by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Religious Studies is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,470 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,289 and had an average of $24,431 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 154 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,262 and $32,014 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in religious studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in religious studies.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethune - Cookman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s list. Bethune - Cookman University is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s religion degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. FIU is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s religion degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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 Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Tampa, Florida. It awarded 6 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s religion students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Palm Beach Atlantic University landed the #5 spot on the list. West Palm Beach, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s religion degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
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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University of Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Religion Major in Florida for a Master’s list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 1 masters’s religion degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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