2023 Best Schools in Florida
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The Best Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in Florida to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Schools in Florida
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best school in Florida for students working on their degree.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Schools in Florida list.
The excellent programs at Florida Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Florida.
Out of the 34 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Out of the 34 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Florida Gulf Coast University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
University of Central Florida landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
With a ranking of #8, Florida Institute of Technology - Online did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
The University of West Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
Florida International University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Schools in Florida list.
With a ranking of #12, University of North Florida did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Florida Southern College ranked #13 on this year’s Best Schools in Florida list.
DeVry University - Florida came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Florida ranking.
Southeastern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students. It came in at #15 on the list.
The University of Tampa ranked #16 on this year’s Best Schools in Florida list.
With a ranking of #17, Jacksonville University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Stetson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students. It came in at #18 on the list.
With a ranking of #19, St. Thomas University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Nova Southeastern University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Florida ranking.
Palm Beach Atlantic University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students. It came in at #21 on the list.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
With a ranking of #23, Rollins College did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working.
Hodges University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Schools in Florida ranking.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best programs.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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