General Special Education at St. Joseph’s College - New York

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what St. Joseph's College - New York has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SJC is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 5,012. Of the 215 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph's College - New York in 2021, 139 of them were general special education majors.

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.

SJC General Special Education Degrees Available

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

SJC General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how SJC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at SJC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	3
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	10
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	13
	86
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	128
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	179
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	192
	208
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	212
	233
Best General Special Education Schools	257
Best Value General Special Education Schools	354

In 2021, 122 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from SJC. This makes it the #17 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SJC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at St. Joseph’s College - New York.

SJC General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

The teaching students with disabilities program at SJC awarded 139 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at SJC 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 St. Joseph's College - New York with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	101
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

SJC General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 122 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from SJC. About 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SJC, 76% 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. Joseph's College - New York with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	93
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

SJC 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. Joseph's College - New York.

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 The Squirrels under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.