General Special Education at Touro College

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

Touro is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 11,699.

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.

Touro General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Touro General Special Education 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.

In 2021, 90 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from Touro. This makes it the #34 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at Touro

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

Touro General Special Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students earned a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from Touro. About 52% of these graduates were women and the other 48% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. Touro does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 34% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from Touro, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	60
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Touro 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

• Elementary Special Education
• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood 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 Touro 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 Matthew G. Bisanz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.