2021 Best Colleges in Florida by Salary Score™

By the GradReports team | Updated 3/1/2021

These are the top 25 colleges in Florida ranked using our Salary Score. We calculated this score by comparing the median alumni earnings in the first year after graduation for a specific bachelor's degree field at a college to the same data point at all other colleges. We repeated this process for each program at the school to determine an overall score. This overall Salary Score paints a picture of how well a school performs across its offered majors. The top six colleges on this list score above the nationwide median. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Dayton takes the lead spot with a Salary Score of 82.1.

To be considered for our state rankings, schools must offer and provide data for at least 8 bachelor's programs. You can click on a school's name to view individual program scores. Read our methodology to learn about how schools were ranked.

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Our Salary Score™ is based on data reported by the U.S. Department of Education

Rank	School	Location	Annual Tuition	Salary Score™
#1	#1 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach	Daytona Beach	$40,564	82.10
#2	#2 Hodges University Naples	Naples	$15,500	65.06
#3	#3 Lynn University Boca Raton	Boca Raton	$41,550	61.18
#4 (tie)	#4 (tie) Barry University Miami Shores	Miami Shores	$32,500	54.10
#4 (tie)	#4 (tie) St. Petersburg College Clearwater	Clearwater	$2,682	54.10
#6	#6 University of Florida Gainesville	Gainesville	$6,381	51.32
#7	#7 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers	Fort Myers	$6,118	49.36
#8 (tie)	#8 (tie) Miami Dade College Miami (and 1 other)	Miami (and 1 other)	$2,838	49.24
#8 (tie)	#8 (tie) Rollins College Winter Park	Winter Park	$56,110	49.24
#10	#10 Keiser University Daytona Beach (and 15 others)	Daytona Beach (and 15 others)	$23,248	49.08
#11	#11 Jacksonville University Jacksonville	Jacksonville	$43,670	48.76
#12	#12 Florida State University Tallahassee	Tallahassee	$5,656	48.68
#13	#13 University of Miami Coral Gables	Coral Gables	$57,194	47.41
#14	#14 The University of Tampa Tampa	Tampa	$32,218	46.45
#15	#15 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville	Jacksonville	$2,938	44.39
#16	#16 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton	Boca Raton	$4,879	43.29
#17	#17 University of North Florida Jacksonville	Jacksonville	$6,389	42.70
#18	#18 Florida International University Miami	Miami	$6,565	40.52
#19	#19 Florida Southern College Lakeland	Lakeland	$40,500	40.44
#20	#20 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale	$36,300	39.32
#21	#21 University of South Florida Online Tampa	Tampa	$6,410	38.55
#22	#22 University of Central Florida Orlando (and 7 others)	Orlando (and 7 others)	$6,368	37.87
#23	#23 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne	Melbourne	$43,670	32.02
#24	#24 Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach (and 1 other)	West Palm Beach (and 1 other)	$35,900	31.74
#25	#25 Indian River State College Fort Pierce (and 4 others)	Fort Pierce (and 4 others)	$2,764	31.14