by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Florida Polytechnic University was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer science.
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Florida Poly is ranked #954 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Florida Poly is also ranked #39 out of 70 schools in Florida.
Florida Polytechnic University has an acceptance rate of 56%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Florida Poly.
About 69% of students accepted to Florida Poly submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 600 and 690.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Florida Polytechnic University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida Polytechnic University is 79%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Florida Polytechnic 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.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Florida Poly this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Florida Polytechnic University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,349 undergraduates at Florida Poly with 1,145 being full-time and 204 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,954 | $7,634 | $9,176 | $13,933 | $13,704 |
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 Florida Poly, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Florida Poly, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,555 a year. That adds up to $22,220 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Florida Polytechnic University.
Contact details for Florida Poly are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4700 Research Way, Lakeland, FL 33805-8531 |
| Phone: | 863-583-9050 |
| Website: | floridapoly.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 138 | NA |
| Computer Science | 112 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 51 | $62,595 |
| Computer Engineering | 45 | $65,126 |
| Data Analytics | 21 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 19 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 17 | $70,375 |
| General Engineering | 15 | NA |
| Data Science | 8 | NA |
| Environmental Engineering | 4 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 92 students took at least one online class at Florida Polytechnic University. This is an increase from the 8 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 92 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,024 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Florida Polytechnic University.
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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