2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Economics in Florida
17
Colleges
347,315
Bachelor's Degrees
$28,988
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Economics School for You
In 2021-2022, 347,315 bachelor's degrees were awarded to economics students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state. This means that 6.4% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Economics in Florida ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. For this ranking, we are identifying those economics schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value Economics Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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2024 Best Value Economics Schools in Florida
The colleges and universities below are the best for the money for economics majors.
Top 10 Best Value Economics Schools
University of Florida earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best value list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Economics Schools in Florida ranking.
The average student at UF graduates in less than 4.3 years, and it costs about $28,061 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UF is about $120,101. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Florida State University earned the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Economics Schools in Florida ranking.
The average student at Florida State graduates in less than 4.2 years, and it costs about $27,060 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Florida State is about $113,652. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Our rankings recognize University of South Florida - Main Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population. USF Tampa also took the #4 spot in our Best Economics Schools in Florida rankings.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at USF Tampa is 4.3 years, and it costs about $22,729 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from USF Tampa is about $96,598. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Florida International University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami. FIU also took the #6 spot in our Best Economics Schools in Florida rankings.
It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at FIU to complete their degree, and it costs about $25,976 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from FIU is about $118,970. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Our rankings recognize University of Central Florida as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando. UCF not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Economics Schools in Florida list.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at UCF is 4.5 years, and it costs about $26,362 per year to attend the school. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UCF is $118,102. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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University of North Florida landed the #6 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value economics schools. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.
It takes the average student at UNF about 4.5 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $22,732. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UNF is $102,976. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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The University of West Florida comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.
It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at UWF to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $23,044. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UWF is about $105,081. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Our rankings recognize Florida Atlantic University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
It takes the average student at FAU about 4.6 years to graduate, and it costs about $24,576 per year to attend the school. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the FAU is $112,067. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Florida Gulf Coast University earned the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at FGCU is 4.7 years, and it costs about $27,439 per year to attend the school. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from FGCU is $127,866. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Our rankings recognize Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
It takes the average student at Florida A&M University about 4.7 years to graduate, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $23,791. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Florida A&M University be around $112,294. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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).
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