- The Inkwell
- Florida
- Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, FLRural: fringeZIP 33805Founded 2012
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 2012
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2016
- Website
- floridapoly.edu
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Florida Polytechnic University
Florida Polytechnic University is a public university in Lakeland, Florida, with 1,689 undergraduates. It admits 58% of applicants, graduates 58% within six years and costs $11,278 a year after aid.
58%graduate
Admission rate58%
Retention75%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share37%
Federal loans27%
$11,278net price / year
58%admission rate
1268average SAT
58%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#252 of 1,739 for lowest net price#763 of 1,738 for graduation rate#329 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
- $22,066tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $4,940
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $21,005
- Average net price
- $11,278national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$8,460
$30,001–48,000$9,324
$48,001–75,000$9,898
$75,001–110,000$13,174
$110,001+$17,088
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 58%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1268
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 580–670
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 24–30
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college58%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college58%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college37%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 58%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $66,416
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Florida Polytechnic University—
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
- 1,689
- Part-time
- 7.0%
- Women / men
- 20% / 80%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 92%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,180 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,261
- Endowment, end of year
- $4,300,678
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White53%
Hispanic27%
Black5.5%
Asian5.5%
Two or more races5.3%
U.S. nonresident2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.8%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering44%
Computer & information sciences41%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.1%
Liberal arts & humanities4.3%
Mathematics & statistics2.3%
Military technologies0.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 482936. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5461548.