General Special Education at LIU Post

If you plan to study general 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 has a total student population of 15,066.

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.

LIU Post General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

LIU Post General Special Education Rankings

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In 2021, 172 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from LIU Post. This makes it the #10 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at LIU Post

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

LIU Post General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 172 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from LIU Post. About 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. LIU Post does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% 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 LIU Post with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	42
White	58
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

LIU Post 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

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

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 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

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.