Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida · Public

Of 76 assessed programs, 72 leave graduates out-earning a typical Florida high-school graduate (about $34,350/yr) and 4 fall short. Another 138 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$3,022
$30k to $48k	$4,135
$48k to $75k	$8,106
$75k to $110k	$14,440
$110k and up	$16,854
All families (average)	$8,752

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

76 of 214 programs could be assessed 36% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Florida high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,707	+$13,357	clears the bar	$16,028	1.2 yrs	491
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$91,953	+$57,603	clears the bar	$17,050	0.3 yrs	374
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,754	+$14,404	clears the bar	$16,048	1.1 yrs	328
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$62,058	+$27,708	clears the bar	$17,238	0.6 yrs	323
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$53,545	+$19,195	clears the bar	$15,450	0.8 yrs	320
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$95,852	+$61,502	clears the bar	$41,000	0.7 yrs	312
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	$51,082	+$16,732	clears the bar	$19,111	1.1 yrs	311
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$62,906	+$28,556	clears the bar	$16,875	0.6 yrs	288
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$70,078	+$35,728	clears the bar	$15,458	0.4 yrs	278
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$77,465	+$43,115	clears the bar	$16,452	0.4 yrs	272
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$48,520	+$14,170	clears the bar	$11,892	0.8 yrs	268
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$51,640	+$17,290	clears the bar	$17,077	1.0 yrs	260
Accounting	Master's Degree	$99,288	+$64,938	clears the bar	$36,200	0.6 yrs	214
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$54,717	+$20,367	clears the bar	$18,375	0.9 yrs	212
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$50,966	+$16,616	clears the bar	$17,744	1.1 yrs	206
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$89,476	+$55,126	clears the bar	$16,988	0.3 yrs	172
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$57,153	+$22,803	clears the bar	$15,000	0.7 yrs	143
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$58,963	+$24,613	clears the bar	$25,469	1.0 yrs	143
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$47,505	+$13,155	clears the bar	$16,000	1.2 yrs	141
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$50,395	+$16,045	clears the bar	$18,117	1.1 yrs	135
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$53,872	+$19,522	clears the bar	$16,875	0.9 yrs	128
Nursing	Master's Degree	$109,033	+$74,683	clears the bar	$40,000	0.5 yrs	124
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$70,318	+$35,968	clears the bar	$16,250	0.5 yrs	122
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$75,592	+$41,242	clears the bar	$25,049	0.6 yrs	111
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,012	+$21,662	clears the bar	$17,695	0.8 yrs	111
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$48,428	+$14,078	clears the bar	$19,201	1.4 yrs	104
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$86,396	+$52,046	clears the bar	$33,180	0.6 yrs	102
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,983	+$16,633	clears the bar	$18,500	1.1 yrs	97
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$46,606	+$12,256	clears the bar	$13,867	1.1 yrs	90
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$56,073	+$21,723	clears the bar	$16,791	0.8 yrs	84
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,583	+$55,233	clears the bar	$20,875	0.4 yrs	81
Hospitality Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$45,806	+$11,456	clears the bar	$13,875	1.2 yrs	70
Biology	Master's Degree	$61,445	+$27,095	clears the bar	$25,503	0.9 yrs	69
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$90,664	+$56,314	clears the bar	$23,000	0.4 yrs	66
English	Bachelor's Degree	$47,642	+$13,292	clears the bar	$17,750	1.3 yrs	66
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$89,537	+$55,187	clears the bar	$171,228	3.1 yrs	64
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$65,703	+$31,353	clears the bar	$36,499	1.2 yrs	60
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$84,778	+$50,428	clears the bar	$23,300	0.5 yrs	60
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$50,230	+$15,880	clears the bar	$15,250	1.0 yrs	59
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$89,110	+$54,760	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	58
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$57,679	+$23,329	clears the bar	$17,000	0.7 yrs	58
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$56,162	+$21,812	clears the bar	$18,375	0.8 yrs	56
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$54,635	+$20,285	clears the bar	$20,000	1.0 yrs	54
Education	Bachelor's Degree	$50,946	+$16,596	clears the bar	$16,869	1.0 yrs	46
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$74,056	+$39,706	clears the bar	$18,000	0.5 yrs	45
Counseling Psychology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$25,501 1-year earnings	-$8,849	falls short	$13,500	insufficient data	44
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,561	+$59,211	clears the bar	$18,425	0.3 yrs	42
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$59,554	+$25,204	clears the bar	$18,750	0.7 yrs	38
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$35,015 1-year earnings	+$665	clears the bar	$22,128	33.3 yrs	37
History	Bachelor's Degree	$46,960	+$12,610	clears the bar	$16,514	1.3 yrs	34
Taxation	Master's Degree	$100,001	+$65,651	clears the bar	$30,869	0.5 yrs	33
Environmental Design	Bachelor's Degree	$53,961	+$19,611	clears the bar	$14,347	0.7 yrs	31
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$56,414	+$22,064	clears the bar	$22,250	1.0 yrs	29
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$64,385	+$30,035	clears the bar	$41,000	1.4 yrs	27
Natural Resources and Conservation	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$49,254	+$14,904	clears the bar	$14,500	1.0 yrs	26
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$60,144	+$25,794	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Management Information Systems	Master's Degree	$93,774	+$59,424	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$62,090	+$27,740	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$46,915	+$12,565	clears the bar	$19,500	1.6 yrs	23
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$92,145	+$57,795	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	$37,374	+$3,024	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Finance	Master's Degree	$99,143	+$64,793	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Ocean Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$80,093	+$45,743	clears the bar	$27,000	0.6 yrs	20
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$66,095	+$31,745	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$20,673	-$13,677	falls short	$22,250	insufficient data	20
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$33,389	-$961	falls short	$18,500	insufficient data	18
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Bachelor's Degree	$66,093	+$31,743	clears the bar	$21,114	0.7 yrs	16
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$97,695	+$63,345	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,453	+$37,103	clears the bar	$19,223	0.5 yrs	13
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$73,084	+$38,734	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$122,359	+$88,009	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$56,009 1-year earnings	+$21,659	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Special Education	Master's Degree	$65,380	+$31,030	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$22,286 1-year earnings	-$12,064	falls short	$18,125	insufficient data	7
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$115,208	+$80,858	clears the bar	$54,476	0.7 yrs	6
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$64,730	+$30,380	clears the bar	$30,749	1.0 yrs	3
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	71
Computer and Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	68
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Interdisciplinary Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Surveying Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Social Work	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$15,700	insufficient data	18
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
School Counseling	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Ocean Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Social Work	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Healthcare Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Insurance	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Data Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Marketing	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Research Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Management Information Systems	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Marine Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Philosophy	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physics	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Area Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Education	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Ocean Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Human Development and Family Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,350/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.