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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, FL 7,582 Undergrads 63.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$23,970
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$13,739
After Aid
Median Earnings
$52,657
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$13,739
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$52,657
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$44,349
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate63.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age20.6
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients56.9%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time90.3%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS61.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
20.6%
SAT Avg
1,107
SAT Reading
25th: 52055575th: 610
SAT Math
25th: 51052575th: 570
ACT Composite
25th: 202075th: 24

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$476k
+$9k
-$9k
Median Cost$14k/yr
+$426k
-$41k
-$58k
Full Cost$24k/yr
+$389k
-$77k
-$95k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$14k/yr
Never
-117%
Full Cost$24k/yr
Never
-110%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return-97%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-74%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$85,522
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$199k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$167k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,624
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$14,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,263
Natl Median: $53,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$153k
Median Debt
$26,750
Earnings (5yr)
$71,065
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$77k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$69,874
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
+$79k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$27,251
Earnings (4yr)
$45,173
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$121k
Median Debt
$22,977
Earnings (4yr)
$53,902
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,125
Earnings (4yr)
$83,041
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1510
Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (4yr)
$98,272
Natl Median: $93,843
Lifetime Value Added
+$296k
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$44,891
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$123k
Median Debt
$26,125
Earnings (4yr)
$35,817
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$201k
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $84,599
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$244k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,208
Earnings (4yr)
$44,477
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
Median Debt
$25,750
Earnings (4yr)
$46,081
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$26,125
Earnings (4yr)
$50,832
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Law
BachCIP: 2201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $142,745
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,500
Earnings (4yr)
$47,139
Natl Median: $50,532
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$14,935
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$381k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,083
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,733
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$39,472
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$170k
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$41,861
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Median Debt
$21,353
Earnings (4yr)
$73,658
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$108k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (4yr)
$47,477
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$18,228
Earnings (5yr)
$41,210
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$162k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$28,494
Earnings (4yr)
$56,187
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$29k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$52,489
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,941
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,496
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
-$17k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$38,655
Earnings (4yr)
$90,641
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$133k
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$51,180
Earnings (2yr)
$31,848
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$398k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $119,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$53,250
Earnings (4yr)
$47,272
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
-$258k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$79,326
Earnings (4yr)
$75,716
Natl Median: $71,416
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
Median Debt
$26,138
Earnings (4yr)
$57,722
Natl Median: $65,443
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,026
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$128k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$33,875
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,696
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
DocCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $108,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
DocCIP: 4407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
$115,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,144
Natl Median: $107,773
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$130,224
Natl Median: $138,348
Lifetime Value Added
+$249k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.