Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Computer Engineering (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering
- Private nonprofit university
- Daytona Beach, FL
- About 18 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach computer engineering graduates earn about what computer engineering graduates earn nationally, $79,276 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,146 in federal loans, close to the national median of $24,500. It is one of the higher-paying computer engineering degrees in Florida.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all computer engineering bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach graduates earn less than the national figure and about $5,381 less than the Florida median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida computer engineering program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 20% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned slightly more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $29,425 against $21,625.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $277 a month, or 4.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 20 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $45,957.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Deltona area are about 1% below the national average, so a $79,276 salary here buys what about $79,781 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to computer engineering, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$130,980Median pay in Florida. 87,890 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 95,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Architectural and Engineering Managers
$170,740Median pay in Florida. 8,710 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
$100,210Median pay in Florida. 10,320 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer Network Architects
$132,800Median pay in Florida. 9,370 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 9,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
About Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach
Computer Engineering ranks 3rd of 16 bachelor's programs at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach by first-year earnings. The top three are Mechanical Engineering Technology ($93,433), Vehicle Maintenance and Repair ($81,436), and Computer Engineering ($79,276).
Other computer engineering bachelor's programs near Daytona Beach
Common questions
The median graduate earns $79,276 one year after graduating and $94,762 five years after. The median across computer engineering bachelor's programs in Florida is $76,015.
The median federal loan balance is $26,146, which ranks 8th lowest of 11 computer engineering bachelor's programs in Florida. That works out to about $277 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 33% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 31%. Compare the cost with other Florida programs before deciding.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the computer engineering program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024