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Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, FL 3,404 Undergrads 67.8% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$62,440
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$35,639
After Aid
Median Earnings
$90,403
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$35,639
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$90,403
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Warning: This school's reported earnings inflated significantly (+110%) when the Dept of Education excluded non-graduates from the dataset. Take caution when comparing.
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$43,137
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate67.8%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age28.4
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients22.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time96.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS66.7%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
57.7%
SAT Avg
1,225
SAT Reading
25th: 56062075th: 660
SAT Math
25th: 56062075th: 660
ACT Composite
25th: 232775th: 28

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)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$770k
+$303k
+$285k
Median Cost$36k/yr
+$641k
+$175k
+$157k
Full Cost$62k/yr
+$545k
+$78k
+$61k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
26
∞
Median Cost$36k/yr
35
122%
Full Cost$62k/yr
47
27%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • 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
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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 Return142%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

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-21%
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
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,624
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
Air Transportation
AssocCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,495
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,184
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$41,767
Natl Median: $44,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,488
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
-$13k
Median Debt
$25,406
Earnings (4yr)
$51,539
Natl Median: $56,799
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
AssocCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,264
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$33,685
Earnings (4yr)
$67,417
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Median Debt
$24,976
Earnings (4yr)
$97,015
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$208k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$83,243
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,333
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$30,366
Natl Median: $57,008
Lifetime Value Added
-$317k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (5yr)
$79,013
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$88,120
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$140k
Median Debt
$34,374
Earnings (4yr)
$72,717
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$99,312
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$225k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$86,536
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$128k
Median Debt
$27,205
Earnings (4yr)
$55,282
Natl Median: $50,523
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,384
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,625
Earnings (4yr)
$106,431
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$279k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,606
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$166k
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,843
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$40,276
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
-$248k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$98,505
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$219k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Genetics
BachCIP: 2608
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$50,351
Earnings (4yr)
$51,753
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
-$144k
Homeland Security
BachCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,193
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$48,000
Earnings (4yr)
$85,906
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$123k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$37,394
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$27,250
Earnings (4yr)
$62,019
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$61k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,782
Earnings (4yr)
$92,753
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$175k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,959
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Ocean Engineering
BachCIP: 1424
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$80,836
Natl Median: $89,337
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,516
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,923
Natl Median: $55,695
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$85,593
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$49k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$130,016
Natl Median: $122,434
Lifetime Value Added
+$436k
Air Transportation
MastCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$101,156
Natl Median: $110,104
Lifetime Value Added
+$168k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,398
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,482
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,271
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,375
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biotechnology
MastCIP: 2612
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,682
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$37,584
Earnings (4yr)
$107,776
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$243k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,468
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
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
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,258
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,736
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$144,218
Natl Median: $121,855
Lifetime Value Added
+$559k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,527
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$131,919
Natl Median: $125,651
Lifetime Value Added
+$452k
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
MastCIP: 0302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,563
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$84,170
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$36k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,661
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$139,174
Natl Median: $112,705
Lifetime Value Added
+$515k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $97,121
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$37,584
Earnings (4yr)
$107,902
Natl Median: $106,092
Lifetime Value Added
+$244k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$125,197
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$394k
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,868
Natl Median: $79,106
Lifetime Value Added
-$154k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$130,197
Natl Median: $130,775
Lifetime Value Added
+$437k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,520
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Ocean Engineering
MastCIP: 1424
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,732
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Operations Research
MastCIP: 1437
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $161,561
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Systems Engineering
MastCIP: 1427
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$149,291
Natl Median: $144,565
Lifetime Value Added
+$602k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $94,506
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,117
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,660
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $123,729
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,233
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
DocCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,983
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $141,187
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
DocCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,386
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
DocCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$187,256
Earnings (4yr)
$114,742
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Computer Science
DocCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $178,476
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $157,305
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $87,076
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $162,438
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

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.