General Special Education at LIU Post

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at LIU Post stacks up to those at other schools.

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 students attend the school each year.

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.

LIU Post General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

LIU Post General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at LIU Post

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at LIU Post.

LIU Post General Special Education Master’s Program

71% Women

43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. LIU Post does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LIU Post with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	18,790	$77,840
Special Education Professors	17,420	$86,330
Middle School Special Education Teachers	10,970	$83,050
Special Education Preschool Teachers	4,860	$83,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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