General Special Education at SUNY Potsdam

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if SUNY Potsdam is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

SUNY Potsdam is located in Potsdam, New York and approximately 3,084 students attend the school each year.

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

SUNY Potsdam General Special Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

SUNY Potsdam General Special Education Rankings

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at SUNY Potsdam

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at SUNY Potsdam.

SUNY Potsdam General Special Education Master’s Program

50% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. SUNY Potsdam does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 37% more men than average.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from SUNY Potsdam, 75% 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 Potsdam with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities 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 Potsdam.

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

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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