Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical University
Public Research University in Tallahassee, FL. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $44,349.
Students who entered Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University land at a median of $44,349 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 53% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $23,548, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 3.3% 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 21% means admission is the exception — plan accordingly. The applicant pool is large — 22,756 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. About 31% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
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 | 520–610 | 1,177 (83%) |
| SAT Math | 510–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–24 | 638 (45%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 53%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 22% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 58% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,516 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,819 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,299 at $0–30k, $20,332 at $110k+. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $10,100 — common but not automatic. About 52% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,358 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 | $13,299 |
| $30–48k | $10,921 |
| $48–75k | $15,269 |
| $75–110k | $18,325 |
| $110k+ | $20,332 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,893 of these 7,516 students, totalling $26,339,560 — an average of $6,766 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Leon 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)