General Special Education at Rider University

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

Rider is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and has a total student population of 4,636.

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.

Rider General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Rider General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Rider

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

Rider General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Rider. About 38% were men and 63% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Rider does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Rider, 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 Rider University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

Related Majors

• Other Special Education & Teaching

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 NJ, the home state for Rider University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	12,110	$70,630
Middle School Special Education Teachers	6,850	$71,850
Special Education Professors	6,290	$75,970
Special Education Teachers	2,340	$65,380
Special Education Preschool Teachers	250	$66,890

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 Magneticcarpet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.