About 30.2 percent of the 1,835 degrees and certificates handed out by the Florida Institute of Technology in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The agency’s National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Melbourne conferred 455 master’s degrees and 95 bachelor’s degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a master’s degree in applied behavior analysis. Data shows the school gave out 147 master’s degrees in applied behavior analysis, followed by 135 master’s degrees in general business administration and management and 92 bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering.
The institute enrolled 6,271 students for 2017-18, including 3,660 in undergraduate programs and 2,611 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor’s degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 23 | – | 139 | 162 | |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 6 | – | 74 | 80 | |
| Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management | – | – | 63 | 63 | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | 1 | – | 53 | 54 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | – | – | 44 | 44 | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | – | – | 33 | 33 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | 15 | – | 14 | 29 | |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | – | – | 21 | 21 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 19 | – | – | 19 | |
| Project Management | – | – | 15 | 15 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 14 | – | – | 14 | |
| Accounting | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Small Business Administration/Management | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Transportation/Mobility Management | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Organizational Leadership | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Management Science | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 95 | – | 459 | 554 | 30.2 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 92 | – | 26 | 118 | |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | 54 | – | 21 | 75 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 36 | – | 27 | 63 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 37 | – | 15 | 52 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 40 | – | 6 | 46 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 20 | – | 18 | 38 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 28 | – | 9 | 37 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | 24 | – | 3 | 27 | |
| Systems Engineering | – | – | 26 | 26 | |
| Ocean Engineering | 19 | – | 6 | 25 | |
| Operations Research | – | – | 21 | 21 | |
| Engineering total | 350 | – | 178 | 528 | 28.8 |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 1 | – | 150 | 151 | |
| Clinical Psychology | – | – | 32 | 32 | |
| Psychology, General | 24 | – | – | 24 | |
| Forensic Psychology | 13 | – | – | 13 | |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | – | – | 12 | 12 | |
| Psychology total | 38 | – | 194 | 232 | 12.6 |
| Computer Science | 35 | – | 37 | 72 | |
| Information Science/Studies | – | – | 44 | 44 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 35 | – | 84 | 119 | 6.5 |
| Aviation/Airway Management and Operations | 63 | 4 | 14 | 81 | |
| Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General | 24 | – | 4 | 28 | |
| Air Transportation, Other | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Transportation and Materials Moving total | 89 | 4 | 18 | 111 | 6 |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography | 14 | – | 9 | 23 | |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 17 | – | – | 17 | |
| Biochemistry | 9 | – | 3 | 12 | |
| Biotechnology | – | – | 8 | 8 | |
| Molecular Biology | 7 | – | – | 7 | |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 1 | – | 4 | 5 | |
| Conservation Biology | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Ecology | – | – | – | – | |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | – | – | – | – | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 53 | – | 27 | 80 | 4.4 |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | – | – | 54 | 54 | |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | 17 | – | – | 17 | |
| Engineering Design | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 17 | – | 56 | 73 | 4 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other | 12 | – | 2 | 14 | |
| Chemistry, General | – | – | 9 | 9 | |
| Physics, General | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | |
| Meteorology | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | |
| Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Chemistry, Other | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Planetary Astronomy and Science | 2 | – | – | 2 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 27 | – | 19 | 46 | 2.5 |
| International and Intercultural Communication | – | – | 11 | 11 | |
| Communication, General | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Technical and Scientific Communication | – | – | – | – | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 9 | – | 11 | 20 | 1.1 |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | – | – | 9 | 9 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Environmental Education | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | – | – | – | – | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | – | – | – | – | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | – | – | – | – | |
| Computer Teacher Education | – | – | – | – | |
| Education total | – | – | 16 | 16 | 0.9 |
| Mathematics, General | 8 | – | – | 8 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 11 | – | 3 | 14 | 0.8 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| Sustainability Studies | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 9 | – | 2 | 11 | 0.6 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 11 | – | – | 11 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 11 | – | – | 11 | 0.6 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | – | – | – | – | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation | – | – | 6 | 6 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | – | – | 6 | 6 | 0.3 |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 4 | – | – | 4 | 0.2 |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | – | – | 3 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Pre-Law Studies | – | – | – | – | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | – | – | – | – | – |
