unitid 133669 · Boca Raton, FL · public 4-year · city (small)
Florida Atlantic University
- enrollment 2023
- 36,189
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
66%
23rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
23,757
91st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
56th pctl among public 4-years
completion
63%
finish within 150% time
81st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,522
44th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,752
after aid, aided students
25th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$56,746
after entry, Title IV students
67th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,236
35th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $3,022 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k41%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+13%
- Median family income
- $28,065
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,879
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 415 | — | $11,300 |
| Biology, General. | 389 | $54,209 | $17,537 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 356 | $93,889 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 347 | $89,276 | $21,070 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General. | 330 | $50,873 | $22,324 |
| Psychology, General. | 315 | $46,691 | $18,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 311 | $61,421 | $17,700 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 292 | $55,057 | $18,750 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 292 | — | $20,425 |
| Marketing. | 272 | $59,419 | $19,500 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 252 | $68,293 | $17,641 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 215 | $68,963 | $19,431 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.