Boca Raton, FL
Florida Atlantic University
https://www.fau.edu/Repayment outcome
80.5%
of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.
Money
$25,900–$58,200
middle 50% · median $41,400
Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed
College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.
Net price
after grants & scholarships
$13,242
Median debt
of borrowers at graduation
$12,500
Sticker price
before any aid
$19,131
Default rate
7.6%
Earnings by major
Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data
A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.
- Engineering$54,252
- Health Professions$52,107
- Computer Science$51,794
- Physical Sciences$43,798
- Business$40,434
- Math & Statistics$37,568
- Social Sciences$37,568
- Public Admin$35,823
- History$34,420
- Education$34,259
- Criminal Justice$33,335
- Communication and Media Studies.$33,103
- English & Literature$32,634
- Interdisciplinary$31,314
- Liberal Arts$30,047
- Parks & Fitness$28,598
- Biology$28,115
- Psychology$27,701
- Foreign Languages$25,967
- Visual & Performing Arts$18,498
Academics
Acceptance
47.7%
Avg SAT
1,039
Enrollment
24,685
What students study
17 fields offered
Business
23% of degrees awarded — the most popular field
- 02Social Sciences8.6%
- 03Liberal Arts8.2%
- 04Education8.1%
- 05Health Professions7.0%
- 06Criminal Justice6.5%
- 07Psychology6.2%
- 08Biology5.5%
- 09Communications4.9%
- 10Engineering4.0%
- 11Visual & Performing Arts3.1%
- 12Public Admin3.1%
- 13English & Literature2.6%
- 14Parks & Fitness2.6%
- 15Architecture1.7%
- 16Computer Science1.6%
- 17History1.1%