by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. 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, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #300 spot.
USF Tampa also ranked #9 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Florida.
USF Tampa was ranked #295 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Florida, USF Tampa came in at #8.
The total graduate student population at USF Tampa is made up of 60.9% women and 39.1% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 30.6% of the graduate student population at USF Tampa. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at USF Tampa. Around 15.7% of graduate students are international. 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 | $8,350 | $19,048 |
| Fees | $2,078 | $2,078 |
Master's degree recipients from USF Tampa earn an average salary of $51,033 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 13% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at USF Tampa is $73,616. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 2% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of South Florida - Main Campus.
Contact details for USF Tampa are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-9951 |
| Phone: | 813-974-2011 |
| Website: | www.usf.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/USouthFlorida |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/USouthFlorida |
In 2020-2021, 48.1% of the graduate students at University of South Florida - Main Campus took at least one class online. Roughly 28.9% 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.
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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