General Special Education at The University of West Florida

If you are interested in studying general special education, you may want to check out the program at The University of West Florida. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UWF.

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.

UWF General Special Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UWF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UWF does offer online education options in teaching students with disabilities for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

UWF General Special Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks teaching students with disabilities programs across the country. The following shows how UWF performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at UWF 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 Online General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Online General Special Education Schools	7
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	9
Most Popular General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	23
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	29
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
	142
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	161
	183
Best General Special Education Schools	218
	255
Best Value General Special Education Schools	302

In 2021, 243 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UWF. This makes it the #8 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 teaching students with disabilities students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UWF, about 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities 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 teaching students with disabilities.

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 General Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UWF, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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 teaching students with disabilities.

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 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 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
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 Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.