2021 Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
6Colleges
1,080Bachelor's Degrees
$26,076Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 1,080 bachelor's degrees were awarded to public health students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.5% of all the public health bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Public Health Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Florida ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the public health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Florida
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying public health.
Best Public Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of South Florida - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in Florida that are best for non-traditional public health students. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa. USF Tampa also made our Best Colleges for Public Health in Florida list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at USF Tampa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 22,899 students take at least one class online at USF Tampa. There are roughly 13,938 part time students in attendance at USF Tampa.
University of Florida landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best public health schools for non-traditional students. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville. UF also made our Best Colleges for Public Health in Florida list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at UF is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 students are part time.
Florida National University - Main Campus earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hialeah. Florida National University - Main Campus also made our Best Colleges for Public Health in Florida list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at Florida National University - Main Campus is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,674 students take at least one class online at Florida National University - Main Campus. 1,174 of Florida National University - Main Campus students are attending part time.
St Petersburg College earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. SPC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of St. Petersburg.
About 3.4% of SPC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 13,254 of SPC students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 17,317 part time students in attendance at SPC.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health in Florida ranking.
About 2.7% of Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 9,661 students at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale are exclusively online. About 8,171 of the students at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Florida Gulf Coast University. FGCU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Myers. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FGCU has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Health in Florida ranking.
The student loan default rate at FGCU is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,017 students at FGCU that take at least one class online. 3,843 of FGCU students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
In <nil>, 1,080 bachelor's degrees were awarded to public health students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.5% of all the public health bachelor's degrees in the country.
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