Bachelor's · Daytona Beach, Florida
Is Security Science and Technology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 4.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,570
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $106,334
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- 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
- $69k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.3 years (likely 3.5–5.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $268k (likely $111k – $439k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.08M (likely $767k – $1.47M)
- 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
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Other majors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$145,240
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$125,093
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$121,654
- Air Transportation (Master's)$113,161
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$110,336
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$109,268
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$105,527
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$103,032
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$99,808
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$99,450
- Sustainability Studies (Master's)$98,195
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$96,331
Security Science and Technology at other schools in Florida
- Florida State University$93,841
- University of Central Florida$61,633
- Florida Gulf Coast University$52,096
- The University of Tampa$48,563
- Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale$47,847
- Florida International University$38,160