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University or college · Private nonprofit

Florida College

Temple Terrace, FL67 online only

Florida College is a private nonprofit college in Temple Terrace, FL, with about 590 students on campus.

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Students on campus
590
plus 67 studying only online
Admission rate
70%
lower than at 64% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$23,931
higher than at 68% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
54%
lower than at 51% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$43,445
higher than at 57% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Florida College

Florida College is very small

About 590 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓

Lower-income families pay more here than at most colleges

Families earning under $30,000 still pay about $20,494 a year after grants. What it costs ↓

Florida College focuses on liberal arts

45% of the degrees Florida College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, business, is 20%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

588 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 75%Hispanic 9%Black 4%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 4%

Women and men

Women 50%Men 50%
14 : 1
students per teacher
23%
get Pell grants (lower income)
42%
take federal loans
2%
undergrads 25 or older
2%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Florida College?

70%

of applicants admitted

About 14 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
480–630
SAT math
450–590
ACT
19–25

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1108.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $34,870 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $20,360Room & board $10,855Books & supplies $1,300Other costs $2,355

After grants, the average family on aid pays $23,931.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$19,530

About $78,120 over 4 years · 44% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
54%
within 6 years · Pell students 36%
Come back for year two
76%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$43,445
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$12,000
about $127 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.6%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$127 a month against about $3,536 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

69%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 86% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$38k
Middle income$30–75k
$45k
Higher incomeover $75k
$48k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 45%Business 20%Communication 10%Parks, recreation & fitness 9%Health professions 7%Psychology 3%Everything else 6%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

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

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities22 graduates a year · typical debt $17,653
$40k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations15 graduates a year · typical debt $18,750
$62k4 yrs out
Communication and Media Studies14 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing12 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods11 graduates a year
—not reported
Marketing5 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas4 graduates a year
—not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness3 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Temple Terrace

10% of Temple Terrace’s 27,075 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Temple Terrace pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

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5 mi177 students
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7.8 mi11,018 students
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8 mi379 students
Hillsborough Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Tampa
8.2 mi11,704 students
Arizona College of Nursing-TampaUniversity or college · For-profit · Tampa
10.2 mi337 students
Galen College of Nursing-Tampa BayUniversity or college · For-profit · St. Petersburg
20 mi1,601 students
Trinity College of FloridaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Trinity
21.1 mi151 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.