Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida · Also known as Florida Tech · Website
$43,137
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$43,137
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Florida Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Melbourne, Florida with 3,404 undergraduates and 5,326 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $35,639 a year (tuition and fees $45,900). It admits 58% of applicants and 64% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $43,137 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$35,639
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$45,900
US median $11,837
Admission rate
58%
US median 78%
Completion rate
64%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$43,137
Rank 2,217 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $35,639
- Tuition and fees
- $45,900
- Cost of attendance
- $62,440
- Students with a need-based grant
- 21%
- Students with federal loans
- 40%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $29,108
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $29,213
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $31,311
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $36,466
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $40,649
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $39,290 in 2015-16 to $45,900 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1,225
- SAT reading, middle
- 620
- SAT math, middle
- 620
- ACT, middle
- 27
- Undergraduates
- 3,404
- Graduate students
- 5,326
- Part-time students
- 3.6%
- Women
- 33%
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Completion rate
- 64%
- Retention rate
- 80%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 141
- Endowment
- $106.0M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 2,217 of 5,094 US colleges and 76 of 293 in Florida (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | FL median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $35,639 | $19,850 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $45,900 | $16,920 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 58% | 72% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 64% | 65% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 80% | 75% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $13,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $41,941 | $33,574 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $43,137 | $37,894 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 37% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 67% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
141 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's | Master's | 692 | $20,500 | $69,916 | $77,258 | $65,184 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 414 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 235 | $37,584 | $85,330 | $107,776 | $103,485 |
| Air TransportationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 90 | $27,000 | $47,019 | $83,243 | $85,825 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 81 | $24,976 | $69,149 | $97,015 | $98,207 |
| Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 57 | $26,782 | $69,533 | $92,753 | $92,135 |
| Systems EngineeringMaster's | Master's | 47 | Withheld | $104,584 | $149,291 | $144,565 |
| Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's | Master's | 43 | Withheld | $86,857 | $131,919 | $125,651 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringMaster's | Master's | 41 | Withheld | $99,930 | $130,016 | $122,434 |
| Air TransportationAssociate's | Associate's | 39 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $75,495 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 38 | $27,000 | $75,231 | $91,606 | $107,009 |
| Military Applied SciencesMaster's | Master's | 34 | Withheld | $89,751 | $130,197 | $130,775 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 29 | Withheld | Withheld | $98,505 | $100,647 |
| Computer ScienceMaster's | Master's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $145,571 |
| Computer EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | $24,625 | $79,244 | $106,431 | $109,015 |
| Astronomy and AstrophysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,333 |
| Information Science/StudiesMaster's | Master's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | $139,174 | $112,705 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,205 | $34,506 | $55,282 | $50,523 |
| Chemical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 23 | $27,000 | $53,145 | $99,312 | $98,158 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's | Master's | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | $125,197 | $124,807 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $34,374 | $63,708 | $72,717 | $68,257 |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | $27,000 | Withheld | $88,120 | $93,451 |
| Air TransportationMaster's | Master's | 19 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $110,104 |
| Ocean EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | $27,000 | $68,475 | $80,836 | $89,337 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyProfessional | Professional | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Florida Institute of Technology cost?
$35,639 a year is the average net price at Florida Institute of Technology after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $45,900, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $62,440. Families earning under $30,000 pay $29,108 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Florida Institute of Technology?
58% of applicants are admitted to Florida Institute of Technology. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,225 and the middle ACT score is 27. The median admission rate of colleges in Florida is 72%.
How much do Florida Institute of Technology graduates earn?
$43,137 a year is the median pay of former Florida Institute of Technology students who work, 10 years after they started ($41,941 after 6 years). That ranks 2,217 of 5,094 US colleges and 76 of 293 in Florida. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Systems Engineering (Master's) at $104,584.
How much student debt do Florida Institute of Technology graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Florida Institute of Technology graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 40% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Florida Institute of Technology?
64% of first-time, full-time students at Florida Institute of Technology finish within 6 years. 80% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Florida Institute of Technology?
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (692 master's graduates), Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (414 graduate certificate graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (235 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 141 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.