General Special Education at Florida Atlantic University

If you plan to study general special education, take a look at what Florida Atlantic University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has a total student population of 30,805. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from FAU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

FAU General Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

FAU General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at FAU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at FAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Special Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	49
	193
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	299
Best Value General Special Education Schools	299
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	371
Best General Special Education Schools	392

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from FAU. This makes it the #188 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at FAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Florida Atlantic University.

FAU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in teaching students with disabilities from FAU in 2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities in its teaching students with disabilities bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FAU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from FAU in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from FAU, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a master's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FAU also has a doctoral program available in teaching students with disabilities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Teaching Students with Disabilities Grads May Go Into

A degree in teaching students with disabilities can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Special Education Teachers	7,310	$51,500
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	5,020	$60,720
Special Education Professors	4,660	$55,080
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,490	$55,050
Special Education Preschool Teachers	1,230	$50,120

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.