Special Education at Nazareth College

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

Nazareth is located in Rochester, New York and approximately 2,791 students attend the school each year.

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.

Nazareth Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Nazareth Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at Nazareth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Nazareth

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

Nazareth Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at Nazareth 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 Nazareth College with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Nazareth Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of special ed master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Nazareth, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at Nazareth College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nazareth College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	35

Related Majors

• General Education
• Student Counseling
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 Nazareth 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 Nazareth College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.