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 by 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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Salary Scores 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	$36,868	82.10
#2	#2 Hodges University Naples	Naples	$14,300	65.06
#3	#3 Lynn University Boca Raton	Boca Raton	$38,930	61.18
#4 (tie)	#4 (tie) Barry University Miami Shores	Miami Shores	$30,014	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	$51,700	49.24
#10	#10 Keiser University Daytona Beach (and 15 others)	Daytona Beach (and 15 others)	$21,008	49.08
#11	#11 Jacksonville University Jacksonville	Jacksonville	$38,140	48.76
#12	#12 Florida State University Tallahassee	Tallahassee	$5,656	48.68
#13	#13 University of Miami Coral Gables	Coral Gables	$51,930	47.41
#14	#14 The University of Tampa Tampa	Tampa	$29,992	46.45
#15	#15 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville	Jacksonville	$2,878	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	$37,640	40.44
#20	#20 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale	Fort Lauderdale	$32,110	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	$42,470	32.02
#24	#24 Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach (and 1 other)	West Palm Beach (and 1 other)	$32,500	31.74
#25	#25 Indian River State College Fort Pierce (and 4 others)	Fort Pierce (and 4 others)	$2,764	31.14