Private nonprofit · Community college
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Midsize city
- 2%
- Transfer rate
- $30,498
- Avg net price
- 61%
- Grad / completion
- $39,696
- Median earnings
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (midsize city setting), enrolling 17,678 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
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
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 29 miles to Miami, FL
- To the ocean
- 4 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Fort Lauderdale Hollywood (FLL) · major hub
How Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale compares
More selective than 24% · #13 most selective of 15 in Florida
Higher than 50% · #130 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 46%
Higher than 68% · #42 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 7% · #182 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 1%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 99%
Percentiles compare Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate17,67886%
- Graduate2,81714%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women13,14274%
- Men4,53626%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White20%
- Black17%
- Hispanic29%
- Asian1.4%
- Other or multiracial32%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 17,678
- Graduate enrollment
- 2,817
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Students over 25
- 61%
- Median family income
- $21,659
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,548
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $25,056
- Room & board
- $16,280
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
- Total cost of attendance
- $43,251
- Average net price
- $30,498
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 97.0%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 61%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Transferred to another college
- 2%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,447
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,696
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,125
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 22%
About 8% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
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
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 734
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 4%
- Application fee
- $55
- Athletics
- NAIA Division I
- Football conference
- The Sun Conference
- Varsity athletes
- 867 (601 men · 266 women)
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%.
Varsity sports (13)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 2
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 20 campuses (20,888 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.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
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.
$32,174/year × about 4.2 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: 83% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,355. 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 1,300 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)
- $39,696
- Typical debt at graduation
- $26,125
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 66%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 50%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.6 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 $7,709 (21%) 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 (0.9 mi from campus).
What Keiser University-Ft 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.













