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

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In 2021, 320 students received their master’s degree in special ed from Hunter. This makes it the #9 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 320 students earned a master's degree in special ed from Hunter. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in special ed each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% 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 25% 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	20
Black or African American	75
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	147
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.