Special Education at LIU Post

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

LIU Post is located in Brookville, New York and approximately 15,066 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.

LIU Post Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

LIU Post Special Education Rankings

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In 2021, 173 students received their master’s degree in special ed from LIU Post. This makes it the #16 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Special Ed Student Demographics at LIU Post

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at LIU Post.

LIU Post Special Education Master’s Program

The special ed program at LIU Post awarded 173 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in special ed each year. LIU Post does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LIU Post with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

LIU Post also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at LIU Post. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from LIU Post. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	173
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	1

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teaching English or French
• Multilingual Education
• Other Education
• Instructional Media Design

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 NY, the home state for LIU Post.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.