2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida

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In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 62,527 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,428 and $15,519 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Florida

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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