Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
Private College in Daytona Beach, FL. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $84,131.
Ten-year median earnings of $84,131 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $23,666 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.5% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Admissions
At 58%, the acceptance rate makes Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 2,079 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. A 52% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. 4% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 520–630 | 22 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 520–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–28 | 10 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 24% graduate within six years. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Retention drops to 49% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 23:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,786 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,458 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,216 at $0–30k, $24,015 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 117 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 | $18,216 |
| $30–48k | $18,777 |
| $48–75k | $19,002 |
| $75–110k | $21,057 |
| $110k+ | $24,015 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 905 of these 8,786 students, totalling $6,469,283 — an average of $7,148 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)