by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University came in at #919 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
Florida A&M University also ranked #28 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Florida.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Florida A&M University came in at #606.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Florida, Florida A&M University came in at #20.
Women make up 66.2% of the total graduate student body at Florida A&M University while men make you 33.8%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 83.2% of the graduate students who attend Florida A&M University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Florida A&M University is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.3% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,019 | $22,108 |
| Fees | $1,857 | $2,561 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Florida A&M University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $42,339. That's about 28% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Florida A&M University is $66,444. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 12% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
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 |
In 2020-2021, 37.4% of the graduate students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University took at least one class online. Approximately 4.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 4 |
| Electrical Engineering | 3 |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 |
| Law | 153 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 3 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 106 |
| Physics | 1 |
| Public Health | 10 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 23 |
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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