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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Lakeland, FL
Population 700,000
Website https://floridapoly.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 60 (5% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,872 (82%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,607
Men / Women 81% / 19%
From State 98%
From Region 1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 54%
Hispanic 26%
Asian 5%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Men: 86.4% 86.4% 2015 Men: 86.0% 86.0% 2016 Men: 89.3% 89.3% 2017 Men: 89.0% 89.0% 2018 Men: 88.2% 88.2% 2019 Men: 83.1% 83.1% 2020 Men: 83.4% 83.4% 2021 Men: 83.7% 83.7% 2022 Men: 78.9% 78.9% 2023 Men: 83.9% 83.9% 2024 Men: 80.7% 80.7%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2020 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2021 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2022 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2023 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2024 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2020 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2021 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2022 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2023 Black: 7.3% 7.3% 2024 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Hispanic: 19.9% 19.9% 2021 Hispanic: 18.9% 18.9% 2022 Hispanic: 21.1% 21.1% 2023 Hispanic: 18.7% 18.7% 2024 Hispanic: 15.9% 15.9% 2020 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2021 White: 64.0% 64.0% 2022 White: 66.0% 66.0% 2023 White: 63.2% 63.2% 2024 White: 64.1% 64.1% 2020 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 International: 3.2% 3.2%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2022 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2024 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2025 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2020 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2021 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2023 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2024 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2025 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2020 Hispanic: 20.5% 20.5% 2021 Hispanic: 20.7% 20.7% 2022 Hispanic: 22.6% 22.6% 2023 Hispanic: 23.4% 23.4% 2024 Hispanic: 25.1% 25.1% 2025 Hispanic: 26.3% 26.3% 2020 White: 61.9% 61.9% 2021 White: 61.2% 61.2% 2022 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2023 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2025 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2020 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 International: 2.8% 2.8%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Florida Polytechnic University 331 78% / 22% 1% $92,679 96 100%
Computer Engineering 33 — 79% / 21% 9% $89,755 95 100%
Electrical Engineering 21 — 81% / 19% 0% $87,783 95 100%
Engineering Physics (Aerospace) 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $86,235 94 —
Environmental Engineering 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $72,847 86 —
Mechanical Engineering 84 — 74% / 26% 0% $68,517 82 100%
Computer Science 141 — 84% / 16% 1% $111,166 99 —
Cyber Operations 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $90,688 96 —
Data Science 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $97,754 98 —
Applied Mathematics 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $89,070 95 —
Business Analytics 20 — 75% / 25% 0% $83,274 93 —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $56,578 64 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $5,190
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,346
Est. In-State Cost $6,714
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,907
ROI Percentile 96th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 75%
4-Year Graduation Rate 41%
6-Year Graduation Rate 55%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Graduated: 50.1% 50.1% 2021 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2022 Graduated: 47.3% 47.3% 2023 Graduated: 53.0% 53.0% 2024 Graduated: 54.9% 54.9%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Men: 50.1% 50.1% 2021 Men: 55.1% 55.1% 2022 Men: 48.2% 48.2% 2023 Men: 51.1% 51.1% 2024 Men: 53.6% 53.6% 2020 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 Women: 58.9% 58.9% 2022 Women: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Women: 68.6% 68.6% 2024 Women: 64.9% 64.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2021 Asian: 68.8% 68.8% 2022 Asian: 36.4% 36.4% 2023 Asian: 53.3% 53.3% 2024 Asian: 52.9% 52.9% 2020 Black: 51.9% 51.9% 2021 Black: 36.8% 36.8% 2022 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 Black: 34.8% 34.8% 2024 Black: 58.3% 58.3% 2020 Hispanic: 35.1% 35.1% 2021 Hispanic: 59.5% 59.5% 2022 Hispanic: 45.4% 45.4% 2023 Hispanic: 55.9% 55.9% 2024 Hispanic: 54.0% 54.0% 2020 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2021 White: 55.4% 55.4% 2022 White: 47.5% 47.5% 2023 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2024 White: 55.0% 55.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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
Engineering 45.9% 152 73% / 27% 2% $76,717 88 100%
Computer Science 45.6% 151 84% / 16% 1% $110,184 99 —
Business & Economics 6.0% 20 75% / 25% 0% $83,274 93 —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 8 75% / 25% 0% $89,070 95 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Computer Science $1.1M #225 43% $0.0M — — — —
Engineering $0.8M #285 51% $0.1M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.3M #202 0% $0.0M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.3M #493 31% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #424 67% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0 #547 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.4M #475 39% $0.1M — — — —

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 28%
Yield (Unbound) 19%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 28% 28% 28%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Acceptance: 68.5% 68.5% 2015 Acceptance: 51.8% 51.8% 2016 Acceptance: 73.6% 73.6% 2017 Acceptance: 55.3% 55.3% 2018 Acceptance: 50.7% 50.7% 2019 Acceptance: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Acceptance: 58.4% 58.4% 2021 Acceptance: 54.6% 54.6% 2022 Acceptance: 56.0% 56.0% 2023 Acceptance: 55.7% 55.7% 2024 Acceptance: 57.5% 57.5% 2014 Yield: 46.9% 46.9% 2015 Yield: 41.9% 41.9% 2016 Yield: 40.8% 40.8% 2017 Yield: 47.2% 47.2% 2018 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2019 Yield: 44.1% 44.1% 2020 Yield: 32.2% 32.2% 2021 Yield: 34.3% 34.3% 2022 Yield: 28.9% 28.9% 2023 Yield: 27.8% 27.8% 2024 Yield: 20.2% 20.2%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Applicants: 1,217 1,217 2015 Applicants: 1,812 1,812 2016 Applicants: 1,531 1,531 2017 Applicants: 1,215 1,215 2018 Applicants: 1,437 1,437 2019 Applicants: 1,261 1,261 2020 Applicants: 1,665 1,665 2021 Applicants: 2,124 2,124 2022 Applicants: 2,779 2,779 2023 Applicants: 2,600 2,600 2024 Applicants: 4,110 4,110 2014 Admitted: 834 834 2015 Admitted: 939 939 2016 Admitted: 1,127 1,127 2017 Admitted: 672 672 2018 Admitted: 728 728 2019 Admitted: 631 631 2020 Admitted: 973 973 2021 Admitted: 1,159 1,159 2022 Admitted: 1,557 1,557 2023 Admitted: 1,449 1,449 2024 Admitted: 2,364 2,364 2014 Enrolled: 391 391 2015 Enrolled: 393 393 2016 Enrolled: 460 460 2017 Enrolled: 317 317 2018 Enrolled: 314 314 2019 Enrolled: 278 278 2020 Enrolled: 313 313 2021 Enrolled: 398 398 2022 Enrolled: 450 450 2023 Enrolled: 403 403 2024 Enrolled: 477 477

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 99%
SAT Range 1170 – 1340
SAT Math Range 580 – 670
SAT RW Range 590 – 670

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 1120 1120 2015 25th: 1040 1040 2016 25th: 1040 1040 2017 25th: 1180 1180 2018 25th: 1220 1220 2019 25th: 1200 1200 2020 25th: 1210 1210 2021 25th: 1183 1183 2022 25th: 1190 1190 2023 25th: 1180 1180 2024 25th: 1170 1170 2014 75th: 1300 1300 2015 75th: 1275 1275 2016 75th: 1260 1260 2017 75th: 1330 1330 2018 75th: 1368 1368 2019 75th: 1360 1360 2020 75th: 1370 1370 2021 75th: 1370 1370 2022 75th: 1370 1370 2023 75th: 1370 1370 2024 75th: 1340 1340

SAT Math

25th 75th
500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 570 570 2015 25th: 530 530 2016 25th: 520 520 2017 25th: 590 590 2018 25th: 610 610 2019 25th: 600 600 2020 25th: 610 610 2021 25th: 593 593 2022 25th: 600 600 2023 25th: 590 590 2024 25th: 580 580 2014 75th: 660 660 2015 75th: 645 645 2016 75th: 640 640 2017 75th: 670 670 2018 75th: 698 698 2019 75th: 690 690 2020 75th: 690 690 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 690 690 2023 75th: 690 690 2024 75th: 670 670

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 550 550 2015 25th: 510 510 2016 25th: 520 520 2017 25th: 590 590 2018 25th: 610 610 2019 25th: 600 600 2020 25th: 600 600 2021 25th: 590 590 2022 25th: 590 590 2023 25th: 590 590 2024 25th: 590 590 2014 75th: 640 640 2015 75th: 630 630 2016 75th: 620 620 2017 75th: 660 660 2018 75th: 670 670 2019 75th: 670 670 2020 75th: 680 680 2021 75th: 680 680 2022 75th: 680 680 2023 75th: 680 680 2024 75th: 670 670

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.