General Special Education at St. John Fisher College

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

Fisher is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 3,610 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.

Fisher General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Fisher General Special Education Rankings

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In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Fisher. This makes it the #188 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Fisher

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

Fisher General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 18 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Fisher, about 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Fisher does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Fisher, 89% 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 St. John Fisher College 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	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Fisher 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

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 St. John Fisher 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stephen Wolfe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.