New Hampshire·Educational Instruction and Library Occupations·SOC 25-2059

Best Special Education Teacher, All Other programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment

All special education teachers not listed.

8 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 43 people a year. The job pays a median of $66,670 in New Hampshire across about 160 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledAdapted Physical EducatorAdapted Physical Education Specialist (APE Specialist)Adapted Physical Education Teacher (Adapted PE Teacher)DAPE Specialist (Developmental Adapted Physical Education Specialist)Autism TutorAutism Motor SpecialistAdaptive Skills EducatorSpecial Education Teacher
Graduates / yr
43
in New Hampshire
Median pay · New Hampshire
$66,670
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
160
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
49%
across those schools
Median net price
$29,600
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own New Hampshire page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
143
100.0%
8$44,139$26,675

Top 8 schools in New Hampshire

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1White Mountains Community College
Berlin, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
16Special Education and Teaching, General62%
2Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
15Special Education and Teaching, General52%88%
3Saint Anselm College
Manchester, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Special Education and Teaching, General80%$29,60078%
4Rivier University
Nashua, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3Special Education and Teaching, General52%$25,06583%
5University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online
Manchester, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
2Special Education and Teaching, General30%
6Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Special Education and Teaching, General54%$26,34493%
7New England College
Henniker, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Special Education and Teaching, General35%$30,08692%
8NHTI - Concord's Community College
Concord, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
1Special Education and Teaching, General29%

All 8 schools in New Hampshire

Every school in New Hampshire with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in New Hampshire that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
White Mountains Community CollegeBerlinPublic161
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthPublic151
Saint Anselm CollegeManchesterPrivate not-for-profit41
Rivier UniversityNashuaPrivate not-for-profit31
University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchesterPublic21
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgePrivate not-for-profit11
New England CollegeHennikerPrivate not-for-profit11
NHTI - Concord's Community CollegeConcordPublic11

What special education teachers, all other earn in New Hampshire

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in New Hampshire
$66,670
Mean annual
$65,870
Jobs in state
160
What the range looks like
10th pct$51,830Median$66,67090th pct$78,800
Versus the national median
-12.9%

U.S. median $76,580. New Hampshire pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.05×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in New Hampshire

Manchester-Nashua, NH
$65,340median
30 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+1.1%
Little or no change
Openings per year
2,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
400
41,000 → 41,500
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Special Education Teachers, All Other page.

How to become a Special Education Teacher, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningActive LearningSpeakingMonitoringReading ComprehensionWriting

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in New Hampshire

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 13 majors mapped to Special Education Teachers, All Other13 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.1001Special Education and Teaching, General
  • 13.1003Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness
  • 13.1005Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
  • 13.1006Education/Teaching of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
  • 13.1007Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
  • 13.1008Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments
  • 13.1009Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness
  • 13.1011Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
  • 13.1012Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments
  • 13.1013Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
  • 13.1014Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed
  • 13.1016Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries
  • 13.1099Special Education and Teaching, Other

Common questions

Answers for people weighing special education teachers, all other programs in New Hampshire.

What degree do you need to become a Special Education Teacher, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Special Education and Teaching, General, which awarded 43 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Special Education Teacher, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Special Education and Teaching. Together they graduate about 43 people a year in New Hampshire.

How much do special education teachers, all other earn in New Hampshire?+

The median is $66,670 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.9% below the U.S. median of $76,580. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for special education teachers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +1.1% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 2,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+

8 institutions in New Hampshire reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do special education teachers, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Adapted Physical Educator, Adapted Physical Education Specialist (APE Specialist), Adapted Physical Education Teacher (Adapted PE Teacher), DAPE Specialist (Developmental Adapted Physical Education Specialist) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 25-2059.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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