General Special Education at Universidad Metropolitana

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

UMET is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and approximately 8,893 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 teaching students with disabilities majors received their bachelor's degree from UMET.

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.

UMET General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UMET General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UMET 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 UMET 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	198
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	217
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	231
Most Focused General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Best Value General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	246
	307
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	424
	571

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMET. This makes it the #247 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UMET

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the teaching students with disabilities majors at Universidad Metropolitana.

UMET General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UMET. About 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at UMET since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 73% 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 Universidad Metropolitana with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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

UMET General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in teaching students with disabilities from UMET in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in teaching students with disabilities each year. UMET does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 73% better than the national average.*

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

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

UMET 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 PR, the home state for Universidad Metropolitana.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 1b3lrtz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.