Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Private College in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $39,696.
Ten-year median earnings of $39,696 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,125, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 97%, Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 3,238, typical for a school of this reach. A 61% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 58% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 25% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 17,370 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,723 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($29,143 versus $36,775), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $9,930. 72% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 1,249 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 | $29,143 |
| $30–48k | $30,272 |
| $48–75k | $32,174 |
| $75–110k | $36,495 |
| $110k+ | $36,775 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 12,582 of these 17,370 students, totalling $134,205,576 — an average of $10,666 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Broward 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)