by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across Florida, there were 158 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 130 secondary 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 Secondary Teaching Major in Florida” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in secondary education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their secondary education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Baptist College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida list. Trinity Baptist College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 3 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tampa landed the #2 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida. Jacksonville, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida list. FGCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Myers, Florida that handed out 11 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Florida State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Jacksonville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida list. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Saint Leo University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida ranking. Saint Leo University is located in Saint Leo, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Southeastern University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Secondary Teaching Major in Florida ranking. SEU is a medium-sized school located in Lakeland, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
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