Special Education at Hunter College

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

Hunter is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 24,052.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Hunter Special Education Rankings

Special Ed Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in special ed each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	54
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	143
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hunter College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	160
Elementary Special Education	126
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	33
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	17
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	9
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	7
Education of the Deaf	7
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic & Other Physical Health Impairments	1

Related Majors

• Curriculum & Instruction
• Multilingual Education
• Student Counseling
• Teaching English or French
• Educational Administration

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed 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 Hunter 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
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.