General Special Education at University at Albany

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

UAlbany is located in Albany, New York and has a total student population of 17,688.

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.

UAlbany General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

UAlbany General Special Education Rankings

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Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UAlbany

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

UAlbany General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from UAlbany in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UAlbany does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UAlbany, 87% 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 University at Albany with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 University at Albany.

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.