by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Florida Atlantic University was awarded 144 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked FAU as #472 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when FAU held the #484 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 70 colleges in Florida, FAU is ranked at #22.
Florida Atlantic University has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 78% of students accepted to FAU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 590.
At Florida Atlantic University, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida Atlantic University is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Florida Atlantic University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from FAU have a four-year graduation rate of 34%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Florida Atlantic University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 25,457 undergraduates at FAU with 16,617 being full-time and 8,840 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,380 | $5,742 | $8,670 | $15,018 | $15,478 |
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 FAU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At FAU, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $6,926 a year. That adds up to $27,704 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for FAU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 777 Glades Rd, Administration Bldg., Room 339, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 |
| Phone: | 561-297-3000 |
| Website: | www.fau.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 641 | $46,662 |
| General Biology | 578 | $27,676 |
| Nursing | 554 | $77,883 |
| Accounting | 486 | $56,600 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 372 | $29,605 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 345 | $35,647 |
| General Psychology | 337 | $30,765 |
| Computer Information Systems | 330 | $58,379 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 311 | $34,957 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 299 | $49,551 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 20,188 students took at least one online class at Florida Atlantic University. This is an increase from the 19,545 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 20,188 | 6,218 |
| 2021-2022 | 19,545 | 5,109 |
| 2020-2021 | 29,962 | 20,568 |
| 2018-2019 | 12,977 | 3,170 |
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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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