General Special Education at St. Thomas Aquinas College

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at St. Thomas Aquinas College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

STAC is located in Sparkill, New York and has a total student population of 1,779. In 2021, 3 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from STAC.

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.

STAC General Special Education Degrees Available

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

STAC General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at STAC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 STAC 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 Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	18
	29
	34
	50
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	95
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	107
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	157
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	161
Best General Special Education Schools	177
Best Value General Special Education Schools	214
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	227
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	261

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from STAC. This makes it the #158 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at STAC

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

STAC General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from STAC in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

STAC General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 teaching students with disabilities majors earned their master's degree from STAC. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from STAC, 74% 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. Thomas Aquinas College with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

STAC 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

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs

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. Thomas Aquinas 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 Nightscream under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.