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General Special Education at Florida Gulf Coast University

General Special Education at Florida Gulf Coast University

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 Florida Gulf Coast University stacks up to those at other schools.

FGCU is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,358 students attend the school each year.

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.

FGCU 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 FGCU

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.

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

  • Master’s Degree

FGCU General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at FGCU 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.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at FGCU

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

FGCU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Florida Gulf Coast University with a bachelor's in teaching students with disabilities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

FGCU General Special Education Master’s Program

97% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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Of the students who received a teaching students with disabilities master's degree from FGCU, 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 39% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Florida Gulf Coast University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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