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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach: Embry-Riddle-COA
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

  • LocationDaytona Beach, FL
  • Type and sizePrivate nonprofit · 4-year · 11,070 students
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach is not a Catholic college. This rating measures Catholic life on campus: campus ministry, priests, Mass and confession, student groups, and nearby parishes.

Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus has a Roman Catholic Chaplain, Father Karl Bergin, in the Chaplain's Office at its Center for Faith and Spirituality. The Center also has a Catholic prayer room, and two Catholic student groups are listed in its directory.

Catholic churches nearby

Map of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach, its Catholic center and nearby Catholic churches1 mi2 mi3 miBasilica of Saint Paul: 2.3 mi1Saint Pauls Catholic Church: 2.6 mi2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (campus)N1 mi
CampusCatholic church (numbered below)Open a street map ›
  1. Basilica of Saint Paul — 2.3 mi · 317 Mullally Street, Daytona Beach
  2. Saint Pauls Catholic Church — 2.6 mi

Within 3 miles, as mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. The map may be incomplete. Confirm with the parish or diocese.

Catholic life scorecard

Each line is one thing we looked for. A check means yes, a half means partly, a dash means no. “Not enough information” means official sources did not say.

N/ACatholic life on campus: Not enough information. Official sources do not cover enough of this to grade it yet.

Catholic life on campus

Not enough information: official sources cover less than 60% of this area.

  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Catholic campus ministry serving this campus (Catholic center, campus ministry, or chaplaincy)Yes (The Chaplain's Office names a Roman Catholic Chaplain who serves students at the Daytona Beach campus.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Faith and Spirituality | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityerau.edu/student-experience/campus-community/faith-and-spirituality · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “The Chaplain’s Office is in the Center for Faith and Spirituality at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus. With two chaplains, Reverend David Keck and Father Karl Bergin, the Roman Catholic Chaplain, you’ll find support here regardless of your faith or non-faith tradition.”
      Father Karl Bergin is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Chaplain's Office at the Daytona Beach campus.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Dedicated Catholic center or chapel on or next to campusNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Priest chaplain assigned to campus ministryFull-time priest chaplain (The Chaplain's Office presents Father Karl Bergin as the Roman Catholic Chaplain.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Faith and Spirituality | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityerau.edu/student-experience/campus-community/faith-and-spirituality · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “The Chaplain’s Office is in the Center for Faith and Spirituality at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus. With two chaplains, Reverend David Keck and Father Karl Bergin, the Roman Catholic Chaplain, you’ll find support here regardless of your faith or non-faith tradition.”
      Father Karl Bergin is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Chaplain's Office at the Daytona Beach campus.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Weekday Mass at the campus ministryNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Sunday Mass at the campus ministry or a campus chapelNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Scheduled confession at the campus ministryNot enough information: not found in official sources.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Catholic student groups and missionary outreach (e.g., FOCUS, Saint Paul's Outreach, Knights of Columbus, Bible studies)Two or more (Catholic Student Union and Apostles of the Sacred Heart, both listed in the Center's religious organizations directory.)
    Sources (1)
    1. Religious Organizations | Embry-Riddle Daytona Beachcampusgroups.erau.edu/cfs/organizations · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Spirituality, service, and social: Sunday Night Mass at 7pm, bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational and spiritual growth programs.”
      The Catholic Student Union lists a Sunday night Mass at 7 PM, Bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational programs.
      “The Apostles of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic student group focused on deepening our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by striving for a more intense spiritual life through prayer, study, and the detachment from the spirit of the world.”
      The Apostles of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic student group listed in the Center's directory.
  • Yes: the school meets this item and earns its full points.
    Formation programs (retreats, OCIA/RCIA, service, small groups)Two or more kinds (Kinds listed: retreats and educational programs, and service projects (Catholic Student Union).)
    Sources (1)
    1. Religious Organizations | Embry-Riddle Daytona Beachcampusgroups.erau.edu/cfs/organizations · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Spirituality, service, and social: Sunday Night Mass at 7pm, bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational and spiritual growth programs.”
      The Catholic Student Union lists a Sunday night Mass at 7 PM, Bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational programs.
      “We participate in collecting food, feeding the homeless at the Bridge of Hope, volunteering at nursing homes, and providing manual service projects all for the local community.”
      The Catholic Student Union lists food collection, homeless outreach, nursing home volunteering and service projects.
  • Partly: the school meets some of this item and earns part of the points.
    Catholic church within walking distance (computed from OpenStreetMap)Within 3 milesComputed from OpenStreetMap church locations.
  • Not enough information: official sources do not document this, so it is left out of the grade rather than counted as a no.
    Published weekly schedule of Mass, confession, and adorationNot enough information: no verified Mass times are recorded.

Grades come from the documented indicators under the published rubric. “Not enough information” does not mean the school lacks it.

Strengths

  • A Roman Catholic Chaplain is named on the Chaplain's Office page.
    Sources (1)
    1. Faith and Spirituality | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityerau.edu/student-experience/campus-community/faith-and-spirituality · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “The Chaplain’s Office is in the Center for Faith and Spirituality at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus. With two chaplains, Reverend David Keck and Father Karl Bergin, the Roman Catholic Chaplain, you’ll find support here regardless of your faith or non-faith tradition.”
      Father Karl Bergin is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Chaplain's Office at the Daytona Beach campus.
  • Two Catholic student groups are listed in the Center's religious organizations directory.
    Sources (1)
    1. Religious Organizations | Embry-Riddle Daytona Beachcampusgroups.erau.edu/cfs/organizations · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Spirituality, service, and social: Sunday Night Mass at 7pm, bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational and spiritual growth programs.”
      The Catholic Student Union lists a Sunday night Mass at 7 PM, Bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational programs.
      “The Apostles of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic student group focused on deepening our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by striving for a more intense spiritual life through prayer, study, and the detachment from the spirit of the world.”
      The Apostles of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic student group listed in the Center's directory.

Concerns

  • The Sunday night Mass is mentioned only in a student group's description.
    Sources (1)
    1. Religious Organizations | Embry-Riddle Daytona Beachcampusgroups.erau.edu/cfs/organizations · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “Spirituality, service, and social: Sunday Night Mass at 7pm, bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational and spiritual growth programs.”
      The Catholic Student Union lists a Sunday night Mass at 7 PM, Bible studies, prayer groups, retreats and educational programs.
  • The Center's chapel is described as a general reflection space, and the only Catholic-designated space listed is a prayer room.
    Sources (1)
    1. Faith and Spirituality | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityerau.edu/student-experience/campus-community/faith-and-spirituality · verified Oct. 12, 2026
      “five prayer and meditation rooms are open to everyone from 6 a.m. to midnight. These include Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist.”
      The Center has five prayer and meditation rooms, one of them Catholic, open to everyone.
      “a chapel within the center for your personal reflection”
      The Center includes a chapel for personal reflection.

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The Catholic center

Chaplain's Office & Center for Faith and Spirituality

  • Address: 1 Aerospace Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
  • Location: On campus
  • Facilities: chapel, prayer and meditation rooms

Source: erau.edu, verified Oct. 12, 2026, erau.edu, verified Oct. 12, 2026, campusgroups.erau.edu, verified Oct. 12, 2026

Catholic clubs and student life

4 groups and regular activities · 0 on campus, 0 off campus, 4 location not published

Clubs and groups 2

  • Catholic Student Union
    Sunday Night Mass at 7 PM, as listed by the group
    Catholic student group listed in the Center's religious organizations directory, with Sunday night Mass, Bible studies, prayer groups and retreats.
    campusgroups.erau.edu
  • Apostles of the Sacred Heart
    Catholic student group focused on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, prayer and study.
    campusgroups.erau.edu

Retreats 1

  • Catholic Student Union retreats and educational programs
    Retreats and educational and spiritual growth programs listed by the Catholic Student Union.
    campusgroups.erau.edu

Service 1

  • Catholic Student Union service projects
    Food collection, homeless outreach at the Bridge of Hope, nursing home volunteering and other local service projects.
    campusgroups.erau.edu

Everything listed is published by the school, its campus ministry, or the parish. Ask the campus minister what’s happening this semester.

Catholic campus ministry

Sources (2)
  1. Faith and Spirituality | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityerau.edu/student-experience/campus-community/faith-and-spirituality · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “The Chaplain’s Office is in the Center for Faith and Spirituality at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus. With two chaplains, Reverend David Keck and Father Karl Bergin, the Roman Catholic Chaplain, you’ll find support here regardless of your faith or non-faith tradition.”
    Father Karl Bergin is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Chaplain's Office at the Daytona Beach campus.
    “The Chaplain’s Office is in the Center for Faith and Spirituality at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus. With two chaplains, Reverend David Keck and Father Karl Bergin, the Roman Catholic Chaplain, you’ll find support here regardless of your faith or non-faith tradition.”
    Father Karl Bergin is the Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Chaplain's Office at the Daytona Beach campus.
    “five prayer and meditation rooms are open to everyone from 6 a.m. to midnight. These include Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist.”
    The Center has five prayer and meditation rooms, one of them Catholic, open to everyone.
  2. Chaplain's Office Home | Embry-Riddle Daytona Beachcampusgroups.erau.edu/cfs/chaplain-s-office-home · verified Oct. 12, 2026
    “1 Aerospace Boulevard Daytona Beach Florida 32114”
    The Chaplain's Office and Center for Faith and Spirituality are at 1 Aerospace Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114.
    “1 Aerospace Boulevard Daytona Beach Florida 32114”
    The Chaplain's Office and Center for Faith and Spirituality are at 1 Aerospace Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114.

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Academic Excellence

BAcademic Excellence: Good (grade B): 70 to 100 points out of 100 on what official sources document. Grades need sources for at least 60% of the checklist.
73 of 100
From federal data, on fixed published scales.

Each measure counts for the share shown.

  • Graduation rate 35% of scoreThis measure counts for 35% of the Academic Excellence score.67%
  • First-year retention 20% of scoreThis measure counts for 20% of the Academic Excellence score.88%
  • Entering students' test scores 15% of scoreThis measure counts for 15% of the Academic Excellence score.SAT 1,257 · ACT 27
  • Student-to-faculty ratio 15% of scoreThis measure counts for 15% of the Academic Excellence score.18 to 1
  • Instructional spending per student 15% of scoreThis measure counts for 15% of the Academic Excellence score.$14,657

Bars show points on each measure’s scale. How Academic Excellence is computed.

Source: College Scorecard (College Scorecard, most recent cohorts (data release 06/10/2026))

Cost and value

Federal data, shown separately. Cost, debt, and earnings are never part of any grade.

Undergraduate students
Fall enrollment (IPEDS)
10,274
Total students11,070
Average net price (per year)
After grants and scholarships, for students receiving federal aid
$41,272
Cost of attendance (per year)$64,632
Median federal debt at graduation$23,666
Graduation rate
First-time, full-time students finishing within 150% of normal time
67%
First-year retention88%
Median earnings 10 years after entry$84,131
Admission rate65%
Students receiving Pell grants15%
Admission test scores (middle 50% of admitted students who submitted scores)
Average SAT1257
SAT reading & writing580–670
SAT math580–690
ACT composite24–30
Test policyConsidered but not required

Value index: 53 / 100 (how it’s computed)

Sources: College Scorecard · IPEDS College Navigator · Net price calculator
College Scorecard, most recent cohorts (data release 06/10/2026); IPEDS 2024-25 directory and institutional characteristics; fall 2023 enrollment.

Local Church

Diocese of Orlando

The Most Reverend John Noonan, Bishop of Orlando

Formal address: “Your Excellency”

Source: orlandodiocese.org, orlandodiocese.org, verified Oct. 7, 2026.

Diocese determined from the county, using the diocese’s county list (Wikipedia). Confirm with the diocese.

About this school’s data

  • IPEDS unit ID 133553
  • Carnegie classification: Master's university (larger programs)
  • Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges d.b.a. Commission on Colleges and Universities (U.S. Department of Education DAPIP)
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Is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach a Catholic college?
No. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach is not a Catholic college. Catholic School Compass rates the Catholic life on its campus instead. Catholic students are served by Chaplain's Office & Center for Faith and Spirituality.

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