10-yr median earnings
$38,062
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Lauderhill, Florida
University of Fort Lauderdale
University of Fort Lauderdale is a private nonprofit institution in Lauderhill, Florida. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $38,062
- 10-yr median earnings
- $19,965
- Avg net price / yr
The verdict
University of Fort Lauderdale posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 40th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this University of Fort Lauderdale profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
41/100
University of Fort Lauderdale
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings D
$38,062
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$19,965
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$19,965
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - University of Fort Lauderdale vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How University of Fort Lauderdale ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
University of Fort Lauderdale: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$38,062 40th percentile higher than 40% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | University of Fort Lauderdale | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,062 | #3040 of 5103 | 40th |
| Average net price | $19,965 | #3075 of 5020 | 39th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 314 | #3244 of 5462 | 41st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
314
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$38,062
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How University of Fort Lauderdale ranks in Florida
State rank among 293 reporting Florida colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | University of Fort Lauderdale | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,062 | #145 of 293 | 51st |
| Average net price | $19,965 | #136 of 269 | 49th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 314 | #163 of 297 | 45th |
Highest former-student earnings in Florida
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Ad School | $106,192 | $64,951 |
| 2 | West Coast University-Miami | $102,672 | $32,539 |
| 3 | Chamberlain University-Florida | $92,405 | $31,269 |
| 4 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide | $84,131 | $18,725 |
| 5 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | $84,131 | $41,272 |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science - Florida | $79,652 | - |
| 7 | University of Miami | $75,328 | $37,244 |
| 8 | AdventHealth University | $72,282 | $30,135 |
| 9 | HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing | $72,275 | $9,109 |
| 10 | University of Florida | $71,588 | $6,541 |
| 11 | University of Florida-Online | $71,588 | $4,815 |
| 12 | Jacksonville University | $68,010 | $25,180 |
| 145 | University of Fort LauderdaleThis school | $38,062 | $19,965 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $9,810 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $9,810 |
| Average Net Price | $19,965 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $19,965 |
68.8%
Pell Grant Rate
57.9%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at University of Fort Lauderdale swings rather than trends
Across 7 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $7,490 to $15,245 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +33.0%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$7,490
Highest year
$15,245
Most recent (2023)
$15,245
7 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $11,4652023 · $15,245
Over the same years, enrollment went +684.8% (33 → 259 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
21.3%
Female
46.9%
First Generation
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $38,062 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for University of Fort Lauderdale? ▼
University of Fort Lauderdale is a private nonprofit institution in Lauderhill, Florida. Undergraduate enrollment is 314 students.
How much do University of Fort Lauderdale former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at University of Fort Lauderdale who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $38,062 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
How much does University of Fort Lauderdale cost? ▼
The average net price at University of Fort Lauderdale is $19,965. In-state tuition is $9,810 and out-of-state tuition is $9,810.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.