Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (6% of graduates). 24 students for every faculty member, more than at 96% of colleges. 75% of faculty are full-time. Spends $9,412 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
5,767 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 29% of graduates; 62 programs in 22 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02016.2% 357Graduates in this field earn $62,058 4 years out
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 51.00005.9% 340Graduates in this field earn $51,640 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01015.8% 332Graduates in this field earn $47,707 4 years out
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 43.01045.6% 324Graduates in this field earn $53,545 4 years out
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14015.4% 314Graduates in this field earn $62,906 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Interdisciplinary studies, 0.8% → 7.5% of graduates since 2014–15 (431 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$93,561 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $76,520
4 years after completion$93,561National median: $100,647Below typical4 years out, Pell: $85,930 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $18,425 · 81 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$91,953 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $77,883
4 years after completion$91,953National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $78,323 · Non-Pell: $71,438(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $17,050 · 721 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer Engineering$90,664 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $72,029
4 years after completion$90,664National median: $109,015Below typical4 years out, Pell: $78,769 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,000 · 109 graduates, two most recent years combined
Mechanical Engineering$89,583 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $68,451
4 years after completion$89,583National median: $92,135About typical4 years out, Pell: $78,360 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,875 · 179 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$89,476 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,379
4 years after completion$89,476National median: $92,374About typical4 years out, Pell: $78,350 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $16,988 · 352 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 24 to 1 in its Common Data Set (25,598 students, 1,079 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
38%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 12% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 159 | 9% |
| 10–19 | 492 | 29% |
| 20–29 | 518 | 30% |
| 30–39 | 179 | 10% |
| 40–49 | 153 | 9% |
| 50–99 | 107 | 6% |
| 100+ | 103 | 6% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Independent study
- Student-designed major
- Weekend college
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in English composition, a foreign language, humanities, intensive writing, and social science.
$96,727
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Florida Atlantic University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Florida Atlantic University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
