2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 1,064 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts general studies is the #26 most popular major in Florida. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.7% were from a college or university in the state.
This year's Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of South Florida - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts general studies ranking for non-traditional students. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 22,899 students take at least one class online at USF Tampa. There are roughly 13,938 part time students in attendance at USF Tampa.
Florida International University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts general studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population. FIU also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida list, coming in at #4.
About 2.0% of FIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,632 students take at least one class online at FIU. 22,664 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Barry University. Barry University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Barry University has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 1,337 students take at least one class online at Barry University. There are roughly 2,387 part time students in attendance at Barry University.
Our rankings recognize University of Central Florida as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCF not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida list.
The student loan default rate at UCF is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. 23,575 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Florida Atlantic University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FAU has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at FAU is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 14,436 students take at least one class online at FAU. 11,860 students are part time.
Nova Southeastern University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. NUS Florida also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida rankings.
About 0.6% of NUS Florida students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 5,804 of NUS Florida students are exclusively distance learners. 6,091 of NUS Florida students are attending part time.
Florida State University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts general studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population. Florida State also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Florida rankings.
About 1.0% of Florida State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. About 8,311 of the students at Florida State are attending part time.
Saint Leo University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts general studies schools for non-traditional students. St. Leo University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Leo.
The student loan default rate at St. Leo University is lower than is typical, just 2.6% of students default in three years. 6,380 students at St. Leo University are exclusively online. 2,071 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).
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With 1,064 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts general studies is the #26 most popular major in Florida. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.7% were from a college or university in the state.
