unitid 136516 · Winter Haven, FL · public 4-year · city (small)
Polk State College
- enrollment 2023
- 11,417
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
7,180
62nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
48th pctl among public 4-years
completion
35%
finish within 150% time
28th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,451
11th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,427
after aid, aided students
29th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$40,624
after entry, Title IV students
17th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$10,076
12th 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 $9,446 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
- 0-30k53%
- 30-48k25%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k6%
- 110k+3%
- Median family income
- $23,968
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $2,694
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.0× 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. | 984 | $42,129 | $8,750 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 199 | $53,333 | $17,030 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 100 | $75,780 | $15,460 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 92 | — | $13,132 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 71 | $94,462 | $22,416 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 54 | $56,740 | $16,995 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 47 | $49,499 | $15,769 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 34 | — | $14,000 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 33 | — | — |
| Education, Other. | 31 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 30 | — | $11,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 30 | $44,925 | $8,000 |
— 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
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Compare with peers
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.