Florida College
Private Community College in Temple Terrace, FL. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $43,445.
Ten years after entry, the median Florida College student earns $43,445 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 70% puts Florida College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. With 323 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 78% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. The score bands below rest on the 39% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 480–630 | 68 (39%) |
| SAT Math | 450–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–25 | 106 (61%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 604 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,335 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,494 at $0–30k versus $29,396 at $110k+. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $13,276, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 45% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 196 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,494 |
| $30–48k | $19,241 |
| $48–75k | $19,530 |
| $75–110k | $25,004 |
| $110k+ | $29,396 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 273 of these 604 students, totalling $1,657,350 — an average of $6,071 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsborough County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)