unitid 134343 · Panama City, FL · public 4-year · city (small)
Gulf Coast State College
- enrollment 2023
- 6,187
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
3,934
43rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
46th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$14,657
15th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$4,709
after aid, aided students
8th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,359
after entry, Title IV students
11th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$7,147
4th pctl among public 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 $2,915 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k51%
- 30-48k23%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k6%
- 110k+3%
- Median family income
- $22,880
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,370
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 381 | $40,804 | $6,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 105 | $70,993 | $9,837 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 76 | — | $7,500 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 68 | $61,160 | $11,345 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 59 | $45,942 | $6,250 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 32 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 31 | — | — |
| Fire Protection. | 23 | — | — |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services. | 17 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 16 | — | — |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 15 | — | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 13 | — | — |
— 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
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.