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After Florida Polytechnic University: graduation, pay and debt

Lakeland, Florida · Public · 1,689 undergrads

53% of Florida Polytechnic University students finish within six years and graduates leave with $19,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

53%
finish within six years.
38%
finish in four years.
75%
of first-years come back for year two.
$19.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
38%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
53%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
75%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
51%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
69%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
315
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
56%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
403

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$77,545

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$19,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$7,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,160
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,113

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers