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University or college · Public

Florida Polytechnic University

Lakeland, FL

Florida Polytechnic University is a public university in Lakeland, FL, with about 1,618 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,618
1,569 undergrad · 49 grad
Admission rate
58%
lower than at 79% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$11,853
lower than at 85% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
55%
higher than at 50% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
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In brief

What to know about Florida Polytechnic University

Men outnumber women about three to one

80% of undergraduates are men and 20% are women. The students ↓

Out-of-state students pay far more

In-state tuition and fees are $4,940 a year; students from other states pay $21,005, 4 times as much. What it costs ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $14,250, about $151 a month over ten years. That’s 2.3% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Florida Polytechnic University focuses on engineering

44% of the degrees Florida Polytechnic University awards are in engineering; the next biggest field, computer science, is 41%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

1,689 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 53%Hispanic 27%Black 5%Asian 6%Two or more 5%International 3%

Women and men

Women 20%Men 80%
17 : 1
students per teacher
33%
get Pell grants (lower income)
25%
take federal loans
5%
undergrads 25 or older
7%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Florida Polytechnic University?

58%

of applicants admitted

About 12 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
590–670
SAT math
580–670
ACT
24–30

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1268.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $21,817 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $21,005

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,940Room & board $14,482Books & supplies $839Other costs $1,556

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,853.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$11,316

About $45,264 over 4 years · 48% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
55%
within 6 years · Pell students 53%
Come back for year two
75%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
—
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$14,250
about $151 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

2.3%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$151 a month against about $6,462 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Engineering 44%Computer science 41%Interdisciplinary 8%Liberal arts 4%Math & statistics 2%Military 1%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Computer Science111 graduates a year
—not reported
Mechanical Engineering41 graduates a year
$70k4 yrs out
Data Analytics21 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer Engineering18 graduates a year
$92k4 yrs out
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering13 graduates a year
$90k4 yrs out
Data Science6 graduates a year
—not reported
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering2 graduates a year
—not reported
Applied Mathematics2 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Lakeland

9% of Lakeland’s 125,520 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Lakeland pages.

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Straight-line distances from Florida Polytechnic University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.