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2023 Best Special Education Master's Degree Schools in New York

48 Colleges
$49,761 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Master's Degree School for You

Special Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in New York. With 4,329 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Special Education Master's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 48 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Special Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Special Education Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Bank Street College of Education the best school in New York for special education students working on their master’s degree. Bank Street College of Education is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Teachers College at Columbia University is a great place for special education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, Teachers College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Manhattan College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Riverdale, Manhattan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pace University - New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#6

New York University

New York, NY

New York University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree special education programs. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#7

Hunter College

New York, NY

Hunter College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

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With a ranking of #8, St John’s University - New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for special education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Dominican College of Blauvelt did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Orangeburg, Dominican College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The City College of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for special education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Special Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Special Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 799
Pennsylvania 1,854
Maryland 416
District of Columbia 101
Delaware 165

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Special Ed Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Special Education 24,497
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 3,111
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities 1,789
Elementary Special Education 1,625
Other Special Education & Teaching 1,227
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism 1,133
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs 655
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities 540
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented 504
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments 415
Education of the Deaf 363
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 226
Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed 222
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs 181
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness 134
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities 122
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments 47
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries 1

Majors Similar to Special Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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