by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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 Institute of Technology was awarded 337 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical, counseling & applied psychology.
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College Factual ranked Florida Tech as #330 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Florida Tech is also ranked #11 out of 77 schools in Florida.
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The acceptance rate at Florida Institute of Technology is a competitive 66%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 68% of students accepted to Florida Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 570 and 670.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Florida Institute of Technology, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Institute of Technology is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Florida Institute of Technology 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Florida Tech for first-time, full-time students is 44%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,475 undergraduates at Florida Tech with 3,013 being full-time and 462 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26,380 | $25,131 | $30,375 | $33,086 | $35,709 |
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 Tech, 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 Tech, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $9,007 a year. That adds up to $36,028 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Florida Tech is 5.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Florida Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 |
| Phone: | 321-674-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.fit.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/FloridaInstituteofTechnology |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/floridatech |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Air Transportation | 91 | $48,855 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 84 | $64,264 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 77 | $59,501 |
| Computer Science | 46 | $67,475 |
| Ocean Engineering | 34 | $60,121 |
| Computer Engineering | 34 | $66,682 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 33 | $24,787 |
| General Biology | 28 | $25,174 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28 | $67,184 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 26 | NA |
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, 2,924 students took at least one online class at Florida Institute of Technology. This is an increase from the 2,031 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,924 | 2,764 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,031 | 1,479 |
| 2018-2019 | 605 | 457 |
| 2017-2018 | 673 | 438 |
| 2016-2017 | 832 | 465 |
Learn more about online learning at Florida Institute of Technology.
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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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