Before retiring in 2013, Floyd spent 64 years as a music educator in higher education, including as chairman of keyboard performance at Northern Illinois University from 1962 to 1981 and chairman of keyboard performance at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music from 1982 to 2013.
[6] In the 1950s, at the University of Corpus Christi,[7] Floyd became head of the Department of Music, then Chairman of the Fine Arts Division.
[8] In Fall 1949, Floyd joined the music faculty of the University of Kentucky as piano instructor.
[9] Floyd, in 1949, was a grand winner of the National Guild of Piano Teachers Young Artist Competition at Town Hall in New York City.
The award led to a sponsored solo recital at Town Hall, Wednesday, 8:30 pm, April 9, 1952.