by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 205,984 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 8,326 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,578 and $22,076 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 470 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in social sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in social sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree social sciences students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida list. This medium-sized school is located in Tallahassee, Florida, and it awarded 43 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school handed out 122 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida. University of Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tampa. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 The University of West Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida list. The University of West Florida is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 23 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school handed out 73 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Florida Atlantic University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida list. Florida Atlantic University is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 55 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Florida International University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking. Florida International University is a large public school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 31 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida list. University of Central Florida is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 26 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of North Florida ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida list. This fairly large school is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and it awarded 3 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Nova Southeastern University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
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Jacksonville University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #13. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 masters’s social sciences degrees to qualified students.
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Schiller International University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Sciences Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #13. Largo, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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