Florida Gulf Coast University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 55 (4% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,950 (86%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 11,875
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 79%
From Region 0%
Athletes 265 (2.4%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 52%
Hispanic 25%
Black 4%
International 3%
Asian 2%
Mixed 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Florida Gulf Coast University 3,081 40% 62% 2% 5% 24% 2% $61,767 15 -0.59 64 95%
Biomedical Engineering 22 — 32% 64% 0% 0% 18% 14% $96,096 43 -0.23 95 91% — — — —
Civil Engineering 40 — 72% 55% 5% 0% 32% 5% $82,187 4 -1.45 88 98% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 11 — 64% 73% 0% 9% 9% 9% $74,888 7 -1.45 82 93% — — — —
Computer Software Engineering 68 — 90% 40% 9% 7% 29% 9% $97,874 20 -0.79 96 98% — — — —
Informatics 15 +3 67% 67% 0% 0% 27% 0% $95,583 50 -0.13 95 — — — — —
Chemistry 5 — 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,917 16 -0.74 68 — — — — —
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 11 +1 73% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% $62,971 48 -0.19 66 — — — — —
Marine Sciences 53 — 32% 75% 0% 4% 17% 0% $62,495 46 -0.23 65 — — — — —
Mathematics 12 +1 42% 58% 0% 8% 25% 0% $55,928 3 -1.11 51 85% — — — —
Physics 5 — 80% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,044 5 -1.48 66 — — — — —
Biochemistry 10 — 60% 40% 10% 0% 40% 0% $62,279 12 -0.82 65 — — — — —
Biology 127 +1 30% 49% 3% 6% 30% 2% $58,387 15 -0.94 57 94% — — — —
Biotechnology 8 — 25% 25% 0% 12% 50% 0% $61,954 12 -0.85 64 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 55 — 35% 89% 2% 0% 7% 0% $47,542 7 -1.40 28 90% — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 7 — 14% 43% 29% 0% 29% 0% $63,706 9 -1.25 68 94% — — — —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 46 — 39% 63% 4% 2% 24% 2% $63,377 59 +0.19 67 85% — — — —
Health Science 211 — 18% 53% 3% 9% 28% 0% $59,216 20 -0.63 59 97% — — — —
Music Therapy/Therapist 12 — 17% 67% 8% 8% 8% 0% $74,712 73 +0.43 82 94% — — — —
Nursing 87 — 11% 55% 3% 10% 25% 3% $81,046 6 -1.11 87 97% — — — —
Public Health 33 — 9% 52% 0% 6% 33% 0% $60,965 34 -0.39 63 98% — — — —
Accounting 55 +3 49% 55% 4% 4% 35% 2% $80,197 35 -0.44 86 100% — — — —
Business Management and Administration 159 +1 62% 65% 3% 3% 21% 6% $69,002 35 -0.45 76 96% — — — —
Economics 14 +4 71% 64% 0% 0% 14% 14% $66,537 5 -1.18 72 91% — — — —
Entrepreneurship 183 — 58% 74% 0% 2% 20% 2% $60,782 20 -0.67 62 — — — — —
Finance 132 +4 74% 63% 2% 2% 23% 5% $82,391 25 -0.58 88 95% — — — —
Health Administration 18 — 6% 50% 0% 17% 28% 0% $63,641 54 -0.14 67 — — — — —
Hospitality Management 24 +1 25% 75% 0% 12% 12% 0% $59,386 50 -0.11 59 95% — — — —
Logistics 21 +1 71% 48% 5% 10% 24% 5% $69,002 5 -1.34 76 96% — — — —
Management Information Systems and Statistics 60 +2 82% 58% 2% 10% 22% 2% $71,268 7 -1.21 78 98% — — — —
Marketing 97 +2 42% 74% 3% 2% 18% 0% $67,551 19 -0.78 74 93% — — — —
Resort Management 47 — 89% 87% 2% 0% 4% 4% $59,386 50 -0.11 59 95% — — — —
English 42 — 21% 67% 2% 5% 17% 2% $46,339 20 -0.74 25 92% — — — —
History 25 — 80% 80% 0% 4% 8% 0% $57,027 60 +0.01 54 87% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 211 — 39% 68% 1% 6% 21% 1% $48,350 13 -0.86 30 91% — — — —
Philosophy 14 — 50% 64% 7% 7% 21% 0% $48,197 10 -1.00 30 — — — — —
Anthropology 10 +2 50% 70% 0% 0% 20% 0% $49,266 17 -0.69 33 — — — — —
Political Science 42 +3 45% 57% 2% 2% 31% 0% $64,516 30 -0.57 69 94% — — — —
Psychology 314 +1 15% 57% 1% 3% 32% 2% $53,602 45 -0.22 45 95% — — — —
Social Work 48 — 10% 54% 0% 19% 25% 0% $53,128 45 -0.02 43 98% — — — —
Sociology 9 +3 11% 33% 11% 0% 44% 0% $56,404 54 -0.04 52 95% — — — —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 118 +3 36% 69% 0% 4% 17% 1% $56,705 34 -0.48 53 96% — — — —
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 3 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $39,512 2 -2.26 11 100% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 12 — 0% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,517 78 +0.48 50 95% — — — —
Education 49 — 4% 53% 0% 10% 24% 0% $47,693 14 -0.86 28 98% — — — —
Elementary Education 56 — 9% 80% 2% 0% 14% 0% $55,517 78 +0.48 50 95% — — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 19 — 37% 84% 0% 0% 11% 0% $55,517 54 +0.05 50 95% — — — —
Special Education and Teaching 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,329 43 -0.24 46 100% — — — —
Art/Art Studies 17 — 6% 47% 0% 6% 24% 0% $39,443 14 -0.79 11 81% — — — —
Digital Arts 75 — 49% 65% 4% 3% 19% 3% $47,196 23 -0.57 27 — — — — —
Digital Media 22 +2 36% 73% 0% 9% 18% 0% $53,414 52 -0.15 44 96% — — — —
Music Education 9 — 44% 78% 11% 0% 0% 0% $53,965 83 +0.78 46 — — — — —
Music Performance 13 — 54% 62% 0% 8% 23% 0% $41,654 28 -0.55 15 — — — — —
Theater 9 +1 22% 78% 0% 11% 0% 11% $38,398 22 -0.62 9 — — — — —
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician 69 — 81% 68% 0% 6% 20% 6% $89,559 15 -0.97 92 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 101 +14 48% 57% 1% 6% 28% 1% $51,959 10 -1.09 40 96% — — — —
Criminalistics and Criminal Science 62 +2 16% 52% 3% 5% 32% 2% $53,048 12 -0.94 43 98% — — — —
Forensic Science and Technology 10 +1 20% 50% 0% 10% 30% 0% $53,048 12 -0.94 43 98% — — — —
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 72 +3 32% 46% 0% 6% 44% 0% $60,219 56 +0.04 61 93% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,428
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $26,769
Est. In-State Cost $8,315
Est. Out-of-State Cost $34,628
ROI Percentile 64th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 42%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 26.3% 810 61% 67% 2% 4% 20% 3% $69,076 22 -0.61 76 96% —
Social Sciences 17.7% 544 22% 59% 1% 5% 28% 1% $54,965 35 -0.30 48 96% —
Health Sciences 12.9% 396 18% 55% 4% 8% 27% 1% $65,190 10 -0.60 70 96% —
Professional 10.2% 314 44% 56% 1% 6% 31% 2% $62,365 35 -0.77 65 96% —
Humanities 9.5% 292 40% 68% 2% 5% 19% 1% $48,796 14 -0.77 31 91% —
Arts 4.7% 145 41% 66% 3% 5% 17% 2% $46,608 26 -0.45 26 90% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.7% 145 32% 47% 3% 6% 32% 2% $58,852 14 -0.92 58 94% —
Education 4.5% 138 10% 72% 1% 4% 16% 0% $52,722 44 -0.07 42 96% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.8% 86 43% 77% 0% 3% 15% 0% $61,754 7 -0.45 64 85% —
Computer Science 2.7% 83 86% 45% 7% 6% 29% 7% $97,460 26 -0.67 95 98% —
Engineering 2.4% 73 59% 60% 3% 1% 25% 8% $85,279 1 -1.08 90 95% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.8% 55 35% 89% 2% 0% 7% 0% $47,542 5 -1.40 28 90% —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education $8.6M #59 79% $0.0M 11 #314 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $5.7M #208 22% $0.0M — — — —
Business & Economics $1.5M #182 43% $0.0M — — — —
Health Sciences $1.0M #248 79% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.6M #177 55% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #432 42% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #360 10% $0.1M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #494 42% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #441 0% $0 — — — —
Total $18.0M #264 56% $0.1M 11 #460 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 40 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Soccer 30 $952K $952K $0
Basketball 17 $2.5M $2.5M $0
Tennis 10 $418K $418K $0
Cross Country 9 $271K $271K $0
Golf 9 $405K $405K $0
Total 115 $5.8M $5.8M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Swimming & Diving 31 $986K $986K $0
Soccer 27 $990K $990K $0
Softball 23 $849K $849K $0
Beach Volleyball 16 $350K $350K $0
Basketball 15 $2.7M $2.7M $0
Volleyball 15 $976K $976K $0
Golf 9 $374K $374K $0
Cross Country 8 $253K $253K $0
Tennis 6 $443K $443K $0
Total 150 $7.9M $7.9M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 57 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Baseball 40 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Basketball 32 $5.2M $5.2M $0
Swimming & Diving 31 $986K $986K $0
Softball 23 $849K $849K $0
Golf 18 $780K $780K $0
Cross Country 17 $525K $525K $0
Beach Volleyball 16 $350K $350K $0
Tennis 16 $861K $861K $0
Volleyball 15 $976K $976K $0
Total 265 $20.2M $20.2M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 89%
Yield (non-ED) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 89% 89% 89%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1040 – 1200
SAT Math Range 510 – 590
SAT RW Range 530 – 610