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Florida Polytechnic University

Public, four-year or above, in Lakeland, Florida.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

1,872
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
1,779
Undergraduates
93
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

331
Bachelor's degrees awarded
15
Associate's degrees awarded
29
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

55.0%
Graduation rate
55.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

58.0%
Applicants admitted
20.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$4,940
Tuition and fees
$24,217
Price in state, living on campus
$40,282
Price out of state, living on campus

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor12$187.2 thousand
Associate professor18$103.8 thousand
Assistant professor51$87,190
Instructor14$74,366
All ranks95$100.2 thousand

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 1,872
Larger than 11% of the 859 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 55%
Higher than 68% of the 821 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $100,173
Higher than 75% of the 844 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$86,952
Median earnings four years after completing
Not available
Median earnings ten years after entering
$14,250
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Public, four-year or above
Control
Public
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Rural, fringe
County
Polk County
IPEDS ID
482936

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved