General Special Education at The University of West Florida

Every general special education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the teaching students with disabilities program at The University of West Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and has a total student population of 13,061.

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

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 Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from UWF, 61% 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 33% 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 teaching students with disabilities.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	63
White	175
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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.