Everglades University Overview

Everglades University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The location of Everglades U is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Everglades University Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Everglades U is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Everglades U.
• For the <nil> academic year, 20% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Everglades U makes roughly $44,919 a year. This is 10% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Everglades U student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Everglades University?

Contact details for Everglades U are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5002 T-Rex Avenue, Suite 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone:	561-912-1211
Website:	www.evergladesuniversity.edu

How Do I Get Into Everglades U?

You can apply to Everglades U online at: https://enroll.evergladesuniversity.edu/

Admission Requirements for Everglades U

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Neither required nor recommended
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Everglades U?

Everglades U has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 65%.

Can I Afford Everglades University?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Everglades U, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $13,504 a year. That adds up to $54,016 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Everglades U is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Everglades University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 437 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,212 full-time undergraduates at Everglades U, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Everglades University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	25
Black or African American	409
Hispanic or Latino	481
White	1,026
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	269

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Everglades University. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at Everglades U. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Venezuela, Libya, and Sweden.

Online Learning at Everglades University

There are 45 bachelor’s degree and 27 master’s degree programs available online at Everglades U. In 2020-2021, 1,279 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Everglades U has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 29th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Everglades U

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Everglades University was -5.4%. This is the #867 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Everglades U regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.