Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Boca Raton, FL
Population 3,500,000
Map of the United States

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 2.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 44%
Hispanic 28%
Black 15%
Asian 4%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 919 26% / 74% 4% $46,999 44 92%
Chemistry 22 +1 45% / 55% 9% $43,365 33 88%
Geological and Earth Sciences 36 53% / 47% 3% $53,303 60
Mathematics 14 50% / 50% 14% $49,478 51 89%
Physics $61,580 75
Biological and Physical Sciences 89 +1 26% / 74% 2% $52,347 58
Biology 332 30% / 70% 4% $49,698 51 93%
Biomedical Sciences 17 12% / 88% 6% $49,698 51 93%
Behavioral Neuroscience 98 +1 23% / 77% 4% $43,992 35 91%
Psychology 311 +4 19% / 81% 4% $42,805 31 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 1,529 50% / 50% 4% $58,774 71 92%
Accounting 217 +2 43% / 57% 2% $63,224 78 95%
Business Administration 357 55% / 45% 3% $56,310 67 91%
Finance 306 +1 68% / 32% 6% $62,610 77 91%
General Business 15 67% / 33% 0%
Health Administration 75 +1 23% / 77% 3% $47,658 46 92%
Hospitality Management 34 41% / 59% 6% $49,042 50 86%
International Business 62 +1 35% / 65% 13% $56,105 66 79%
Management Information Systems 149 69% / 31% 3% $68,317 83 95%
Marketing 314 +2 32% / 68% 4% $54,474 63 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Design and Social Inquiry 382 46% / 54% 2% $51,389 56 93%
Economics 37 +5 65% / 35% 5% $62,703 77 90%
Anthropology 17 +2 29% / 71% 0% $32,535 9 77%
Environmental Design 14 64% / 36% 0% $48,481 48 88%
Political Science 126 +3 37% / 63% 2% $48,106 47 92%
Public Administration 53 57% / 43% 0% $54,989 64 98%
Sociology 55 +1 31% / 69% 0% $45,252 39 95%
Architecture 64 56% / 44% 6% $57,116 68
Urban and Regional Planning 16 50% / 50% 0% $59,941 73 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 315 32% / 68% 2% $48,745 49 92%
Exercise Science and Health Promotion 165 53% / 47% 2% $49,011 50 93%
Education 35 3% / 97% 3% $45,031 38 85%
Elementary Education 95 3% / 97% 1% $49,181 50 93%
English Education 6 33% / 67% 0% $50,663 54 94%
Mathematics Education $50,663 54 94%
Science Teacher Education 1 0% / 100% 0% $50,663 54
Social Studies Education 7 86% / 14% 0% $50,663 54 94%
Special Education 4 0% / 100% 0% $52,255 58 90%
Music Education 2 50% / 50% 0% $50,663 54 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering and Computer Science 547 82% / 18% 5% $81,944 93 94%
Civil Engineering 51 84% / 16% 6% $74,994 88 98%
Computer Engineering 41 80% / 20% 5% $88,088 95 93%
Electrical Engineering 39 90% / 10% 8% $84,812 94 89%
Environmental Engineering 9 44% / 56% 0% $73,837 87
Mechanical Engineering 81 89% / 11% 5% $81,614 92 96%
Ocean Engineering 11 91% / 9% 0% $81,504 92 76%
Surveying Engineering 16 75% / 25% 6% $83,512 93
Computer Science 261 82% / 18% 4% $80,601 92 94%
Data Science 38 58% / 42% 8% $93,025 97
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 558 17% / 83% 1% $60,245 74 98%
Health Sciences 340 +1 20% / 80% 1% $46,395 42 100%
Nursing 218 12% / 88% 1% $81,846 93 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Work and Criminal Justice 484 32% / 68% 3% $49,301 50 94%
Social Work 127 9% / 91% 5% $45,714 40 97%
Criminal Justice 324 +3 35% / 65% 2% $50,475 53 94%
Security Studies 33 +1 82% / 18% 0% $51,587 56 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters 1,033 36% / 64% 2% $44,025 35 93%
Communication 225 +3 33% / 67% 3% $46,395 42 94%
Digital Communication 157 +2 46% / 54% 1% $41,241 27 94%
English 49 +1 27% / 73% 0% $44,379 36 89%
Foreign Languages 21 +4 10% / 90% 0% $42,151 29 90%
History 35 69% / 31% 0% $48,950 49 98%
Interdisciplinary Studies 290 37% / 63% 2% $46,639 43 92%
Interdisciplinary Studies 14 29% / 71% 0% $46,475 42
Jewish/Judaic Studies 1 0% / 100% 100%
Liberal Arts 61 +1 43% / 57% 3% $43,881 34 91%
Philosophy 7 57% / 43% 0% $45,589 40
University Studies 47 +1 21% / 79% 0% $43,881 34 91%
Art 77 23% / 77% 1% $38,221 18 89%
Music 10 30% / 70% 0% $40,627 25
Music Management 19 68% / 32% 11% $41,705 28 94%
Theatre 20 +1 25% / 75% 5% $18,574 2 95%

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 63th

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/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 29.6% 1,708 32% / 68% 2% $45,136 38 93%
Business & Economics 27.2% 1,566 50% / 50% 4% $58,869 71 92%
Health Sciences 12.5% 723 25% / 75% 2% $57,681 69 97%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.6% 438 28% / 72% 3% $50,236 53 93%
Professional 6.2% 357 39% / 61% 2% $50,578 54 94%
Computer Science 5.2% 299 79% / 21% 5% $82,180 93 94%
Engineering 4.3% 248 84% / 16% 5% $81,661 92 94%
Arts 3.6% 208 40% / 60% 4% $44,370 36 92%
Education 2.6% 148 8% / 92% 1% $48,423 48 91%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 72 50% / 50% 7% $49,523 51 88%

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 #190
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.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 52%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 52% 52% 52%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 99%
SAT Range 1040 – 1200
SAT Math Range 510 – 590
SAT RW Range 530 – 610