by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 538,925 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,316 and had an average of $15,943 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 59,449 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,046 and $13,986 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,663 and $45,470 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in liberal arts general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Rollins College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rollins is located in Winter Park, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 10 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of West Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 1,239 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, 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 University of South Florida - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 15 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 250 masters’s liberal arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Nova Southeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida ranking. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Florida International University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 400 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Florida Atlantic University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida list. FAU is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 372 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Barry University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #7. Barry University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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