-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Florida Atlantic University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4% → 0.0%).
Florida · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
FAU
Boca Raton, Florida. 23,458 undergraduate students. 206 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at FAU
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+33%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Florida Atlantic University rose 33% between 2021 and 2024 (37.4% → 49.6%).
+13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Florida Atlantic University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (55.5% → 62.6%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Florida
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$56,746+24% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$45,647
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.3%+58% · '97→'24
Florida median 65.6%$12,500+213% · '97→'20
At program completion23,458+82% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS84.2%+19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time73.4%-7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$4,879+104% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,324SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.9%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $56,746 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+58%
FAU · completion · 150% rose
39.6% → 62.6%
+247%
FAU · completion · 100% rose
14.3% → 49.6%
+19%
FAU · retention rose
71.0% → 84.5%
+82%
FAU · undergrad enrollment rose
13,054 → 23,757
+104%
FAU · in-state tuition rose
$2,396 → $4,879
+78%
FAU · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,734 → $17,324
+213%
FAU · median debt rose
$5,500 → $17,236
-100%
FAU · cohort default rate fell
7.6% → 0.0%
+31%
FAU · pell share rose
25.9% → 33.9%
+24%
FAU · earnings_median_10yr rose
$45,900 → $56,746
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Educational Administration and Supervision.$109,688Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$108,982Taxation.$100,290Accounting and Related Services.$99,479Computer Engineering.$96,084Business Administration, Management and Operations.$93,889Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$92,511Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$89,276Mechanical Engineering.$89,022Ocean Engineering.$88,902Computer and Information Sciences, General.$87,918Civil Engineering.$81,802Health and Medical Administrative Services.$78,866Management Information Systems and Services.$74,519Biology, General.$72,803Accounting and Related Services.$68,963Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,447Economics.$68,395Finance and Financial Management Services.$68,293City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning.$65,382Public Administration.$65,243Architecture.$64,416Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,993Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,421
Showing top 24 of 60 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
60 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,645Educational Administration and Supervision.$68,447Education, General.$49,119Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$62,993Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$55,262Educational Administration and Supervision.$109,688Curriculum and Instruction.$61,394Special Education and Teaching.$56,998
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$89,276Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$58,493Health and Medical Administrative Services.$51,984Health and Medical Administrative Services.$78,866Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$108,982
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$93,889Business Administration, Management and Operations.$61,421Accounting and Related Services.$68,963Finance and Financial Management Services.$68,293Marketing.$59,419Accounting and Related Services.$99,479Management Information Systems and Services.$74,519International Business.$61,198Hospitality Administration/Management.$53,494Taxation.$100,290
HISTORY · CIP 54
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at FAU
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$318,357
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,772
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“FAU graduates earn $X” — not “FAU makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending FAU caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.