As many graduates enter the workforce for the first time, here’s a look at their earning potential and a few other metrics:
Return on Investment
- 70% For 2020-21, the share of grads with a bachelor’s either earning at least $40,000 annually one year after graduation or continuing their studies
- $45,500 Median salary
- $54,800 Highest median salary (Florida Polytechnic University grads)
- $34,900 Lowest median salary (New College grads)
Higher-paying Majors
- $74,800 Computer and Information Sciences
- $72,100 Registered Nursing
- $66,100 Mechanical Engineering
- $63,900 Civil Engineering
- $55,400 Finance
Incoming
- 45,240 Number of first-year students
- 277,483 Number of undergrads expected this fall across the 12 universities’ campuses
Key Indicators
- 1st U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Florida state university system first for seven consecutive years.
- 77% Share of resident undergrads loan-free in 2021-22. Florida’s state universities have the lowest tuition in the nation.
- 63% Florida’s four-year graduation rate
- 10 Percentage point improvement in the graduation rate in the last five years