2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Florida

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 14 masters’s education degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

Read full report on General Education at UCF

#2

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$14,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,415 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida. Saint Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Leo, Florida. It awarded 16 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at St. Leo University

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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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