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Special Education at SUNY Plattsburgh

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Special Education at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh is located in Plattsburgh, New York and has a total student population of 5,109.

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.

SUNY Plattsburgh Special Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Special Ed

SUNY Plattsburgh Special Education Rankings

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Special Ed Student Demographics at SUNY Plattsburgh

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

SUNY Plattsburgh Special Education Master’s Program

96% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The special ed program at SUNY Plattsburgh awarded 52 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 4% of these degrees went to men with the other 96% going to women.

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Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from SUNY Plattsburgh, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 SUNY Plattsburgh.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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