-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Florida Institute of Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
Florida · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida. 3,235 undergraduate students. 137 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Florida Institute of Technology
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.
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.
$43,137+3% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$41,941
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry65.5%+22% · '97→'24
Florida median 65.6%$14,049+308% · '97→'20
At program completion3,235+81% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.0%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time62.5%-29% · '01→'24
latest cohort$44,360+133% · '01→'24
out-of-state $44,360SECTION 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
4.3%Median federal debt $14,049 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $43,137 (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.
+22%
Florida Institute of Technology · completion · 150% rose
52.3% → 63.5%
+71%
Florida Institute of Technology · completion · 100% rose
28.0% → 47.9%
+81%
Florida Institute of Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
1,885 → 3,404
+133%
Florida Institute of Technology · in-state tuition rose
$19,700 → $45,900
+133%
Florida Institute of Technology · out-of-state tuition rose
$19,700 → $45,900
+308%
Florida Institute of Technology · median debt rose
$6,625 → $27,000
-100%
Florida Institute of Technology · cohort default rate fell
9.0% → 0.0%
-25%
Florida Institute of Technology · earnings_median_10yr fell
$57,200 → $43,137
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.
Engineering-Related Fields.$119,507Computer Science.$118,106Information Science/Studies.$111,846Chemical Engineering.$111,234Information Science/Studies.$104,378Business Administration, Management and Operations.$103,547Air Transportation.$101,156Computer Engineering.$100,548Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$99,940Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$99,429Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$95,054Mechanical Engineering.$93,714Ocean Engineering.$93,498Health and Medical Administrative Services.$90,047Management Information Systems and Services.$86,838Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$80,426Biology, General.$79,013Air Transportation.$78,035Accounting and Related Services.$77,501Civil Engineering.$77,488Human Resources Management and Services.$67,247Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,289Marketing.$63,868Accounting and Related Services.$48,933
Showing top 24 of 28 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
28 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$103,547Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,289Human Resources Management and Services.$67,247Accounting and Related Services.$48,933Management Information Systems and Services.$86,838Accounting and Related Services.$77,501Marketing.$63,868
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Florida Institute of Technology
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
$474,472
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $33,611
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 42
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
“Florida Institute of Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Florida Institute of Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Florida Institute of Technology 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.