by our College Data Analytics TeamGeneral Special Education is a concentration offered under the special education major at Point Loma Nazarene University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in teaching students with disabilities, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at PLNU was $660 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,880 | $11,880 |
PLNU does not offer an online option for its teaching students with disabilities master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the PLNU Online Learning page.
About 84.6% of the students who received their Master’s in teaching students with disabilities in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities at PLNU in 2019-2020, 38.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| International Students | 0 |
| 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.