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Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

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2023 Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

5 Colleges
$49,862 Avg Salary
$22,246 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Florida to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Special Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the most popular school in Florida for special education students working on their graduate certificate. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

Of the 47 students majoring in special ed at UCF, 4% are male and 96% are female.

On average, special ed graduates from UCF take out $19,471 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in special ed at UF, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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#3

Southeastern University

Lakeland, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southeastern University is a great place for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lakeland, SEU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public school with a large student population.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular special education schools in Florida. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

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Best Special Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Special Education Colleges 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 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to woodleywonderworks.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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