Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, Florida
- Public
- City
- 7,582 undergrads
- HBCU
- Admit rate
- 21%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $15,220per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 57%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $52,10410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Florida A&M University is a public, historically Black university located in Tallahassee and is the only historically Black university in the 12-member State University System of Florida.
Florida A&M University is Florida's only public historically Black university and an 1890 land-grant institution.
Source: FAMU Alumna Keisha Lance Bottoms Makes History as First Black ...
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 21%About 2 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test scores requiredApplicants must send SAT or ACT scores.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1030–1180Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 20–24Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2023–24, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
Average high school GPA: 3.75 (the 100% of first-years who reported one)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1040–115083% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19.5–23.7545% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 23%27% were in the top quarter.
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Common Data Set 2023–24; College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $15,220full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $25,045sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,785Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $17,734Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 57%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 89%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $52,10410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,582Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 58%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 37%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of West Florida Pensacola, FL — admits 58%
- Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL — admits 63%
- University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL — admits 53%
- University of Idaho Moscow, ID — admits 76%
Also worth a look
- William & Mary Williamsburg, VA — admits 34%
- Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA — admits 35%
- University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA — admits 17%
- United States Military Academy West Point, NY — admits 12%
- United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO — admits 14%
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA — admits 14%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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