General Education is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #14 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 331 doctor's degrees in general education to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general education students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general education to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Education in Florida
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general education.
Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general education has to take a look at Nova Southeastern University. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.
After graduation, education doctorate recipients usually earn an average of $70,333 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general education has to look into University of Central Florida. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Doctorate students who receive their degree from the education program make an average of $72,227 in the first couple years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).