2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
8Colleges
1,246Bachelor's Degrees
$29,389Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Economics is the #22 most popular major in Florida with 1,246 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 3.3% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
Check out the economics programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Florida State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's economics ranking for non-traditional students. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee. Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida list.
The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 20,172 students at Florida State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,311 part time students in attendance at Florida State.
University of Florida comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. About 11,205 of the students at UF are attending part time.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USF Tampa, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics 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 comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami. As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at FIU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,632 students at FIU that take at least one class online. About 22,664 of the students at FIU are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Florida Atlantic University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a fairly large student population. FAU also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida rankings.
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. 11,860 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Miami. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U Miami has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 7,899 students at U Miami that take at least one class online. 1,358 of U Miami students are attending part time.
University of North Florida comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a fairly large student population. UNF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida list.
The student loan default rate at UNF is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 9,525 students take at least one class online at UNF. 5,162 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Rollins College as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Winter Park, Rollins is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rollins, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at Rollins is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are roughly 297 part time students in attendance at Rollins.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 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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Economics is the #22 most popular major in Florida with 1,246 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 3.3% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
