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General Special Education at Mercy College

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General Special Education at Mercy College

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Mercy College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547.

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.

Mercy General Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy General Special Education Master’s Program

93% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 14 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Mercy, about 7% were men and 93% were women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Mercy, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Mercy 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

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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