2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 705 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,550 and $50,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Florida

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 14 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

Full UCF General Education Report

#2

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 4 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Education at University of South Florida - Main Campus

#3

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$14,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,415 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Leo, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full St. Leo University General Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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