College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL · Public · Bachelor-granting · 59,146 undergrads · 40% admitted

Do students finish?

78% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$23,133/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$92,532 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.

$58,308 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $38,654 median $58,308 75th pct $85,651

78% 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.

48 Bachelor's programs · $18,545 to $71,357 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $71,357 $18,750

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $67,266 $22,511

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $65,314 $23,269

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,142 $20,250

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $63,377 $24,750

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $60,872 $20,250

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $59,816 $13,366

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $57,767 $20,160

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.Bachelor's $55,873 $23,000

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $55,221 $19,248

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $49,096 $17,584

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $48,003 $17,750

Real Estate.Bachelor's $46,392 $17,750

Business/Managerial Economics.Bachelor's $44,527 $18,914

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $41,528 $16,500

Marketing.Bachelor's $41,310 $20,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $40,903 $18,750

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $40,802 $17,992

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $40,572 $13,856

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $37,040 $18,691

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $36,528 $17,883

Public Administration.Bachelor's $35,731 $16,875

Journalism.Bachelor's $35,436 $18,810

Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $35,362 $17,903

Economics.Bachelor's $33,990 $18,750

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $33,232 $17,148

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.Bachelor's $32,979 $19,408

Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $32,594 $18,250

Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $31,676 $16,750

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $30,415 $17,750

Sociology.Bachelor's $29,768 $22,606

Visual and Performing Arts, General.Bachelor's $28,892 $22,481

History.Bachelor's $28,452 $18,890

Legal Support Services.Bachelor's $28,392 —

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $27,746 $14,284

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $27,552 $16,750

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,164 $16,000

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $27,156 —

Architecture.Bachelor's $27,020 $10,750

Social Work.Bachelor's $26,828 $18,562

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $26,544 $17,992

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $26,177 $18,500

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $25,850 $20,000

Anthropology.Bachelor's $24,170 $18,787

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $23,485 $19,250

Biology, General.Bachelor's $22,970 $20,104

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $20,746 $19,839

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $18,545 $19,500

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

$15,000

≈ 26% 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 (76 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