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General Special Education at Northern State University

General Special Education at Northern State University

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

NSU is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota and has a total student population of 3,431.

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.

NSU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NSU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

NSU General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at NSU 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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at NSU 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 Northern State University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

NSU General Special Education Master’s Program

75% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from NSU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
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 SD, the home state for Northern State University.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers 690 $43,760
Special Education Professors 470 $43,040
Middle School Special Education Teachers 290 $44,500
Special Education Preschool Teachers 50 $39,910

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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