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General Special Education at Florida International University

General Special Education at Florida International University

What traits are you looking for in a teaching students with disabilities school? To help you decide if Florida International University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's teaching students with disabilities program.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 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.

FIU 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 FIU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FIU offers distance education options for teaching students with disabilities at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

FIU General Special Education Rankings

The teaching students with disabilities major at FIU 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.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in teaching students with disabilities, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Teaching Students with Disabilities Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU General Special Education Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of teaching students with disabilities bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 International 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 7
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 6
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

FIU General Special Education Master’s Program

94% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of teaching students with disabilities master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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In the teaching students with disabilities master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 78% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida International 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 7
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 3
International Students 1
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 International 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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