Palm Beach Atlantic University Business Programs

Palm Beach Atlantic University is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The location of Palm Beach Atlantic is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Palm Beach Atlantic University?

Contact details for Palm Beach Atlantic are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	901 S. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone:	561-803-2000
Website:	www.pba.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/PBAUniversity?v=app_181093131931802#!/PBAUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/pbatlantic

How Do I Get Into Palm Beach Atlantic?

You can apply to Palm Beach Atlantic online at: www.pba.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/index.html

Admission Requirements for Palm Beach Atlantic

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Palm Beach Atlantic?

Palm Beach Atlantic has the high acceptance rate of 92%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% of students accepted to Palm Beach Atlantic submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

Palm Beach Atlantic received ACT scores from 36% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Palm Beach Atlantic University?

The overall average net price of Palm Beach Atlantic is $36,835. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Palm Beach Atlantic, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,411 a year. That adds up to $25,644 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Palm Beach Atlantic is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Palm Beach Atlantic University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,916 undergraduate students at Palm Beach Atlantic, with 2,240 being full-time and 676 being part-time.

There are also 788 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,240 full-time undergraduates at Palm Beach Atlantic, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Palm Beach Atlantic University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	39
Black or African American	222
Hispanic or Latino	367
White	1,373
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	160

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Palm Beach Atlantic University. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 61 countries are represented at Palm Beach Atlantic. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Bahamas, Canada, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Palm Beach Atlantic University

In 2019-2020, 1,482 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Palm Beach Atlantic has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 28th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Palm Beach Atlantic

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Palm Beach Atlantic University was $33,475 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Palm Beach Atlantic is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Behavior Studies	#30	#30

Online Growth Rankings of Palm Beach Atlantic

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Palm Beach Atlantic University was 27.3%. This is the #802 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Palm Beach Atlantic regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Palm Beach Atlantic ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Palm Beach Atlantic.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Organizational Behavior Studies	#22
Organizational Leadership	#125
Human Resource Management	#141

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Palm Beach Atlantic University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	44	39	83
Organizational Behavior Studies	30	0	30
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	28	0	28
Organizational Leadership	0	26	26
Public Relations	13	0	13
Accounting	11	0	11
Finance	11	0	11
International Business/Trade/Commerce	11	0	11
Accounting and Finance	0	8	8
Business Management & Marketing	1	0	1
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	149	73	222

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.