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Community college · Public

North Florida College

Madison, FL525 online only

North Florida College is a public community college in Madison, FL, with about 756 students on campus.

Students on campus
756
plus 525 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$804
tuition and fees $3,054; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
59%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$33,929
lower than at 71% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about North Florida College

North Florida College is nearly free for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $4 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $3,223. What it costs ↓

Most students study part-time

62% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

Rent in Madison is below the state median

Median rent in Madison is $887 a month, 47% below the state median. Living in Madison ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $9,265 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,400

Tuition & fees (in state) $3,054Books & supplies $1,400Other costs $4,811

After grants, the average family on aid pays $804.

Tuition and fees are $3,054 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$3,223

About $6,446 over 2 years · 65% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into North Florida College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. North Florida College is likely test-optional.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
59%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$33,929
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 36%Health professions 20%Public safety 12%Transportation 11%Business 9%Family & consumer sciences 8%Everything else 4%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing23 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

793 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 55%Hispanic 10%Black 32%Two or more 1%

Women and men

Women 74%Men 26%
20 : 1
students per teacher
39%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
29%
undergrads 25 or older
62%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Madison

1% of Madison’s 2,988 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Madison pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from North Florida College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Valdosta State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Valdosta
27 mi5,909 students
Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Valdosta
29 mi3,080 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.