by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 622 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,816 and $24,049 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 212 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Flagler College - St Augustine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. Flagler College - St Augustine is a small school located in Saint Augustine, Florida that handed out 34 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida-Online landed the #2 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. FGCU is a public institution located in Fort Myers, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. FAU is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 61 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Barry University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. This medium-sized school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Stetson University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida ranking. Stetson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in DeLand, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees 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%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
Southeastern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida ranking. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
Nova Southeastern University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Florida list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 296 students 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%.
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