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2023 Best Special Education Schools in Florida

16 Colleges
$44,953 Avg Salary
$21,260 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education School for You

Special Education is the #16 most popular major in Florida with 689 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Special Education Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Florida to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Special Education Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Special Education Colleges.

Top 10 Best Special Education Schools

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best school in Florida for special education students. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great place for special education students. Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at The University of West Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Florida. Located in the small city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Central Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Florida. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

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#5

Flagler College - St Augustine

Saint Augustine, FL

The excellent programs at Flagler College - St Augustine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best special education schools in Florida. Flagler St. Augustine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Augustine.

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Florida International University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Special Education Schools in Florida list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

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#7

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

University of North Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Special Education Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami ranked #8 on this year’s Best Special Education Schools in Florida list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Special Education Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Florida Memorial University

Miami Gardens, FL

With a ranking of #10, Florida Memorial University did quite well on this year’s best schools for special education students. Florida Memorial University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami Gardens.

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Best Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Special Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Georgia 398
North Carolina 194
Tennessee 146
Kentucky 428
Louisiana 82
Alabama 248
South Carolina 118
Mississippi 216
Arkansas 304
West Virginia 41

Special Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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