General Special Education at The College of New Jersey

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

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and approximately 7,783 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from TCNJ.

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.

TCNJ General Special Education Degrees Available

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

TCNJ General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at TCNJ 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
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	5
Best Value General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	8
	12
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
	19
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	23
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	32
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	55
	56
Most Focused General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	59

In 2021, 76 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from TCNJ. This makes it the #40 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at TCNJ

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at The College of New Jersey.

TCNJ General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from TCNJ in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

TCNJ General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from TCNJ, 78% 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 The College of New Jersey with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

TCNJ 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 with Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education of the Deaf

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 The College of New Jersey.

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.