by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 57,778 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,475 and had an average of $24,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 4,013 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,938 and $23,306 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 323 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in finance and financial management. That schools that top this list have a program in finance and financial management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Jose Maria Vargas University landed the #1 spot on the list. JMVU is located in Pembroke Pines, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
Full Jose Maria Vargas University Finance & Financial Management Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology - Online landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
Full Florida Institute of Technology - Online Finance & Financial Management Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s finance degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Nova Southeastern University
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #4 spot on the list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 105 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 52 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida ranking. Florida State is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Florida State
University of Miami ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 16 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #8, University of Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Florida Finance & Financial Management Report
Florida Atlantic University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 17 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Finance & Financial Management at Florida Atlantic University
With a ranking of #10, The University of Tampa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida list. The University of Tampa is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Millennia Atlantic University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Finance Major in Florida ranking. Located in Doral, Florida, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s finance students in 2020-2021.
Full Millennia Atlantic University Finance & Financial Management Report
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