Special Education at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 60 special ed majors received their bachelor's degree from UWF.

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

UWF Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Special Ed

Online Classes Are Available at UWF

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? UWF offers distance education options for special ed at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UWF Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the special ed progam at UWF 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 special ed major at UWF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Online Special Education Schools	8
Most Popular Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Special Education Schools	43
Most Focused Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
	186
	222
Best Special Education Schools	269
	321
Best Value Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	337

In 2021, 243 students received their master’s degree in special ed from UWF. This makes it the #11 most popular school for special ed master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Special Ed Graduates from UWF Make?

The median salary of special ed students who receive their bachelor's degree at UWF is $36,828. This is less than $38,748, which is the national average of all special ed majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Special Ed Student Demographics at UWF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at The University of West Florida.

UWF Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 special ed majors earned their bachelor's degree from UWF. Of these graduates, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in special ed at UWF 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 The University of West Florida with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UWF Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 243 students who earned a master's degree in Special Education from UWF in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a special ed master's degree from UWF, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the special ed master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of West Florida with a master's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	138
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UWF also has a doctoral program available in special ed. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Special Education

The following special ed concentations are available at The University of West Florida. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of West Florida. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	303

Related Majors

• Student Counseling
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Instructional Media Design
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed 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 The University of West Florida.

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
Interpreters and Translators	3,720	$49,300
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,490	$55,050

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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.