Special Education at California University of Pennsylvania

If you are interested in studying special education, you may want to check out the program at California University of Pennsylvania. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,885. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 78 students received their master's degree in special ed.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Cal U Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at Cal U

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cal U offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Cal U Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at Cal U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at California University of Pennsylvania.

Cal U Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 78 special ed students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Cal U, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Cal U, 86% 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 California University of Pennsylvania with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Student Counseling
• Teacher Education Subject Specific

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed 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 California University of Pennsylvania.

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
Interpreters and Translators	750	$50,100
Special Education Preschool Teachers	570	$54,160

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 Wjmoore17 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.