2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 1,064 bachelor's degrees were awarded to liberal arts / sciences & humanities students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state. This means that 2.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
For this year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences & humanities programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of South Florida - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts / sciences & humanities ranking for non-traditional students. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa. USF Tampa also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida list, coming in at #1.
About 1.2% of USF Tampa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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 comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population. FIU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 21,632 students take at least one class online at FIU. About 22,664 of the students at FIU are attending part time.
Barry University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Barry University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Miami. Barry University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida list.
About 2.0% of Barry University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,337 students at Barry University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,387 part time students in attendance at Barry University.
University of Central Florida comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCF has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida ranking.
About 1.3% of UCF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. 23,575 students are part time.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton. FAU also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida list, coming in at #8.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 14,436 students at FAU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 11,860 part time students in attendance at FAU.
Our rankings recognize Nova Southeastern University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NUS Florida has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at NUS Florida is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 5,804 students at NUS Florida are exclusively online. About 6,091 of the students at NUS Florida are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Florida State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population. Florida State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. There are roughly 8,311 part time students in attendance at Florida State.
Saint Leo University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. St. Leo University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Leo.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.6%. 6,380 of St. Leo University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 2,071 part time students in attendance at St. Leo University.
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).
In <nil>, 1,064 bachelor's degrees were awarded to liberal arts / sciences & humanities students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state. This means that 2.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
