Florida Atlantic University
Public Research University in Boca Raton, FL. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $56,746.
Students who entered Florida Atlantic University land at a median of $56,746 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 63%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $17,236 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.1% 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Florida Atlantic University accepts 66% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is large — 31,511 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. Yield sits at 20% — 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 | 530–610 | 3,227 (76%) |
| SAT Math | 510–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–26 | 962 (23%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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63% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 24% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 24:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 23,459 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $10,225 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $3,022 at $0–30k versus $16,854 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $9,979. 28% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 3,567 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 | $3,022 |
| $30–48k | $4,135 |
| $48–75k | $8,106 |
| $75–110k | $14,440 |
| $110k+ | $16,854 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,482 of these 23,459 students, totalling $41,326,365 — an average of $6,376 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach 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)