Florida Atlantic University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 3,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 45 (4% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 3,155 (93% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 230 (18%)

Honors College

Name Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Students 600 (3%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 19,048
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 79%
From Region 1%
Athletes 444 (2.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 44%
Hispanic 28%
Black 15%
Asian 4%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Native American 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
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 919 26% 35% 5% 19% 32% 4% $51,118 1 -1.35 46 91%
Chemistry 22 +1 45% 32% 14% 23% 14% 9% $58,292 5 -1.28 64 92% — — — —
Geological and Earth Sciences 36 — 53% 56% 0% 11% 28% 3% $54,646 11 -0.94 56 95% — — — —
Mathematics 14 — 50% 50% 0% 7% 29% 14% $65,245 19 -0.76 75 90% — — — —
Physics — — — — — — — — $61,033 3 -1.62 69 — — — — —
Biological and Physical Sciences 89 +1 26% 43% 15% 8% 29% 2% $52,750 5 -1.59 51 — — — — —
Biology 332 — 30% 32% 5% 21% 32% 4% $51,106 4 -1.78 46 90% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 17 — 12% 29% 0% 18% 41% 6% $51,106 3 -1.66 46 90% — — — —
Behavioral Neuroscience 98 +1 23% 35% 7% 22% 26% 4% $55,790 22 -0.61 58 93% — — — —
Psychology 311 +4 19% 32% 3% 19% 37% 4% $47,643 11 -1.13 37 91% — — — —
⇅ 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 Business 1,529 50% 45% 4% 15% 27% 4% $65,046 26 -0.99 75 94% 4.5%
Accounting 217 +2 43% 36% 6% 18% 34% 2% $70,300 13 -1.08 81 95% 3.7% — — —
Business Administration 357 — 55% 49% 2% 15% 26% 3% $59,205 8 -0.96 65 93% 4.7% — — —
Finance 306 +1 68% 48% 5% 14% 23% 6% $69,819 5 -1.01 80 94% 4.0% — — —
General Business 15 — 67% 27% 0% 27% 47% 0% $65,133 23 -0.65 75 — — — — —
Health Administration 75 +1 23% 28% 9% 36% 24% 3% $55,186 17 -0.58 57 95% — — — —
Hospitality Management 34 — 41% 50% 6% 6% 26% 6% $46,701 4 -1.25 35 93% 6.9% — — —
International Business 62 +1 35% 34% 3% 5% 39% 13% $60,050 4 -1.04 67 87% — — — —
Management Information Systems 149 — 69% 31% 9% 23% 30% 3% $72,590 9 -1.14 83 96% — — — —
Marketing 314 +2 32% 57% 3% 8% 23% 4% $65,152 14 -0.97 75 94% 5.1% — — —
⇅ 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 Design and Social Inquiry 382 46% 36% 2% 21% 32% 2% $56,261 4 -0.94 59 92% 4.7%
Economics 37 +5 65% 35% 0% 19% 35% 5% $59,211 1 -1.46 65 93% 4.7% — — —
Anthropology 17 +2 29% 53% 0% 0% 41% 0% $43,810 3 -1.19 27 95% — — — —
Environmental Design 14 — 64% 50% 0% 21% 29% 0% $61,305 50 +0.03 69 96% — — — —
Political Science 126 +3 37% 38% 2% 20% 29% 2% $52,733 3 -1.43 51 93% — — — —
Public Administration 53 — 57% 32% 4% 26% 26% 0% $55,312 7 -1.24 57 87% 4.7% — — —
Sociology 55 +1 31% 36% 4% 33% 22% 0% $46,204 5 -0.97 33 94% — — — —
Architecture 64 — 56% 28% 3% 12% 48% 6% $71,399 68 +0.38 82 — — — — —
Urban and Regional Planning 16 — 50% 25% 0% 31% 25% 0% $63,211 24 -0.56 72 92% — — — —
⇅ 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 Education 315 32% 47% 3% 17% 23% 2% $50,692 1 -0.84 45 96%
Exercise Science and Health Promotion 165 — 53% 42% 3% 22% 23% 2% $50,590 7 -1.31 45 95% — — — —
Education 35 — 3% 29% 11% 31% 26% 3% $49,129 20 -0.70 41 96% — — — —
Elementary Education 95 — 3% 63% 1% 4% 22% 1% $50,788 40 -0.22 46 96% — — — —
English Education 6 — 33% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,206 49 -0.18 55 100% — — — —
Mathematics Education — — — — — — — — $54,206 38 -0.34 55 100% — — — —
Science Teacher Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,206 38 -0.34 55 100% — — — —
Social Studies Education 7 — 86% 43% 14% 14% 14% 0% $54,206 48 -0.22 55 100% — — — —
Special Education 4 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $52,255 33 -0.55 50 90% — — — —
Music Education 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $54,206 83 +0.80 55 100% — — — —
⇅ 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 and Computer Science 547 82% 31% 10% 16% 32% 5% $85,322 83 -1.39 92 95% 3.7%
Civil Engineering 51 — 84% 37% 4% 18% 31% 6% $77,213 1 -2.16 87 97% — — — —
Computer Engineering 41 — 80% 29% 10% 15% 41% 5% $97,109 7 -0.94 96 97% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 39 — 90% 26% 13% 23% 28% 8% $93,689 3 -1.10 95 88% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 9 — 44% 33% 0% 0% 56% 0% $79,666 21 -0.79 88 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 81 — 89% 31% 12% 19% 27% 5% $86,254 3 -1.63 92 97% — — — —
Ocean Engineering 11 — 91% 64% 0% 9% 27% 0% $79,498 1 -2.33 88 97% — — — —
Surveying Engineering 16 — 75% 44% 0% 12% 38% 6% $70,594 0 -3.10 81 — — — — —
Computer Science 261 — 82% 27% 12% 16% 33% 4% $86,283 7 -1.13 92 96% 3.7% — — —
Data Science 38 — 58% 50% 5% 8% 26% 8% $75,549 6 -1.62 85 — — — — —
⇅ 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 Nursing 558 17% 31% 4% 31% 26% 1% $61,572 14 -1.19 70 99% 2.8%
Health Sciences 340 +1 20% 33% 3% 29% 27% 1% $46,395 3 -1.51 34 100% — — — —
Nursing 218 — 12% 29% 5% 33% 24% 1% $85,244 22 -0.70 91 96% 2.8% — — —
⇅ 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 Work and Criminal Justice 484 32% 33% 2% 31% 27% 3% $52,398 2 -0.78 50 94% 5.6%
Social Work 127 — 9% 26% 2% 43% 21% 5% $49,955 26 -0.39 44 93% — — — —
Criminal Justice 324 +3 35% 35% 2% 27% 29% 2% $53,220 12 -0.92 52 94% 5.5% — — —
Security Studies 33 +1 82% 36% 0% 30% 30% 0% $53,736 15 -0.85 53 98% 6.2% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters 1,033 36% 41% 3% 15% 33% 2% $46,182 1 -1.09 33 93% 8.3%
English 49 +1 27% 41% 2% 20% 35% 0% $42,635 6 -1.19 24 94% — — — —
Foreign Languages 21 +4 10% 38% 5% 19% 38% 0% $33,772 0 -2.16 8 88% — — — —
History 35 — 69% 57% 0% 3% 34% 0% $48,005 12 -0.87 38 95% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 14 — 29% 36% 14% 43% 7% 0% $44,879 4 -1.19 30 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 290 — 37% 38% 2% 22% 29% 2% $48,698 14 -0.83 40 93% — — — —
Jewish Studies 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $43,555 14 -0.90 26 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 61 +1 43% 46% 8% 7% 30% 3% $42,716 3 -1.40 24 95% 8.3% — — —
Philosophy 7 — 57% 29% 0% 0% 71% 0% $48,281 11 -0.99 39 — — — — —
University Studies 47 +1 21% 34% 0% 19% 34% 0% $42,716 3 -1.40 24 95% 8.3% — — —
Communication 225 +3 33% 49% 2% 8% 32% 3% $53,618 21 -0.77 53 91% — — — —
Digital Communication 157 +2 46% 39% 3% 18% 32% 1% $42,022 1 -1.85 22 95% — — — —
Art 77 — 23% 32% 4% 14% 47% 1% $43,079 34 -0.40 25 87% — — — —
Music 10 — 30% 40% 0% 10% 50% 0% $37,042 10 -1.04 12 — — — — —
Music Management 19 — 68% 32% 5% 0% 42% 11% $30,602 2 -1.73 5 93% — — — —
Theatre 20 +1 25% 45% 5% 10% 25% 5% $27,625 1 -2.07 3 87% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $5,126
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,430
Est. In-State Cost $6,631
Est. Out-of-State Cost $23,841
ROI Percentile 64th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 63%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

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
Business & Economics 27.2% 1,566 50% 45% 4% 15% 27% 4% $64,909 12 -1.00 75 94% 4.5%
Social Sciences 20.5% 1,183 29% 37% 3% 21% 31% 3% $49,882 9 -1.05 43 92% 4.7%
Health Sciences 12.5% 723 25% 34% 4% 29% 25% 2% $59,066 4 -1.22 65 98% 2.8%
Humanities 9.1% 525 36% 40% 3% 19% 31% 2% $46,141 6 -1.05 33 93% 8.3%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.6% 438 28% 34% 7% 18% 32% 3% $51,440 3 -1.74 47 90% —
Professional 6.2% 357 39% 36% 2% 27% 29% 2% $53,268 6 -0.91 52 94% 5.6%
Computer Science 5.2% 299 79% 30% 11% 15% 32% 5% $84,919 10 -1.19 91 96% 3.7%
Engineering 4.3% 248 84% 33% 8% 17% 32% 5% $85,809 1 -1.64 92 95% —
Arts 3.6% 208 40% 32% 3% 13% 43% 4% $50,533 46 -0.47 45 89% —
Education 2.6% 148 8% 52% 4% 11% 24% 1% $50,759 28 -0.34 46 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 72 50% 47% 4% 14% 24% 7% $57,821 2 -1.01 63 93% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $28.2M #110 33% $1.6M 10 #149 135 15
Engineering $17.1M #158 71% $0.1M 22 #124 123 8
Health Sciences $12.0M #130 52% $0.2M 10 #140 30 3
Physical Sciences & Math $7.1M #199 39% $0.2M 21 #121 129 15
Computer Science $5.5M #125 53% $0.4M 6 #124 127 2
Humanities & Social Sciences $4.5M #201 21% $0.1M 21 #179 31 8
Business & Economics $4.2M #114 3% $0 12 #110 — —
Education $0.7M #265 17% $0 22 #189 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — 1
Total $79.4M #168 44% $2.5M 124 #156 575 52

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 115 $19.3M $19.3M $0
Baseball 39 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Soccer 30 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Swimming & Diving 28 $535K $535K $0
Basketball 15 $4.8M $4.8M $0
Golf 10 $420K $420K $0
Tennis 10 $419K $419K $0
Cross Country 8 $75K $75K $0
Total 254 $28.7M $28.7M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 72 $841K $841K $0
Swimming & Diving 32 $826K $826K $0
Soccer 31 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Softball 24 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Basketball 20 $2.4M $2.4M $0
Beach Volleyball 19 $641K $641K $0
Volleyball 16 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Golf 9 $471K $471K $0
Tennis 9 $576K $576K $0
Total 190 $10.0M $10.0M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 115 $19.3M $19.3M $0
Track & Field (combined) 72 $841K $841K $0
Soccer 61 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Swimming & Diving 60 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Baseball 39 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Basketball 35 $7.3M $7.3M $0
Softball 24 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Beach Volleyball 19 $641K $641K $0
Golf 19 $892K $892K $0
Tennis 19 $995K $995K $0
Volleyball 16 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Cross Country 8 $75K $75K $0
Total 444 $49.3M $49.3M $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 58%
Yield (non-ED) 18%
Early Action Oct 15
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 46% 59%

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 99%
SAT Range 1050 – 1220
SAT Math Range 510 – 600
SAT RW Range 540 – 630