2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Florida (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 705 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,550 and $50,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree education students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Florida (With Aid)

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

USF Tampa also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Education at USF Tampa

#2

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCF General Education Report

#3

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$14,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,415 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Leo University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Leo, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Saint Leo University General Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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