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General Special Education at New Jersey City University

General Special Education at New Jersey City University

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what New Jersey City University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NJCU is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and approximately 7,550 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.

NJCU General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at NJCU

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? NJCU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

NJCU General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at NJCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at New Jersey City University.

NJCU General Special Education Master’s Program

74% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. NJCU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from NJCU, 79% 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 New Jersey City University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 34
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NJ, the home state for New Jersey City University.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 12,110 $70,630
Middle School Special Education Teachers 6,850 $71,850
Special Education Professors 6,290 $75,970
Special Education Teachers 2,340 $65,380
Special Education Preschool Teachers 250 $66,890

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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