by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Florida Southern College landed the #766 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Florida Southern also ranked #23 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Florida.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Florida Southern took the #594 spot on the list.
Florida Southern also ranked #23 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Florida.
The total graduate student population at Florida Southern is made up of 70.1% women and 29.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 32.6% of the graduate students who attend Florida Southern are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Florida Southern is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.1% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,232 | $17,232 |
| Fees | $250 | $250 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Florida Southern enter careers with an average starting salary of $62,176. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 6% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Florida Southern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801-5698 |
| Phone: | 863-680-4111 |
| Website: | www.flsouthern.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/FloridaSouthern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/fscadmissions |
About 25.7% of the graduate students at Florida Southern College took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 8.9% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 13 |
| Business Administration & Management | 33 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 27 |
| Educational Administration | 11 |
| Nursing | 66 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 8 |
| General Education | 1 |
Footnotes
*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.
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