Child Advocacy & Policy at Nova Southeastern University

What traits are you looking for in a child advocacy school? To help you decide if Nova Southeastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child advocacy program.

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Child Advocacy & Policy section at the bottom of this page.

NUS Florida Child Advocacy & Policy Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Child Advocacy

Online Classes Are Available at NUS Florida

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NUS Florida offers distance education options for child advocacy at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

NUS Florida Child Advocacy & Policy Rankings

Child Advocacy Student Demographics at NUS Florida

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child advocacy majors at Nova Southeastern University.

NUS Florida Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Program

81% Women

71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of child advocacy master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in child advocacy each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the child advocacy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a master's in child advocacy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Child Advocacy Grads May Go Into

A degree in child advocacy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,010	$42,640
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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