Bachelor's+28% vs national median424 grads tracked
Special Education and Teaching at SUNY Old Westbury
Ranked 4th of 138 bachelor's programs in Special Education and Teaching by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$39,163
middle 50%: $28,765 – $56,282
Median · 5 years out
$71,999
middle 50%: $51,223 – $85,055
Median · 10 years out
$87,772
middle 50%: $59,848 – $107,401
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Special Education and Teaching (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Special Education and Teaching graduates earn a $39k median in their first year. This specialty commands a $88k median salary after ten years.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.3 yrs
≈ $7,541 total interest
Same major at other universities
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$74,872 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Medgar Evers College
$74,643 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at New Paltz
$72,585 · 5 yrs out
University of Connecticut
$71,136 · 5 yrs out
Providence College
$70,441 · 5 yrs out
Central Connecticut State University
$70,211 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Cortland
$69,527 · 5 yrs out
Fitchburg State University
$68,987 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$67,898 · 5 yrs out
Northeastern Illinois University
$67,625 · 5 yrs out
Bridgewater State University
$67,387 · 5 yrs out
Southern Connecticut State University
$67,216 · 5 yrs out
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