Colleges in Florida With the Highest Graduate Earnings
Median earnings four years after graduation at the 65 four-year colleges we rank in Florida run from $93,582 at the top to $29,712 at the bottom, a spread of $63,870.
The median college sits at $53,180, which is $6,223 (10%) below the national median of $59,403. Public colleges (33) have a median of $53,155 and private nonprofit colleges (28) a median of $58,209, and the typical net price across the list is $14,506.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach ranks first at $93,582, ahead of Florida Institute of Technology ($90,403) and Florida Polytechnic University ($86,952).
How this list is built
A college appears here only if it meets every condition below.
- Colleges considered
- All 4-year colleges (public, private nonprofit and for-profit)
- Ranked by earnings after 4 years, highest first. Ties are broken by larger undergraduate enrollment, then by name.
- Main campuses only, with at least 60% of core data fields reported
- Main campus located in Florida
- At least 500 undergraduate students enrolled (fall 2024)
- A reported earnings after 4 years value (schools without one are not ranked)
- This page is published only when at least 15 schools qualify; Florida has 65
- Data period
- Earnings: median earnings four years after completing, measured in 2022 and 2023 for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 cohorts, in 2024 dollars.
- Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24.
- Graduate debt: median federal loan debt of completers, pooled 2020 and 2021 cohorts.
- Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who started in fall 2018 (4-year) or fall 2021 (2-year), finishing within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment: undergraduate students, fall 2024.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
Showing the top 50 of 65 qualifying schools. Select a column heading to re-sort the table.
| 1 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $93,582 | $41,272 | $23,666 | 67% | 7,860 |
| 2 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $90,403 | $35,639 | $27,000 | 64% | 3,404 |
| 3 | Florida Polytechnic University Lakeland, FL Public · 4-year | $86,952 | $11,853 | $14,250 | 54% | 1,689 |
| 4 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $85,019 | $37,244 | $17,500 | 84% | 12,913 |
| 5 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $81,582 | $30,371 | $24,250 | 64% | 7,240 |
| 6 | AdventHealth University Orlando, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $79,607 | $30,135 | $24,590 | 37% | 1,361 |
| 7 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL Public · 4-year | $77,321 | $6,541 | $15,000 | 91% | 35,629 |
| 8 | Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $77,058 | $25,180 | $22,000 | 54% | 2,930 |
| 9 | Barry University Miami, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $73,480 | $22,613 | $26,997 | 37% | 2,212 |
| 10 | St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $70,806 | $26,312 | $19,125 | 46% | 2,214 |
| 11 | University of West Florida Pensacola, FL Public · 4-year | $67,723 | $9,364 | $16,624 | 60% | 9,330 |
| 12 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Public · 4-year | $66,924 | $11,297 | $18,000 | 84% | 32,212 |
| 13 | Rollins College Winter Park, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $65,488 | $34,732 | $25,500 | 76% | 2,631 |
| 14 | The University of Tampa Tampa, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $62,720 | $36,211 | $24,211 | 63% | 10,572 |
| 15 | Florida International University Miami, FL Public · 4-year | $62,192 | $9,288 | $16,500 | 74% | 39,508 |
| 16 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL Public · 4-year | $62,079 | $9,812 | $17,988 | 76% | 37,207 |
| 17 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Public · 4-year | $61,355 | $10,411 | $18,190 | 77% | 59,146 |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL Public · 4-year | $59,690 | $8,752 | $17,236 | 63% | 23,757 |
| 19 | Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $59,489 | $24,860 | $20,776 | 55% | 1,298 |
| 20 | Everglades University Boca Raton, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $59,470 | $27,371 | $38,996 | 59% | 2,789 |
| 21 | University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL Public · 4-year | $59,418 | $10,154 | $15,531 | 69% | 13,359 |
| 22 | Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL Public · 4-year | $59,369 | $12,568 | $17,622 | 57% | 13,874 |
| 23 | Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $58,753 | $28,551 | $25,000 | 70% | 2,656 |
| 24 | Saint Leo University Saint Leo, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $58,644 | $21,293 | $25,278 | 47% | 6,721 |
| 25 | Stetson University DeLand, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $57,773 | $19,372 | $23,250 | 63% | 2,297 |
| 26 | State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton, FL Public · 4-year | $55,922 | $22,356 | $9,000 | 37% | 7,379 |
| 27 | Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $54,983 | $28,354 | $22,500 | 57% | 2,603 |
| 28 | The College of the Florida Keys Key West, FL Public · 4-year | $54,493 | $13,636 | $9,500 | 37% | 1,012 |
| 29 | St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL Public · 4-year | $54,088 | $1,471 | $16,868 | 38% | 18,950 |
| 30 | Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers, FL Public · 4-year | $53,901 | $7,247 | $8,000 | 39% | 11,052 |
| 31 | Lynn University Boca Raton, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $53,587 | $44,089 | $17,940 | 52% | 2,859 |
| 32 | Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL Public · 4-year | $53,224 | $4,128 | $13,562 | 35% | 19,648 |
| 33 | Polk State College Winter Haven, FL Public · 4-year | $53,180 | $9,427 | $10,076 | 35% | 7,180 |
| 34 | Santa Fe College Gainesville, FL Public · 4-year | $53,155 | $11,098 | $11,310 | 53% | 11,122 |
| 35 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL Public · 4-year | $52,657 | $13,739 | $23,548 | 53% | 7,582 |
| 36 | Tallahassee State College Tallahassee, FL Public · 4-year | $52,652 | $7,781 | $7,668 | 37% | 11,053 |
| 37 | Northwest Florida State College Niceville, FL Public · 4-year | $52,556 | $4,571 | $7,932 | 41% | 3,010 |
| 38 | Gulf Coast State College Panama City, FL Public · 4-year | $52,051 | $4,709 | $7,147 | 44% | 3,934 |
| 39 | Flagler College Saint Augustine, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $52,031 | $30,525 | $24,250 | 56% | 2,391 |
| 40 | Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey, FL Public · 4-year | $51,981 | $5,203 | $9,535 | 42% | 6,900 |
| 41 | Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology Delray Beach, FL For-profit · 4-year | $51,259 | $21,276 | $26,250 | 70% | 1,315 |
| 42 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $51,106 | $30,498 | $26,125 | 58% | 17,678 |
| 43 | Saint Johns River State College Palatka, FL Public · 4-year | $51,036 | $6,135 | $12,000 | 47% | 4,403 |
| 44 | Southeastern University Lakeland, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $50,572 | $31,942 | $21,500 | 43% | 4,813 |
| 45 | Warner University Lake Wales, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $50,390 | $19,748 | $22,250 | 38% | 756 |
| 46 | Webber International University Babson Park, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $50,359 | $29,529 | $25,250 | 27% | 813 |
| 47 | Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL Public · 4-year | $49,843 | $14,506 | $7,500 | 38% | 24,922 |
| 48 | Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota, FL Private nonprofit · 4-year | $49,311 | $57,742 | $27,000 | 71% | 1,662 |
| 49 | Eastern Florida State College Melbourne, FL Public · 4-year | $49,053 | $6,440 | $12,250 | 52% | 10,490 |
| 50 | Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Public · 4-year | $49,001 | $7,177 | $8,250 | 42% | 10,176 |
How to compare these colleges
High earnings partly reflect who enrolls and what they study: engineering, nursing and business programs usually pay more than education or the arts, so a school with strong health or technical programs can top the list. Read the earnings next to net price, debt and graduation rate, because earnings count only people who finished, and four years after graduation is early in a career.
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