Palm Beach Atlantic University vs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

West Palm Beach, FL · Daytona Beach, FL · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · SAME-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • SAME-STATE Same state · FL
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach: enrollment grew +61.5% over 2013–2023; fitted +280 students/yr fitted, r² 0.99.
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University: enrollment ranged 2,274–2,587 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.00).
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.33).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Largest gaps: Palm Beach Atlantic University vs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($84,131 vs $49,232 at Palm Beach Atlantic University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($65,391 vs $42,366 at Palm Beach Atlantic University)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE Palm Beach Atlantic University leads on avg net price ($28,354 vs $41,272 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Palm Beach Atlantic University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach?
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $84,131 versus $49,232 at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Palm Beach Atlantic University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach?
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $65,391 versus $42,366 at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Palm Beach Atlantic University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach?
Palm Beach Atlantic University leads on avg net price at $28,354 versus $41,272 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025