Tallahassee State College
Public Community College in Tallahassee, FL. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $37,561.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,561 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,668 — 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 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 38% graduate within six years. With 33% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. 11,699 undergraduates puts this among the larger schools, which usually means more choice and less individual attention.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,357 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,209 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,047 versus $13,363), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 57% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,684 — common but not automatic. Only 22% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 3,140 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 | $6,047 |
| $30–48k | $6,268 |
| $48–75k | $8,901 |
| $75–110k | $12,150 |
| $110k+ | $13,363 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,306 of these 10,357 students, totalling $12,575,512 — an average of $5,453 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Leon 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)