General Special Education at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 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.

CSUN General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

CSUN General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at CSUN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at California State University - Northridge.

CSUN General Special Education Master’s Program

83% Women

52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. CSUN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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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 CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,470	$47,870

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.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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