2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Florida

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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 55,820 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,354 and had an average of $23,570 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 2,566 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,575 and $18,560 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 103 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in family, consumer and human sciences.

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Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Florida

1

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#12 overall quality in Florida

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 79 degrees to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Nova Southeastern University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 17 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at UF

3

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

#3 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Florida for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 7 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.

Full Florida State Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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