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After South Florida State College: graduation, pay and debt

Avon Park, Florida · Public · 2,045 undergrads

51% of South Florida State College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $41,548 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,687 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
51%
finish within six years.
$7,687
median federal debt at graduation.
46%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
51%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
50%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
52%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
311
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
64%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
14%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
330
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
13%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,861
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$41,548
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
46%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$7,687
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,387
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,555
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$4,131
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
46%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
57%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers