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Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, United States · Suburban

PublicResearchCoedState
Acceptance
70.0%
Tuition/yr
$17,300
Students
30,000
Founded
1961

About

A beachside public research university between Miami and Palm Beach, with Max Planck and Scripps institutes on its Jupiter neuroscience campus. Florida's famously low public tuition makes it one of the cheapest accredited US research universities for international students.

University type
Public research
Acceptance rate
70.0%
Total enrolment
30,000
Student : faculty
19:1
Founded
1961

Courses & majors

Business AdministrationFinanceNursingNeuroscienceHospitality & TourismComputer ScienceOcean EngineeringBiologyAccountingCriminal JusticeCommunication

Cost of studying

Tuition / yr
$17,300
Cost of attendance
$32,000
Application fee
$30

Rankings

#725
Times Higher Ed
#209
National

Scholarships & financial aid

Out-of-state tuition waivers and merit awards can cut several thousand dollars per year; baseline tuition is already low.

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