General Special Education at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UCF.

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.

UCF General Special Education Degrees Available

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

UCF General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UCF 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 UCF 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	7
Most Popular General Special Education Schools	31
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	71
Best Value General Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	75
Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	190
Best General Special Education Schools	245
Best Value General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	348
Best Value General Special Education Schools	390

In 2021, 46 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UCF. This makes it the #72 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Special Education from UCF in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities at UCF are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 University of Central Florida with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCF General Special Education Master’s Program

Of the 46 students who earned a master's degree in General Special Education from UCF in 2020-2021, 2% were men and 98% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UCF, 67% 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 30% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	31
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCF 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 University of Central 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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.