2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Florida, there were 61,745 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts Schools

The liberal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Florida

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at USF Tampa

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in Florida list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 15 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at U Miami

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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.

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