Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University-Daytona Beach
Private College in Daytona Beach, FL. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $84,131.
Ten-year median earnings of $84,131 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $23,666, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
65% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 11,232 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. Yield sits at 26% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 580–670 | 974 (52%) |
| SAT Math | 580–690 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–30 | 469 (25%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach →Academics
A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,535 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $42,976 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $36,238 while those at $110k+ pay $45,035. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $22,715. Federal borrowing reaches 39% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,923 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $36,238 |
| $30–48k | $35,628 |
| $48–75k | $36,769 |
| $75–110k | $40,670 |
| $110k+ | $45,035 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,967 of these 7,535 students, totalling $18,808,982 — an average of $6,339 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Volusia County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)