Special Education at Touro College

What traits are you looking for in a special ed school? To help you decide if Touro College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's special ed program.

Touro is located in New York, New York and approximately 11,699 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in special ed from Touro.

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.

Touro Special Education Degrees Available

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

Touro Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the special ed progam at Touro compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The special ed major at Touro 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	48
Best Special Education Schools	292

In 2021, 635 students received their master’s degree in special ed from Touro. This makes it the #4 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

Special Ed Student Demographics at Touro

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

Touro Special Education Bachelor’s Program

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

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at Touro 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 Touro College with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Touro Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 635 special ed majors earned their master's degree from Touro. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in special ed each year. Touro does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from Touro, 63% 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 32% 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 Touro College with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	80
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	399
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

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

Related Majors

• Other Education
• Student Counseling
• Instructional Media Design
• Teaching English or French
• Teacher Education Subject 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 Touro 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 Matthew G. Bisanz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.