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Education of the Deaf at Hunter College

Education of the Deaf at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a deaf education school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's deaf education program.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year.

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

Hunter Education of the Deaf Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Deaf Education

Hunter Education of the Deaf Rankings

Deaf Education Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the deaf education majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Education of the Deaf Master’s Program

83% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of deaf education master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 8% men graduate in deaf education each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

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In the deaf education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in deaf education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Deaf Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in deaf education 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 Hunter College.

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
Interpreters and Translators 3,300 $68,940

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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