by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s. St. Leo University is located in Saint Leo, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 11 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barry University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s. Barry University is located in Miami, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Ignacio University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s list. San Ignacio University is a small private for-profit school situated in Doral, Florida. It awarded 2 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
University of Miami landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s ranking. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
Florida Atlantic University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in Florida for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 61 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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