Private nonprofit · University
Everglades University
Boca Raton, Florida · Small city
- 81.5%
- Admit rate
- $27,371
- Avg net price
- 61%
- Graduation rate
- $47,597
- Median earnings
Everglades University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Boca Raton, Florida (small city setting), enrolling 2,789 undergraduates.
About Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. When Spain surrendered Florida to Britain in 1763, the remaining Tequestas, along with other Indians who had taken refuge in the Florida Keys, were evacuated to Cuba. In the 1770s, Bernard Romans reported seeing both abandoned villages and no native population in the area. Office Depot, a supplier of office products and services, has its global headquarters on a 28-acre campus in the city. The GEO Group also has its headquarters in Boca Raton based out of One Park Place. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 23 miles to West Palm Beach, FL
- To the ocean
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 20 miles to President Donald J. Trump (PBI) · major hub
How Everglades University compares
More selective than 42% · #39 most selective of 49 in Florida
Higher than 62% · #26 of 62 in Florida
Higher than 41%
Higher than 32% · #32 of 60 in Florida
Cheaper than 23% · #40 cheapest of 62 in Florida
Lower than 1%
Lower than 23%
Larger than 67%
Percentiles compare Everglades University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Florida.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate2,78986%
- Graduate45314%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women1,54055%
- Men1,24945%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White40%
- Black19%
- Hispanic20%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial19%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 2,789
- Graduate enrollment
- 453
- Student–faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 72%
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Students over 25
- 74%
- Median family income
- $22,435
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $47,493
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 81.5%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $21,680
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
- Total cost of attendance
- $38,913
- Average net price
- $27,371
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 (within 6 years)
- 61%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 61%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Transferred to another college
- 1%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,557
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,597
- Median debt at graduation
- $38,996
- Students with federal loans
- 74%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 25%
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
- $50
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 5 campuses (3,242 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.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$29,319/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 72% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,210. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 280 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $47,597
- Typical debt at graduation
- $38,996
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 82%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 57%
Typical debt would take roughly 8.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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 $31,168 (91%) 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
- 60°F
- Annual rain
- 55.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pompano Beach Airpark, FL US station (9.8 mi from campus).
What Everglades University 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.














