Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL · Public · Small city · Carnegie R1/R2 · FAU
Public institution in Boca Raton, FL · 23,458 undergraduates · 73% acceptance rate · $56,746 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Undergraduates
- Top 7%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 11%Average net price
- Top 22%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $8,001213th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,879144th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,324691st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,054440th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $17,236417th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,746705th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,647827th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 64.3%612th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 84.2%477th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 73.4%713th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1119619th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 23494th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 23,45887th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,024th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 35.1%938th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 21 mi (FLL)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EAOct 15
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $30
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 63 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $64,679 | $63,463 |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $63,501 | $58,221 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $63,005 | $64,415 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,888 | $63,600 |
| Ocean EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,303 | $63,377 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $57,619 | $54,252 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $54,401 | $51,794 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $45,584 | $47,260 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional PlanningArchitecture | bachelors | $44,170 | $44,170 |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $43,798 | $41,565 |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $43,798 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $43,739 | $42,944 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1961source
- Athletic nickname: "Owls"source
- FAU Stadium seats about 29,419source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- School colors: Blue and Redsource
- Motto: ""Where Tomorrow Begins.""source
- Athletic conference: FBSsource
- A sea-grant institutionsource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A space-grant]]}} institutionsource
- Plays for the "Don Shula Award" (since 2002)source
- Fight song: ""FAU Fight Song""source
- Notable alum: Carrot Topsource
- Notable alum: Steven Swansonsource
- Notable alum: Mary Careysource
- Notable alum: Phil Zimmermannsource
Athletics — 12 sports
NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $8,264,758 (M $4,802,485 · W $3,462,273)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitefau.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 133669)
- Compare colleges in FLRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in FloridaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Florida Atlantic University vs Broward CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 12 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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