Florida Southern College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Florida Southern College

Florida Southern College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Lakeland, Florida (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 2,656 students of which 2,763 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Florida Southern College is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 64.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,252 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $28,551, with published in-state tuition of $44,040 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.0%. Graduates earn a median of $55,294 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,749 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 103700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 71.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.