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Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL · Public · 13,874 students · mostly bachelor degrees
87th-cheapest of 269 Florida colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,568
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$20,807
Graduation rate
57%
Admission rate
63%
Median graduate earnings
$54,560
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$17,622
Average SAT
1114
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
28%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
88 programsComputer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$98,650Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$91,676Accounting · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$90,904Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree79 grads/yr$86,452Public Administration · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$85,052Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree56 grads/yr$84,451Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$79,335Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$78,238Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree114 grads/yr$75,767Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree64 grads/yr$74,739Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree81 grads/yr$73,910Accounting · Bachelor's Degree76 grads/yr$72,207College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$67,595Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$67,069Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree91 grads/yr$67,034Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree190 grads/yr$66,349Environmental Science · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$66,340Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$61,774Social Work · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$61,073Hospitality Administration/Management, General · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$60,011Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$58,179Environmental Health · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$58,119Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$58,115Legal Assistant/Paralegal · Bachelor's Degree69 grads/yr$56,695Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$56,543
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.