EASE Accountability Report

The Effective Access to Student Education (EASE) Grant Program is a tuition assistance program for students seeking to acquire a bachelor's degree. The report includes statistical data detailing institution-wide First Time in College (FTIC), Florida resident students for the 2022–23 academic year.

Access rate: 38.02%

  • Total number of FTIC undergraduate students: 242
  • Total number of FTIC undergraduate students eligible for the federal Pell Grant: 92

Affordability rate: $8,849.71

  • Total annual cost of tuition and fees for all Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2023–24): $9,432,650
  • The total annual amount of student loans for Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2023–24): $2,075,734
  • Total amount of federal, state and institutional assistance received by Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2023–24): $7,291,019

Graduation rate: 55.38%

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students first enrolled in Fall 2017: 130
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students enrolled in the Fall 2017 academic year that finished in six years or less: 72

Retention rates: 67.07%

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students enrolled in the 2022 academic year: 246
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students who returned for the 2023 academic year: 165

Postgraduate employment/continuing education rate: (7.02% / 33.33%)

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2023–24 academic year: 228
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2023–24 academic year and were employed full time 120 days after graduation: 16
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2023–24 academic year enrolled in a postgraduate education program 120 days after graduation: 76