by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was awarded 13 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Florida A&M University landed the #1,379 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Florida A&M University held the #1,469 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Florida A&M University is also ranked #42 out of 77 schools in Florida.
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If you're applying to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 35%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 80% of students accepted to Florida A&M University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 590. Math scores were between 490 and 560.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 89% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Florida A&M University is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,402 undergraduates at Florida A&M University with 6,244 being full-time and 1,158 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,629 | $11,821 | $15,705 | $17,274 | $20,039 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Florida A&M University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Florida A&M University, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,535 a year. That adds up to $22,140 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Florida A&M University is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Florida A&M University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32307 |
| Phone: | 850-599-3000 |
| Website: | www.famu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/FAMU1887 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/FAMU_1887 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 246 | $24,005 |
| Business Administration & Management | 103 | $35,039 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 98 | $25,056 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 94 | $29,674 |
| General Biology | 81 | $22,780 |
| Social Work | 73 | $28,895 |
| Nursing | 59 | $59,873 |
| Computer Information Systems | 59 | $44,824 |
| Political Science & Government | 44 | $25,373 |
| Journalism | 43 | $26,175 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,656 students took at least one online class at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. This is a decrease from the 8,958 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,656 | 68 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,958 | 63 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,713 | 49 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,606 | 47 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,704 | 45 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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