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: 38.22%

  • Total number of FTIC undergraduate students: 225
  • Total number of FTIC undergraduate students eligible for the federal Pell Grant: 86

Affordability rate: $6,795.22

  • Total annual cost of tuition and fees for all Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2022–23): $9,348,750
  • The total annual amount of student loans for Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2022–23): $1, 506,729
  • Total amount of federal, state and institutional assistance received by Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students (2022–23): $6,313,097

Graduation rate: 46.71%

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students first enrolled in Fall 2016: 167
    • This is the 2015 cohort, not the total Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students enrolled.
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students enrolled in the Fall 2016 academic year that finished in six years or less: 78

Retention rates: 71.95%

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students enrolled in the 2020–21 academic year: 246
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students who returned for the 2021–22 academic year: 177

Postgraduate employment/continuing education rate: (8.70% / 29.35%)

  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2020–21 academic year: 92
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2020–21 academic year and were employed full time 120 days after graduation: 8
  • Total number of Florida resident FTIC undergraduate students that graduated in the 2020-21 academic year enrolled in a postgraduate education program 120 days after graduation: 27