General Special Education at Florida Gulf Coast University

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

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and has a total student population of 15,358. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from FGCU.

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.

FGCU General Special Education Degrees Available

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

FGCU General Special Education Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at FGCU 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
	30
	68
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	72
	80
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	96
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	105
Best General Special Education Schools	158
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	206
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	221
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	272
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	305
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	306
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	334
Best Value General Special Education Schools	373
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	432

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from FGCU. This makes it the #222 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from FGCU. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at FGCU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at FGCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FGCU General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from FGCU in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from FGCU, 64% 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 36% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

FGCU 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 Gulf Coast 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 Brett Levin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.