by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, St. Thomas University landed the #672 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Florida, STU came in at #18.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, STU came in at #341.
STU also ranked #11 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Florida.
Women make up 63.4% of the total graduate student body at STU while men make you 36.6%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 73.4% of the graduate student population at STU. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 6.6% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,400 | $14,400 |
After obtaining their master's degree from STU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $45,806. That's about 22% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from STU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $45,055. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 40% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of St. Thomas University.
Contact details for STU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 16401 Nw 37Th Ave, Miami Gardens, FL 33054-6459 |
| Phone: | 305-625-6000 |
| Website: | www.stu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/St.ThomasUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/StThomasUniv |
About 47.4% of the graduate students at St. Thomas University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 42.8% of grad students took all of their classes 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 |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 3 |
| Educational Administration | 51 |
| Information Technology | 3 |
| Law | 163 |
| Legal Research | 3 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 8 |
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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