by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 1,540 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,701 and $33,221 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular human services programs in the United States.
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The human services 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 “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree human services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s. Saint Leo University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Leo, Florida that handed out 64 masters’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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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