by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Florida, there were 622 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general education. To top this list, a school must have a successful general education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s. Saint Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Leo, Florida. It awarded 14 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barry University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Ignacio University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s. San Ignacio University is located in Doral, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #6, University of Miami did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 1 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
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