Special Education at Miami Dade College

If you plan to study special education, take a look at what Miami Dade College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

MDC Special Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Special Ed (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Special Ed
• Bachelor’s Degree in Special Ed

MDC Special Education Rankings

The special ed major at MDC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Special Ed Student Demographics at MDC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the special ed majors at Miami Dade College.

MDC Special Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of special ed associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in special ed graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Miami Dade College with a associate's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

MDC Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical special ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at MDC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its special ed bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Miami Dade College with a bachelor's in special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Special Education

If you plan to be a special ed major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Miami Dade College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Special Education	48
Education of the Deaf	10

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in special ed 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 Miami Dade College.

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
Interpreters and Translators	3,720	$49,300
Middle School Special Education Teachers	2,490	$55,050

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.