by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Information Science is the 58th most popular major in the country with 18,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 405 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,523 and $42,545 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 207 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in information science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in information science.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree is students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida list. Strayer University - Florida is a small school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 12 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Tampa landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 6 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 108 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 16 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida. NUS Florida is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It awarded 45 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida ranking. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IS degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #7, Barry University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on IS Major in Florida list. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 0 masters’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
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