Florida Atlantic University: insights

Florida Atlantic University

What Florida Atlantic University's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.

ApplicationsFlorida Atlantic University

From 17,120 in 2018-19 to 41,299 in 2025-26.

2018-1917,120

2025-2641,299

Source: Florida Atlantic University's Common Data Set 2025-26

Who says yesFlorida Atlantic University

Only 18% of admits enroll, so Florida Atlantic University admits far more students than it has seats.

Enroll18%

Go elsewhere82%

Source: Florida Atlantic University's Common Data Set 2025-26

Applications rose 141% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (17,120 to 41,299), faster than 98% of colleges here.
In-state applicants are admitted at about 1.4 times the out-of-state rate.

From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.

Many admits balanced school with long hours of paid work or family duties, from 15 to 40 hours a week, and some had little time for clubs.
Admits' stats varied widely, with SAT scores of about 1230-1600 and GPAs from 3.0 to 4.0, so no single number looked required.
Most admits held leadership roles (president, captain, founder or mentor) in clubs, robotics, student government or cultural groups.
Many admits had steady volunteering or tutoring, often 100+ hours, at shelters, nursing homes, clinics or in free tutoring.
Admits in engineering and computing often had hands-on technical work: coding clubs, robotics, esports, internships or building projects.
Students report merit aid at FAU is small, with several admits seeing only about $1,000 a year or no award in their first offer.
Students report waits of a few weeks to about eight for rolling decisions, and a portal glitch at one point that did not change release dates.
Students describe FAU as friendly to transfers, with an associate degree route and a pathway program that starts students on a lighter credit load.
Some students report high fees and poor service, including a $180 class fee.