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Florida Polytechnic University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 700,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Lakeland, FL

Weather

Comfortable Days 60 (5% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,872 (82%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,607
Men / Women 81% / 19%
From State 98%
From Region 1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 54%
Hispanic 26%
Asian 5%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Men: 87.1% 87.1% 2015 Men: 86.2% 86.2% 2016 Men: 89.1% 89.1% 2017 Men: 88.9% 88.9% 2018 Men: 88.3% 88.3% 2019 Men: 82.8% 82.8% 2020 Men: 82.6% 82.6% 2021 Men: 81.4% 81.4% 2022 Men: 83.1% 83.1% 2023 Men: 78.9% 78.9% 2024 Men: 84.1% 84.1% 2025 Men: 81.7% 81.7%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2015 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2016 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2018 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2019 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2020 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2024 Asian: 6.0% 6.0% 2025 Asian: 5.3% 5.3% 2014 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2015 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2016 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2017 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2018 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2019 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2021 Black: 4.9% 4.9% 2022 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2024 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2025 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2014 Hispanic: 20.3% 20.3% 2015 Hispanic: 20.7% 20.7% 2016 Hispanic: 20.9% 20.9% 2017 Hispanic: 18.7% 18.7% 2018 Hispanic: 15.9% 15.9% 2019 Hispanic: 16.8% 16.8% 2020 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0% 2021 Hispanic: 23.5% 23.5% 2022 Hispanic: 24.0% 24.0% 2023 Hispanic: 19.7% 19.7% 2024 Hispanic: 25.4% 25.4% 2025 Hispanic: 29.1% 29.1% 2014 White: 67.1% 67.1% 2015 White: 65.8% 65.8% 2016 White: 65.6% 65.6% 2017 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2018 White: 64.8% 64.8% 2019 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2020 White: 65.6% 65.6% 2021 White: 60.2% 60.2% 2022 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2023 White: 62.7% 62.7% 2024 White: 54.2% 54.2% 2025 White: 50.1% 50.1% 2014 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2018 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2019 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 2.6% 2.6%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Total: 512 512 2015 Total: 864 864 2016 Total: 1,254 1,254 2017 Total: 1,329 1,329 2018 Total: 1,251 1,251 2019 Total: 1,134 1,134 2020 Total: 1,180 1,180 2021 Total: 1,191 1,191 2022 Total: 1,342 1,342 2023 Total: 1,323 1,323 2024 Total: 1,516 1,516 2025 Total: 1,607 1,607 2014 Men: 445 445 2015 Men: 732 732 2016 Men: 1,095 1,095 2017 Men: 1,158 1,158 2018 Men: 1,085 1,085 2019 Men: 970 970 2020 Men: 1,010 1,010 2021 Men: 992 992 2022 Men: 1,114 1,114 2023 Men: 1,070 1,070 2024 Men: 1,229 1,229 2025 Men: 1,296 1,296 2014 Women: 67 67 2015 Women: 132 132 2016 Women: 159 159 2017 Women: 171 171 2018 Women: 166 166 2019 Women: 164 164 2020 Women: 170 170 2021 Women: 199 199 2022 Women: 228 228 2023 Women: 253 253 2024 Women: 287 287 2025 Women: 311 311

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2016 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2017 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2019 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2020 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2022 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2023 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2024 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2025 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2014 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2015 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2016 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2017 Black: 5.6% 5.6% 2018 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2019 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2020 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2021 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Black: 6.9% 6.9% 2023 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2024 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2025 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2014 Hispanic: 18.4% 18.4% 2015 Hispanic: 19.8% 19.8% 2016 Hispanic: 18.7% 18.7% 2017 Hispanic: 18.3% 18.3% 2018 Hispanic: 18.9% 18.9% 2019 Hispanic: 20.5% 20.5% 2020 Hispanic: 20.5% 20.5% 2021 Hispanic: 20.7% 20.7% 2022 Hispanic: 22.6% 22.6% 2023 Hispanic: 23.4% 23.4% 2024 Hispanic: 25.1% 25.1% 2025 Hispanic: 26.3% 26.3% 2014 White: 69.9% 69.9% 2015 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2016 White: 66.7% 66.7% 2017 White: 64.9% 64.9% 2018 White: 63.7% 63.7% 2019 White: 63.1% 63.1% 2020 White: 61.9% 61.9% 2021 White: 61.2% 61.2% 2022 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2023 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2025 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2014 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2017 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2018 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2019 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 International: 2.5% 2.5% 2021 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 International: 2.8% 2.8%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Florida Polytechnic University 331 78% 58% 7% 5% 24% 1% $79,472 71 -1.71 87 100%
Computer Engineering 33 — 79% 55% 3% 9% 24% 9% $89,755 1 -1.29 93 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 21 — 81% 57% 5% 5% 29% 0% $87,783 1 -1.38 92 100% — — — —
Engineering Physics (Aerospace) 6 — 67% 67% 17% 0% 17% 0% $87,428 2 -1.98 92 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 8 — 25% 50% 0% 0% 38% 0% $86,081 47 +0.09 91 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 84 — 74% 61% 6% 6% 19% 0% $74,334 0 -3.13 83 100% — — — —
Computer Science 141 — 84% 56% 9% 6% 26% 1% $75,765 3 -1.44 84 — — — — —
Cyber Operations 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $85,579 31 -0.43 91 — — — — —
Data Science 8 — 75% 50% 0% 0% 38% 0% $95,987 20 -0.69 96 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 8 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $89,315 30 -0.61 93 — — — — —
Business Analytics 20 — 75% 65% 10% 5% 15% 0% $85,311 35 -0.41 91 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — — — — — $48,127 12 -0.88 34 — — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $5,190
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,346
Est. In-State Cost $6,714
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,907
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 75%
4-Year Graduation Rate 41%
6-Year Graduation Rate 55%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Graduated: 50.1% 50.1% 2021 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2022 Graduated: 47.3% 47.3% 2023 Graduated: 53.0% 53.0% 2024 Graduated: 54.9% 54.9%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Men: 50.1% 2021 Men: 55.1% 2022 Men: 48.2% 2023 Men: 51.1% 2024 Men: 53.6% 2020 Women: 50.0% 2021 Women: 58.9% 2022 Women: 40.0% 2023 Women: 68.6% 2024 Women: 64.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Asian: 42.9% 2021 Asian: 68.8% 2022 Asian: 36.4% 2023 Asian: 53.3% 2024 Asian: 52.9% 2020 Black: 51.9% 2021 Black: 36.8% 2022 Black: 50.0% 2023 Black: 34.8% 2024 Black: 58.3% 2020 Hispanic: 35.1% 2021 Hispanic: 59.5% 2022 Hispanic: 45.4% 2023 Hispanic: 55.9% 2024 Hispanic: 54.0% 2020 White: 54.6% 2021 White: 55.4% 2022 White: 47.5% 2023 White: 55.3% 2024 White: 55.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 45.9% 152 73% 59% 5% 6% 22% 2% $80,675 0 -2.27 88 100% —
Computer Science 45.6% 151 84% 56% 9% 5% 26% 1% $76,966 5 -1.39 85 — —
Business & Economics 6.0% 20 75% 65% 10% 5% 15% 0% $85,311 62 -0.41 91 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 8 75% 75% 0% 0% 12% 0% $89,315 75 -0.61 93 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Computer Science $1.1M #225 43% $0.0M — — — —
Engineering $0.8M #285 51% $0.1M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.3M #202 0% $0.0M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.3M #493 31% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #424 67% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0 #547 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.4M #475 39% $0.1M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 79% 72% 51%
Unhooked Early Decision 0% 0% —

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Acceptance & Yield

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Acceptance: 68.5% 68.5% 2015 Acceptance: 51.8% 51.8% 2016 Acceptance: 73.6% 73.6% 2017 Acceptance: 55.3% 55.3% 2018 Acceptance: 50.7% 50.7% 2019 Acceptance: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Acceptance: 58.4% 58.4% 2021 Acceptance: 54.6% 54.6% 2022 Acceptance: 56.0% 56.0% 2023 Acceptance: 55.7% 55.7% 2024 Acceptance: 57.5% 57.5% 2025 Acceptance: 75.3% 75.3% 2014 Yield: 46.9% 46.9% 2015 Yield: 41.9% 41.9% 2016 Yield: 40.8% 40.8% 2017 Yield: 47.2% 47.2% 2018 Yield: 43.1% 43.1% 2019 Yield: 44.1% 44.1% 2020 Yield: 32.2% 32.2% 2021 Yield: 34.3% 34.3% 2022 Yield: 28.9% 28.9% 2023 Yield: 27.8% 27.8% 2024 Yield: 20.2% 20.2% 2025 Yield: 20.0% 20.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 Applicants: 1,217 1,217 2015 Applicants: 1,812 1,812 2016 Applicants: 1,531 1,531 2017 Applicants: 1,215 1,215 2018 Applicants: 1,437 1,437 2019 Applicants: 1,261 1,261 2020 Applicants: 1,665 1,665 2021 Applicants: 2,124 2,124 2022 Applicants: 2,779 2,779 2023 Applicants: 2,600 2,600 2024 Applicants: 4,110 4,110 2025 Applicants: 3,409 3,409 2014 Admitted: 834 834 2015 Admitted: 939 939 2016 Admitted: 1,127 1,127 2017 Admitted: 672 672 2018 Admitted: 728 728 2019 Admitted: 631 631 2020 Admitted: 973 973 2021 Admitted: 1,159 1,159 2022 Admitted: 1,557 1,557 2023 Admitted: 1,449 1,449 2024 Admitted: 2,364 2,364 2025 Admitted: 2,566 2,566 2014 Enrolled: 391 391 2015 Enrolled: 393 393 2016 Enrolled: 460 460 2017 Enrolled: 317 317 2018 Enrolled: 314 314 2019 Enrolled: 278 278 2020 Enrolled: 313 313 2021 Enrolled: 398 398 2022 Enrolled: 450 450 2023 Enrolled: 403 403 2024 Enrolled: 477 477 2025 Enrolled: 513 513

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1130 – 1320
SAT Math Range 550 – 660
SAT RW Range 570 – 670

SAT Composite

1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 1120 1120 2015 25th: 1040 1040 2016 25th: 1040 1040 2017 25th: 1180 1180 2018 25th: 1220 1220 2019 25th: 1200 1200 2020 25th: 1210 1210 2021 25th: 1180 1180 2022 25th: 1190 1190 2023 25th: 1180 1180 2024 25th: 1170 1170 2014 75th: 1300 1300 2015 75th: 1270 1270 2016 75th: 1260 1260 2017 75th: 1330 1330 2018 75th: 1360 1360 2019 75th: 1360 1360 2020 75th: 1370 1370 2021 75th: 1370 1370 2022 75th: 1370 1370 2023 75th: 1370 1370 2024 75th: 1340 1340

SAT Math

500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 570 570 2015 25th: 530 530 2016 25th: 520 520 2017 25th: 590 590 2018 25th: 610 610 2019 25th: 600 600 2020 25th: 610 610 2021 25th: 590 590 2022 25th: 600 600 2023 25th: 590 590 2024 25th: 580 580 2014 75th: 660 660 2015 75th: 640 640 2016 75th: 640 640 2017 75th: 670 670 2018 75th: 690 690 2019 75th: 690 690 2020 75th: 690 690 2021 75th: 690 690 2022 75th: 690 690 2023 75th: 690 690 2024 75th: 670 670

SAT Reading & Writing

500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 550 550 2015 25th: 510 510 2016 25th: 520 520 2017 25th: 590 590 2018 25th: 610 610 2019 25th: 600 600 2020 25th: 600 600 2021 25th: 590 590 2022 25th: 590 590 2023 25th: 590 590 2024 25th: 590 590 2014 75th: 640 640 2015 75th: 630 630 2016 75th: 620 620 2017 75th: 660 660 2018 75th: 670 670 2019 75th: 670 670 2020 75th: 680 680 2021 75th: 680 680 2022 75th: 680 680 2023 75th: 680 680 2024 75th: 670 670

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.