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. 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 Design Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 36,301 people earned their degree in design and applied arts, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, design and applied arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $25,481 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 1,520 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,902 and $27,703 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 105 design and applied arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in design and applied arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in design and applied arts.
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The design 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 Design Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Full Sail University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s. Full Sail University is a large private for-profit school situated in Winter Park, Florida. It awarded 70 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Located in Miami, Florida, this small private for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s design students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Design & Applied Arts at International Fine Arts College
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida State University is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lynn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Lynn University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 5 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at Lynn University
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #5 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s design degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Design & Applied Arts at University of Florida
Jacksonville University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s ranking. JU is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s design degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #7, Southeastern University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Hodges University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Design Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Hodges University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Naples, Florida. It awarded 0 masters’s design degrees in 2020-2021.
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