by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Florida Gulf Coast University landed the #709 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Florida, FGCU came in at #20.
FGCU was ranked #506 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, FGCU took the #15 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Florida.
The total graduate student population at FGCU is made up of 70.9% women and 29.1% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at FGCU, around 30.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. FGCU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.4% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,974 | $28,170 |
| Fees | $1,997 | $3,046 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from FGCU enter careers with an average starting salary of $66,442. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 14% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Florida Gulf Coast University.
Contact details for FGCU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10501 Fgcu Blvd S, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565 |
| Phone: | 239-590-1000 |
| Website: | www.fgcu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/FloridaGulfCoastUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/fgcu |
In 2020-2021, 59.4% of the graduate students at Florida Gulf Coast University took at least one class online. Roughly 41.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 5 |
| Nursing | 17 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 34 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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