South Florida
State College
Public Community College in Avon Park, FL. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $39,990.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,990, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $7,368, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate population is 2,976 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,084 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,162 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($3,480 versus $3,698), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 73% get grants averaging $5,363, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 7% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 338 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 | $3,480 |
| $30–48k | $3,597 |
| $48–75k | $4,758 |
| $75–110k | $6,564 |
| $110k+ | $3,698 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 142 of these 2,084 students, totalling $708,323 — an average of $4,988 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Highlands 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)