Pace University Special Education (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Special Education and Teaching
- Private nonprofit university
- New York, NY
- About 2 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Pace University special education graduates earn more than graduates of most special education programs nationally, $62,346 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,564. It is one of the higher-paying special education degrees in New York.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all special education bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Pace University graduates earn more than the national figure and about $7,457 more than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York special education program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 4% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $254 a month, or 4.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
87% of graduates (20 of 23) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $62,346 salary here buys what about $55,388 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to special education, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
$89,310Median pay in New York. 15,250 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
$93,820Median pay in New York. 7,870 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Interpreters and Translators
$84,090Median pay in New York. 3,240 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Special Education Teachers, Preschool
$68,180Median pay in New York. 6,220 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Pace University
Special Education ranks 3rd of 24 bachelor's programs at Pace University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($107,433), Accounting ($69,166), and Special Education ($62,346).
Other special education bachelor's programs near New York
Common questions
The median graduate earns $62,346 one year after graduating and $65,151 five years after. The median across special education bachelor's programs in New York is $38,978.
The median federal loan balance is $24,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 7 special education bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $254 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 38% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 58%.
Most do. 87% (20 of 23) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the special education program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024