9 Step Guide To Earning Your Master's Degree at Rollins
Earning your master’s degree offers a wide array of benefits that range from career advancement to increased earning potential. While the advantages of a graduate degree are undeniable, not all graduate schools are created equal. From our personalized learning environment and flexible format to our expert faculty and status as Orlando’s top-ranked college, explore nine of the many reasons to pursue your master’s degree at Rollins College.
1. Advance Your Career
A master’s degree can set you apart from other candidates as you pursue your dream career. In fact, 74 percent of employers have increased educational standards in recent years and many organizations not only see the value of graduate education but look to hire candidates with advanced degrees. A master’s degree can also open up advancement opportunities at your current company or organization and help you earn promotions to management and leadership positions.
2. Multiple Paths To A Brighter Tomorrow
Rollins offers a range of flexible and affordable master’s degree programs designed to advance your career, increase your impact, and unlock your earning potential. Start exploring one of our master’s degree programs today.
3. Designed To Fit Your Life
From work to family, you have a lot going on. We get it. That’s why we designed our School of Graduate Studies for students like you. Our conveniently timed, evening classes suit your needs, plus full or part-time options put you in control of your schedule.
4. Personalized Learning Environment
Your Rollins experience is powered by relationships, especially the partnerships between our expert faculty and industrious students. With an average class size of just 14, our personalized learning environment is designed to maximize engagement and support. It’s about application over memorization, mentoring over lecturing, and hands-on research over data downloading, and thanks to our 10:1 student-faculty ratio, our professors have the freedom to focus on you.
5. Increase Your Earning Potential
Simply put: A graduate degree can help you earn more. In fact, according to a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, workers with a master’s degree earn an average of $10,000 more per year than workers who hold bachelor’s degrees. Over the course of a career, workers with a master’s degree earn over $400,000 more on average than workers with a bachelor’s degree.
6. A Powerful Reputation
This past September, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rollins the No. 1 regional university in the South in its 2022 rankings of the nation's best colleges. The rankings, which evaluate colleges and universities on 15 measures of academic quality, placed Rollins first among 142 institutions in the category. It marked the 27th consecutive year that Rollins was ranked the No. 1 regional university in Florida—a record that underscores the high-quality experience you can expect on our Winter Park campus and the prestigious weight a Rollins degree carries not only in Orlando but throughout Florida and across the country.
7. Affordable Tuition
Everyone from respected publications to former university presidents rate Rollins a top value among the nation’s best colleges, and we believe every deserving student should have access to our transformative education. Our low graduate tuition coupled with our graduate scholarships and graduate assistantships makes earning a degree from Rollins possible. Bottom line: you can do this and we’re here to help!
8. Streamlined Admission
Our holistic admission process provides an individual approach to each applicant and our application process is as simple as 1…2...3, that's right, simply submit your application, official transcripts, and letter of recommendations, we will take it from there. Don’t worry - you’re not alone in the process. Rollins offers support for everything from submitting your admission application to registering for classes, you’ll never be on your own thanks to the personalized attention of our dedicated faculty and staff.
9. Prepared For Opportunity
Workers with graduate degrees are more in demand than ever. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that occupations that typically require a master’s degree will grow at a rate of 16.7 percent from 2016 through 2026, more than twice the growth rate for all occupations (7.4 percent). Earning your master’s degree from Rollins now will prepare you to take advantage of all of that future opportunity.
Molly Losey
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) & Certified Life Coach (CC), Rollins Graduate
"The journey offered in this program was as transformative as the destination of obtaining my Master's degree. The small student-to-faculty ratio, and the feeling of being a part of the Rollins community, sets it apart from other educational programs. It really felt like a supportive family and connections made there have continued in my life."
Barb Dos Santos
M.A., RMHCI, & NCC, Primary Therapist at The Renfrew Center, '20 Rollins Graduate
“My time in the Rollins MAC program was one of the most influential times of my personal and professional life. The mentorship the faculty provided greatly shaped my preparation to enter the field post-graduation, and allowed me to feel confident in my clinical skills. In my experience, the various practicum and internship opportunities are what really separates this program from others."
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