for its teaching students with disabilities master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.

UT Austin Master’s Student Diversity for Teaching Students with Disabilities

44 Master's Degrees Awarded

95.5% Women

31.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 44 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities in 2019-2020, 95.5% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 85.1%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.8% of the teaching students with disabilities master’s degrees at UT Austin in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	22
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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*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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