College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Florida International University

Miami, FL · Public · Bachelor-granting · 39,508 undergrads · 55% admitted

Do students finish?

74% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$21,462/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$85,848 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$60,249 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $37,426 median $60,249 75th pct $87,897

76% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

41 Bachelor's programs · $18,353 to $69,490 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician.Bachelor's $69,490 $21,000

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $69,120 $14,637

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $65,392 $17,395

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $64,376 $18,124

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $63,800 $13,750

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $58,454 $20,044

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $54,816 $18,896

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $53,936 $18,750

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $53,573 $19,500

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $47,657 $17,653

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $44,811 $16,500

Public Administration.Bachelor's $44,177 $23,000

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $40,955 $20,125

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $39,785 $16,952

International Business.Bachelor's $39,775 $16,231

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $38,688 $16,100

Marketing.Bachelor's $37,980 $15,650

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $36,222 $22,250

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $36,000 $19,319

Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $35,771 $16,398

Economics.Bachelor's $35,382 $19,250

International Relations and National Security Studies.Bachelor's $35,234 $17,662

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $33,856 $16,829

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $32,481 $17,234

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.Bachelor's $32,195 $17,750

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.Bachelor's $32,037 $13,500

Sociology.Bachelor's $30,387 $19,121

Social Work.Bachelor's $30,047 $16,049

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $29,318 $14,823

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $29,015 $22,740

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $28,968 $17,250

Philosophy.Bachelor's $28,426 $13,393

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $28,231 $17,556

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,275 $16,500

History.Bachelor's $26,895 $17,125

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $25,248 —

Chemistry.Bachelor's $25,054 $13,240

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $23,872 $15,500

Music.Bachelor's $22,800 $12,722

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $22,583 $20,000

Biology, General.Bachelor's $18,353 $15,000

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$14,246

≈ 24% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (84 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website