The Roman Catholic Church founded Seton Hall University in 1856, and since that time the school has grown to an enrollment of more than 9,600 undergraduate and graduate students. Located in South Orange, the college's suburban campus is just 14 miles from New York City. The college's bachelor of special education program qualifies students to teach typically-developing and special needs students from preschool through eighth grade. Required courses for the program include inclusive classrooms, literacy, curriculum development, teaching science and math in diverse classrooms, autism, health and physical education, visual arts for children and religious studies. Students work in real classrooms each semester beginning in their sophomore years. Approximately 91 percent of freshmen and 86 percent of continuing students at Seton Hall receive some form of financial aid, according to the "2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges." The college also offers master of arts in special education with concentrations in instructional design and technology and autism.
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079
973-761-9332
shu.edu
A public institution, New Jersey City University is situated on a 17-acre campus in Jersey City. Home to more than 8,100 undergraduate and graduate students, the university offers a bachelor of arts in elementary special education through its Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education. Qualifying students to teach children from kindergarten through eighth grade, the program includes classes in psycho-educational assessment, remediation, emotional needs of special children, behavioral handicaps, computer applications and teaching methods. Student-teaching placements occur during the junior and senior years. The college also offers a dual degree in special education and biology, chemistry, English, geoscience, history, mathematics, physics and Spanish designed for students who wish to teach at the high school level. Around 75 percent of students at New Jersey City University receive some type of financial aid, according to the "2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges."
New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07305
888-441-6528
njcu.edu
Founded in 1933, Monmouth University is a private, nonsectarian institution located 60 miles south of New York City in West Long Branch. Education is one of the largest courses of study for the more than 6,400 undergraduate and graduate students at the university. Prospective special education teachers earn their bachelor's degree in early childhood, elementary or secondary education and then complete courses to receive a certificate as a teacher of students with disabilities. Elementary education majors must complete a second major in an arts, humanities or social or physical science, while secondary teaching students must also major in the subject they want to teach, such as history or Spanish. Students also have the option to pursue a combined five-year degree that culminates in a bachelor's and master's degree with a special education certificate. Around 97 percent of freshmen and 94 percent of continuing students benefit from financial aid at Monmouth, reports the "2009 Barron's Profiles of American Colleges."
Monmouth University
400 Cedar Ave.
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
800-543-9671
monmouth.edu