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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $60,249 ten years after enrolling, more than at 69% of colleges; 72% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.2 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$60.2K
$60.2K
← $24.8Khigher than 69% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$47.8K
10 years after entry$60.2K

Staying and finishing

92%

Retention

come back for year two

72%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

What graduates owe

Median debt at graduation, federal loans only

$16.5K

According to Florida International University's most recent Common Data Set, 21% of its Class of 2025 graduates (3,604 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $18,003 among those who did.

Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

73 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 14 more are enrolled at another college. (13,980 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients74%
Students without a Pell Grant72%
How long it takes

59 of 100 finish within 4 years, 71 within 6, and 73 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students59%71%73%
Started in college here45%67%70%
Transferred in66%73%75%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 76%, 1 point above students with no need-based federal aid (75%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients1,862 students

    76% · 1 point above students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant208 students

    62% · 13 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,848 students

    75% · comparison group

All students in this class: 74%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White327 students

    64% · 11 points below all students

  • Asian110 students

    84% · 9 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino2,874 students

    77% · 3 points above all students

  • Black376 students

    63% · 11 points below all students

  • Two or more races80 students

    66% · 8 points below all students

  • International143 students

    76% · 2 points above all students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native1 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 74%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Florida International University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KFlorida International University
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Florida International University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Florida International University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)