Special Education at California State University - San Marcos

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

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year.

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.

CSUSM Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

CSUSM Special Education Rankings

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Special Ed Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a master's degree in special ed from CSUSM. About 7% were men and 93% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from CSUSM, 59% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - San Marcos with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - San Marcos. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	27

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• General Education
• Teacher Education Grade 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 CA, the home state for California State University - San Marcos.

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
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.