Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, FL
Florida Polytechnic University is a public university in Lakeland, Florida, a rural area on the edge of a city or town, with 1,689 undergraduates. Computer science and engineering are its signature fields: together they make up 87% of its bachelor's degrees, about seven times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years.
Florida Polytechnic University admitted 1,435 of 3,624 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (39.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 39.6%
- Fall 2024 class
- In-state tuition
- $4,940
- $21,005 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $11,853
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1170–1340
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Florida Polytechnic University is known for
Measured by the 214 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Computer science
51.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about nine times the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
Engineering
34.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Computer Science11151.9% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Mechanical Engineering4119.2% of degrees$70,314−24% vs $92,135 nationally
- Data Analytics219.8% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Computer Engineering188.4% of degrees$92,109−16% vs $109,015 nationally
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering136.1% of degrees$90,086−10% vs $100,647 nationally
- Data Science62.8% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Rural, near a city or town
Lakeland, FL
Undergraduates
1,689
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Baccalaureate college, diverse fields
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
39.6%
1,435 admitted of 3,624 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1170–1340
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
21–26
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.47
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
71.5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
28.5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at Florida Polytechnic University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Florida Polytechnic University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $4,940 ($21,005 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $21,817. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $11,853 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$4,940
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$21,005
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$21,817
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$11,853
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $21,817 full cost.
- Under $30k$8,819Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$8,769Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$11,316Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,037Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$16,423Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
75%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Median debt at graduation
$14,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Florida Polytechnic University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Interview
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Florida
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of Central Florida39.5%
- Rollins College40.6%
- University of South Florida40.7%
- The University of Tampa40.9%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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