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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Florida Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 11,426, made up of 10,629 undergraduates and 797 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity. It is part of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc..

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 31 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, and Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other. It awarded 2,006 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

88% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

11,426
Students enrolled
88%
First-year retention
2,006
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
31
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 31

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Transportation and Materials Moving 2
Engineering 11
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Psychology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Physical Sciences 3
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 4
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Military Technologies 2
Engineering Technologies 1
Communication and Journalism 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
88%
First-year retention, part-time students
57%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
1,644
Associate degrees
48
Master's degrees
279
Doctoral degrees (research)
34
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
11,426
Undergraduates, fall 2024
10,629
Graduate students, fall 2024
797
Full-time, fall 2024
72%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
12,268
Undergraduates, 2024-25
11,398
Graduate students, 2024-25
870
Full-time, 2024-25
69%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
29%
Men
71%
White
49%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
10%
Race or ethnicity unknown
11%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
1%
Students taking some online courses
24%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc.
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Sunshine State Conference
President
P. Barry Butler, Ph.D.
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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