Bachelor's · Daytona Beach, Florida

Is Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $101,058; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $25,615; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $172k (likely $172k – $234k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $63k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4 years (likely 3.0–5.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $249k (likely $55k – $476k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $955k (likely $587k – $1.44M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 68%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26