by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 57,401 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Florida, there were 1,540 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 639 social work 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 Work Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barry University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 111 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida. Saint Leo University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Leo, Florida that handed out 92 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #4 spot on the list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 233 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, 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.
Read more about Social Work at University of Central Florida
With a ranking of #6, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 112 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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With a ranking of #7, Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, this fairly large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 208 masters’s social work 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%.
The University of West Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. The University of West Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Pensacola, Florida. It awarded 58 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 79 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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