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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FLCity: smallZIP 32114Founded 1926
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1926
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- daytonabeach.erau.edu
FloridaPrivate nonprofit
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach is a private nonprofit university in Daytona Beach, Florida, with 7,860 undergraduates. It admits 65% of applicants, graduates 68% within six years and costs $40,539 a year after aid.
68%graduate
Admission rate65%
Retention88%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans34%
$40,539net price / year
65%admission rate
1257average SAT
68%graduate in 6 years
$92,069median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,000median debt
#101 of 1,704 for earnings#1,661 of 1,739 for lowest net price#458 of 1,738 for graduation rate#454 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $64,963tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $46,181
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $46,181
- Average net price
- $40,539national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$34,808
$30,001–48,000$34,747
$48,001–75,000$37,584
$75,001–110,000$40,021
$110,001+$44,766
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 65%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1257
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 580–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 580–690
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college65%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college88%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college68%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 68%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 71%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $71,228
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $92,069middle 50%: $63,243–$124,686
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$124,686
Median, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach$92,069
Lower quarter$63,243
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 7,860
- Part-time
- 4.0%
- Women / men
- 28% / 72%
- Average age at entry
- 25.4
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 88%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,966 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $14,657
- Endowment, end of year
- $222,643,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White56%
Hispanic16%
Black4.5%
Asian5.1%
Two or more races5.3%
U.S. nonresident9.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown2.4%
13 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Transportation & materials moving41%
Engineering35%
Business & management5.1%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting3.1%
Physical sciences2.7%
Computer & information sciences2.3%
Psychology2.1%
Biological & biomedical sciences2.0%
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|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL | $27,714 | 62% | $66,144 |
| Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL | $24,658 | 42% | $53,366 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL | $19,741 | 31% | $92,069 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 133553. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5370252.