2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Florida (With Aid)

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 Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 3,711 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,413 and $29,472 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 187 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Florida (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,165 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health science degrees to 117 students in 2019-2020.

UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services 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.

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#2

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$31,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Gulf Coast University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.

FGCU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Gulf Coast University are $31,216.

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#3

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$21,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,729 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s health science students in 2019-2020.

UNF also took the #4 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Florida are $21,930, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Health Sciences & Services at University of North Florida

#4

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Science Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid. NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 masters’s health science degrees to qualified students.

NUS Florida also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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