General Special Education at University of North Florida

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

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and approximately 16,926 students attend the school each year. Of the 153 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Florida in 2021, 9 of them were general special education majors.

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.

UNF 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 UNF

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.

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

• Master’s Degree

UNF General Special Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the teaching students with disabilities progam at UNF 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 UNF 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
Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	105
	154
Best General Special Education Schools	240
Most Popular General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	303
Most Focused General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	398
Most Focused General Special Education Schools	509

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNF. This makes it the #304 most popular school for teaching students with disabilities master’s degree candidates in the country.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNF. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 North 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	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNF General Special Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students graduated with a master's degree in teaching students with disabilities from UNF. About 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UNF, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNF 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

• Education of the Deaf

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 North 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 The222 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.