by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Florida Polytechnic University was awarded 195 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer & information sciences.
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Florida Poly landed the #756 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 Poly held the #916 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Florida Poly also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
Florida Polytechnic University has an acceptance rate of 55%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Florida Poly.
About 90% of students accepted to Florida Poly submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 593 and 690.
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 Polytechnic University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida Polytechnic University is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Florida Polytechnic University is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,349 undergraduates at Florida Poly with 1,145 being full-time and 204 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,848 | $14,742 | $16,277 | $16,954 | $17,732 |
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 Poly, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Florida Poly, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $2,448 a year. That adds up to $9,792 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Florida Polytechnic University.
Contact details for Florida Poly are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4700 Research Way, Lakeland, FL 33805-8531 |
| Phone: | 863-583-9050 |
| Website: | floridapoly.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 66 | $52,501 |
| Computer Science | 65 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 39 | $56,731 |
| Computer Engineering | 39 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 15 | NA |
| Data Analytics | 14 | NA |
| Data Science | 10 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 8 | NA |
| Engineering Physics | 0 | NA |
| General Engineering | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 8 students took at least one online class at Florida Polytechnic University. This is a decrease from the 1,024 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,024 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 34 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Florida Polytechnic University.
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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