Private for-profit · College
Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Midsize city
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- Graduation rate
- $34,657
- Median earnings
Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (midsize city setting), enrolling 428 undergraduates.
About Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. Contact with Spanish explorers in the 16th century contributed to the decline of Native populations in South Florida through the introduction of Eurasian diseases, including smallpox, to which Indigenous communities had little immunity. Like many parts of Florida, the city's population has a strong seasonal variation, as "snowbirds" from the northern United States, Canada, and Europe spend the winter and spring in Florida. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 31 miles to Miami, FL
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL) · major hub
How Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale compares
Higher than 7% · #53 of 60 in Florida
Lower than 98%
Lower than 10%
Larger than 19%
Percentiles compare Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Florida.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women36385%
- Men6515%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White9.1%
- Black66%
- Hispanic19%
- Asian1.9%
- Other or multiracial3.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 428
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 67%
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Students over 25
- 62%
- Median family income
- $17,322
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $70,929
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
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- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
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- ACT composite
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Cost
- In-state tuition
- $25,973
- Room & board
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- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
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Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,840
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,657
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 84%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 26%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $49
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (428 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $34,657
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 39%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $4,617 (14%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 59°F
- Annual rain
- 56.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Lauderdale Executive AP, FL US station (2.1 mi from campus).
What Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.