unitid 134079 · Lakeland, FL · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
Florida Southern College
- enrollment 2023
- 3,481
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
64%
34th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,656
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
37th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
71%
finish within 150% time
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$60,768
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$28,551
after aid, aided students
76th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,294
after entry, Title IV students
57th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $23,624 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k11%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $66,112
- First-generation students
- 28%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $44,040
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 114 | $57,423 | $23,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 57 | $80,712 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 52 | $80,669 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 49 | $127,534 | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 36 | $58,724 | $25,955 |
| Psychology, General. | 34 | $52,304 | $25,500 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 31 | — | — |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 30 | — | $23,250 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 30 | — | $24,187 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 29 | $50,864 | $23,250 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 29 | — | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.