Bachelor's · Melbourne, Florida
Is Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $105,806
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $155k (likely $155k – $207k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $69k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 2.3–4.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $334k (likely $119k – $588k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.11M (likely $686k – $1.65M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 59%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Florida Institute of Technology
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$149,291
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$144,218
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$139,174
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$131,919
- Military Applied Sciences (Master's)$130,197
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$130,016
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$125,197
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$114,742
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$107,902
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$107,776
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$106,431
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$99,312
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering at other schools in Florida
- University of Florida$107,543
- University of South Florida$102,275
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach$99,450
- University of Central Florida$99,442
- Florida International University$98,697
- Florida State University$93,740
- Florida Atlantic University$93,561
- University of West Florida$91,813
- University of North Florida$90,944
- Florida Polytechnic University$90,086