Florida A&M University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 350,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,832 (78%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (46%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,360
Men / Women 35% / 65%
From State 66%
From Region 12%
Athletes 314 (4.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 89%
Hispanic 6%
White 3%
Mixed 2%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
International 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture and Food Sciences 66 32% 11% 0% 82% 3% 0% $45,572 0 -1.66 32 93%
Agribusiness 9 — 78% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $51,781 0 -2.01 48 — — — — —
Agriculture 40 — 22% 15% 0% 78% 5% 0% $42,707 2 -1.73 24 93% — — — —
Environmental Science — — — — — — — — $48,721 10 -1.25 40 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 10 — 30% 10% 0% 70% 0% 0% $48,341 9 -1.30 39 — — — — —
Food Science 7 — 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $50,008 7 -1.33 44 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering 50 74% 8% 0% 82% 4% 0% $82,586 78 -1.90 90
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 2 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,236 0 -2.30 84 — — — — —
Biomedical Engineering — — — — — — — — $80,241 2 -1.58 89 — — — — —
Chemical Engineering 3 — 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $87,570 4 -1.84 93 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 19 — 63% 16% 0% 84% 0% 0% $76,976 1 -2.19 87 — — — — —
Computer Engineering 5 — 80% 0% 0% 80% 0% 0% $90,593 1 -1.25 94 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 5 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $90,539 1 -1.25 94 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 5 — 60% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $86,678 1 -1.74 92 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 11 — 91% 0% 0% 82% 18% 0% $83,323 1 -2.00 90 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 7 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $131,593 100 +0.47 100 95%
Pharmaceutical Sciences 7 — 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $131,593 57 +0.47 100 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Science and Technology 176 31% 2% 0% 93% 4% 1% $62,498 17 -1.37 71 94% 5.3%
Computer Science 47 — 49% 0% 0% 94% 4% 2% $77,835 4 -1.38 87 98% 5.3% — — —
Information Technology 18 — 50% 0% 0% 94% 0% 0% $77,835 13 -0.99 87 98% 5.3% — — —
Chemistry 8 — 38% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $54,893 3 -1.61 56 — — — — —
Mathematics 7 — 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $58,772 8 -1.00 65 — — — — —
Physics 4 — 50% 25% 0% 75% 0% 0% $60,575 2 -1.66 68 — — — — —
Biology 83 — 18% 2% 0% 92% 6% 0% $53,491 6 -1.50 53 90% — — — —
English 9 — 11% 0% 0% 89% 0% 0% $45,308 14 -0.87 31 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities 536 30% 5% 0% 89% 4% 0% $46,984 1 -1.29 36 96% 9.5%
Economics 15 — 60% 0% 0% 93% 7% 0% $63,196 3 -1.31 72 — — — — —
African American Studies 5 — 20% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $45,902 6 -1.06 33 — — — — —
History 3 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $46,613 8 -1.01 34 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 113 — 49% 9% 0% 83% 5% 0% $47,734 9 -0.92 38 92% — — — —
Philosophy and Religious Studies 4 — 25% 0% 0% 75% 25% 0% $48,275 11 -0.99 39 — — — — —
Political Science 44 — 30% 2% 0% 91% 5% 0% $46,797 1 -1.87 35 95% 11.1% — — —
Psychology 160 — 17% 3% 0% 91% 6% 0% $45,693 4 -1.42 32 97% 9.7% — — —
Social Work 40 — 12% 10% 0% 85% 0% 0% $51,674 36 -0.19 48 97% — — — —
Sociology 11 — 27% 9% 0% 82% 9% 0% $41,643 2 -1.38 22 86% 7.4% — — —
Music 16 — 44% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $37,620 11 -0.98 13 94% — — — —
Studio Art 2 — 0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% $39,028 13 -0.84 16 — — — — —
Theater 10 — 20% 0% 0% 80% 10% 0% $24,463 1 -2.49 2 100% — — — —
Criminal Justice 113 — 34% 4% 0% 93% 2% 0% $48,316 3 -1.60 39 99% 8.7% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Allied Health Sciences 328 23% 2% 0% 93% 3% 0% $47,626 1 -1.35 37 96%
Health Sciences 238 — 20% 1% 0% 95% 3% 0% $47,200 4 -1.46 36 96% — — — —
Kinesiology 27 — 67% 15% 0% 81% 0% 0% $51,556 11 -1.19 48 93% — — — —
Respiratory Care 13 — 23% 0% 0% 85% 8% 0% $59,034 28 -0.71 65 100% — — — —
Health Administration 28 — 21% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $44,569 1 -1.12 29 99% — — — —
Health Information Management 22 — 9% 0% 0% 86% 5% 0% $44,569 1 -1.12 29 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Architecture and Engineering Technology 68 51% 19% 3% 69% 4% 0% $60,234 10 -1.45 67 100%
Architecture 54 — 43% 22% 4% 65% 6% 0% $54,396 5 -1.57 55 — — — — —
Construction Engineering Technology 7 — 71% 0% 0% 86% 0% 0% $87,358 11 -1.16 93 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering Technology 7 — 100% 14% 0% 86% 0% 0% $78,150 12 -0.88 87 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business and Industry 212 37% 0% 0% 93% 4% 1% $61,102 13 -0.99 69 95%
Accounting 27 — 26% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $66,958 7 -1.30 77 90% — — — —
Business Administration 177 — 39% 0% 0% 92% 5% 2% $60,248 10 -0.90 67 95% — — — —
Logistics 8 — 38% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $60,248 1 -1.84 67 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 49 31% 6% 0% 90% 4% 0% $53,061 2 +0.12 52 100%
Elementary Education 24 — 4% 0% 0% 92% 8% 0% $53,041 59 +0.11 52 100% — — — —
Secondary Education 15 — 33% 7% 0% 93% 0% 0% $53,041 39 -0.24 52 100% — — — —
Music Education 10 — 90% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $53,139 80 +0.69 52 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Journalism and Graphic Communication 93 25% 2% 0% 92% 3% 0% $49,794 1 -1.33 43 93%
Journalism 39 — 23% 0% 0% 92% 5% 0% $53,328 15 -1.00 52 99% — — — —
Public Relations 26 — 15% 0% 0% 96% 0% 0% $51,175 2 -1.87 47 93% — — — —
Graphic Design 28 — 36% 7% 0% 89% 4% 0% $43,591 6 -1.28 26 86% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing 55 5% 2% 0% 95% 2% 0% $74,046 55 -1.81 84 95% 4.2%
Nursing 55 — 5% 2% 0% 95% 2% 0% $74,046 1 -1.81 84 95% 4.2% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $5,930
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,282
Est. In-State Cost $7,671
Est. Out-of-State Cost $23,650
ROI Percentile 54th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 89%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 53%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 20.7% 340 22% 2% 0% 94% 3% 0% $54,079 1 -1.43 54 95% 4.2%
Social Sciences 19.5% 320 19% 3% 0% 90% 4% 0% $47,829 4 -1.31 38 96% 9.9%
Business & Economics 16.9% 277 35% 0% 0% 93% 4% 1% $58,232 3 -1.03 64 95% —
Humanities 8.2% 134 43% 7% 0% 84% 5% 0% $47,494 9 -0.92 37 92% —
Professional 7.7% 127 39% 4% 0% 92% 2% 0% $52,112 4 -1.53 49 99% 8.7%
Arts 7.3% 120 42% 13% 2% 78% 4% 0% $46,783 27 -1.30 35 91% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.1% 83 18% 2% 0% 92% 6% 0% $53,491 4 -1.50 53 90% —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.0% 66 32% 11% 0% 82% 3% 0% $45,572 3 -1.66 32 93% —
Computer Science 4.0% 65 49% 0% 0% 94% 3% 2% $77,835 5 -1.27 87 98% 5.3%
Engineering 3.0% 50 74% 8% 0% 82% 4% 0% $82,587 1 -1.90 90 — —
Education 2.4% 39 15% 3% 0% 92% 5% 0% $53,041 46 -0.02 52 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 19 37% 5% 0% 95% 0% 0% $57,518 2 -1.40 62 — —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $16.7M #62 81% $0 8 #60 34 1
Engineering $15.6M #164 86% $0.2M 8 #188 65 2
Health Sciences $12.7M #126 82% $0.6M 13 #120 29 —
Physical Sciences & Math $8.1M #191 97% $0 3 #201 12 —
Education $3.1M #142 76% $0 9 #340 — —
Life & Natural Sciences $2.6M #237 93% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.9M #257 85% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.7M #229 60% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #327 78% $0 — — — —
Total $61.6M #188 85% $0.8M 41 #280 140 3

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 117 $4.6M $3.5M $1.1M
Baseball 36 $551K $669K -$118K
Track & Field (outdoor) 25 $379K $164K $214K
Track & Field (indoor) 24 $379K $164K $214K
Basketball 16 $500K $1.2M -$689K
Golf 11 $162K $210K -$48K
Total 205 $6.6M $5.9M $679K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 28 $628K $493K $135K
Track & Field (indoor) 27 $433K $352K $81K
Softball 21 $335K $335K -$221
Basketball 18 $376K $933K -$557K
Volleyball 18 $362K $425K -$62K
Bowling 9 $284K $295K -$11K
Cross Country 9 $108K $88K $20K
Tennis 6 $168K $179K -$11K
Total 109 $2.7M $3.1M -$406K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 117 $4.6M $3.5M $1.1M
Track & Field (outdoor) 53 $1.0M $658K $349K
Track & Field (indoor) 51 $812K $517K $295K
Baseball 36 $551K $669K -$118K
Basketball 34 $876K $2.1M -$1.2M
Softball 21 $335K $335K -$221
Volleyball 18 $362K $425K -$62K
Golf 11 $162K $210K -$48K
Bowling 9 $284K $295K -$11K
Cross Country 9 $108K $88K $20K
Tennis 6 $168K $179K -$11K
Total 314 $14.5M $14.5M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 18.7%
Yield (non-ED) 25%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 32% 14% 9%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1050 – 1180
SAT Math Range 510 – 580
SAT RW Range 530 – 610