by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Humanities is the 37th most popular major in the country with 22,314 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Florida, there were 166 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 150 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in humanities. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their humanities program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida”.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Beacon College landed the #1 spot on the list. Beacon is located in Leesburg, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson University Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida list. Johnson University Florida is located in Kissimmee, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ave Maria University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida. Located in Ave Maria, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 102 degrees to qualified bachelors’s humanities students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eckerd College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida. Saint Petersburg, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Jacksonville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida list. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s humanities degrees to qualified students.
University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida ranking. USF Tampa is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of West Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pensacola, Florida, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #9, Florida Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 1 bachelors’s humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Central Florida ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s humanities degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Southern College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Humanities Major in Florida ranking. Florida Southern College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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