Mary McLeod Bethune Home · Photo: Lvklock · CC BY-SA 4.0Daytona Beach is home to four colleges, with about 23,000 students on campus
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (10,992 students on campus) and Daytona State College (8,139) are inside the city. About 14% of Daytona Beach’s residents are enrolled in college, above Florida (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Daytona Beach. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Daytona Beach
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Daytona Beach
Four private colleges within 5.6 miles, and one public college within 3 miles.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Daytona Beach’s median household income ($52,058) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Daytona Beach: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (3); Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide (3).
What students study in Daytona Beach
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field across Daytona Beach’s 3 colleges, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
Biggest programs
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating. Left out: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide, where most students study only online.
Questions about college in Daytona Beach
Is Daytona Beach a college town?
No. About 14 of every 100 Daytona Beach residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), above Florida (6). The largest campus in the city, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, has 10,992 students on campus.
What colleges are in Daytona Beach?
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, Daytona State College, Bethune-Cookman University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide are inside the city. Lake-Sumter State College is 49.1 miles away in Leesburg.
What is the closest community college to Daytona Beach, and what does it cost?
Lake-Sumter State College in Leesburg, 49.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $3,292 a year for Florida residents; the federal net price, $5,855, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does Daytona State College cost if we live in Florida?
Tuition and fees are $3,106 a year in-state and $11,994 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $5,819 (under $30,000 income) to $12,050 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Daytona Beach. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →