General Special Education at Kean University

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 Kean University stacks up to those at other schools.

Kean is located in Union, New Jersey and approximately 14,064 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from Kean.

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.

Kean General Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Kean General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how Kean performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at Kean is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	3
	32
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
	54
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	63
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	86
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Best General Special Education Schools	118
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	144
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	150
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	179
Best Value General Special Education Schools	212
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	260
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	292
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	342

In 2021, 39 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Kean. This makes it the #87 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Kean

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

Kean General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from Kean in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at Kean are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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

Kean General Special Education Master’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at Kean awarded 39 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Kean, 69% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Kean also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Special Education & Teaching
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments

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 Kean 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daniel Collins under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.