General Special Education at Saint Leo University

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at Saint Leo University stacks up to those at other schools.

St. Leo University is located in Saint Leo, Florida and approximately 9,832 students attend the school each year.

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.

St. Leo University General Special Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Teaching Students with Disabilities

Online Classes Are Available at St. Leo University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? St. Leo University offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

St. Leo University General Special Education Rankings

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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at St. Leo University

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

St. Leo University General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from St. Leo University in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Saint Leo 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 Ol’ Florida Boy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.