by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Special Education is a concentration offered under the special education major at Northern Illinois University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in teaching students with disabilities, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at NIU paid an average of $492 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,858 | $8,858 |
| Fees | $2,228 | $2,228 |
Online degrees for the NIU teaching students with disabilities master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NIU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 79.2% of the teaching students with disabilities students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities at NIU in 2019-2020, 9.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 46 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
*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.
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