General Special Education at Point Loma Nazarene University

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

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year.

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.

PLNU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

PLNU General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from PLNU. Of these graduates, 5% were men and 95% were women.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for Point Loma Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	15,230	$80,370
Special Education Professors	10,520	$82,380
Middle School Special Education Teachers	4,710	$76,860
Special Education Teachers	2,950	$66,640
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,470	$47,870

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 OperaSmorg under License

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