St. Petersburg College

Overview of St. Petersburg College (SPC)

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The college boasts 12 campuses all together and two administrative offices. Campuses are scattered throughout a large swathe running from Tarpon Springs and Seminole to St. Petersburg, which has the most space available for students. This is fortunate because the student population is more than 29,000.

The majority of the population are working to earn their associate degrees. However, students can also work toward earning their bachelor’s degrees as well.

SPC is a public college, which means costs can be kept much lower than they are in private universities. In fact, the average net price per year ranges from just under $1,500 to around $10,800, depending on how much financial aid you qualify for. The student-to-faculty ratio is somewhat high at 24 to 1. This may make it challenging for you to stop and talk with your professors after class to discuss any issues you may have, but there are always office hours.

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SPC Acceptance Rate and Admissions

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SPC Tuition Cost & Financial Aid

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Colleges and universities usually provide a combined number covering all college costs into one total price. This includes tuition (in- or out-of-state), books, room and board (or for students living on their own, rent, utilities, and food), supplies, and other costs. At St. Petersburg College, this comes to about $19,000 for those from within the state and $25,600 for those from another state.

Based on the financial aid for which you may be eligible, you and your parents likely won’t have to pay the full price. Instead, you’ll pay what’s called the average net price, which was $3,315 in a recent academic year. Even then, your net price will depend on how much financial aid you receive, which is highly affected by income. This means you and your parents will owe a different amount based on a sliding basis. Families earning 30,000 or less paid $1,454 recently and families earning more than $110,001 paid $11,582.

The number of first-year students who qualified for financial aid was 1,436 (74%). A smaller number (1,327 or 68%) received an average of $7,675 in grants or scholarships. And 419 (22%) of the eligible students received an average of $2,132 in institutional grants and scholarships.

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Academics

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The graduation rate is tracked with the IPEDs graduation rate, this references the rate at which students graduate within 150% of the normal time that it ‘should’ take to complete their degree programs. This is usually the four years in which students expect to complete a four-year degree. NCES uses the statistics of first-year students who are either seeking certificates or their first degrees. The overall graduation rate for students at SPC is low at 33%. However, this does not include transfer rates or those who complete their degree after this time period or at another institution.

The five most popular degree programs at St. Petersburg College are health professions and related programs; business, management, marketing and related support services; education; computer and information sciences and support services; and homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services.

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Outcome & Salary

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Once you graduate, you’ll be ready to find a job, hopefully in your degree field. Graduates of St. Petersburg College earn average early-career salaries of about $46,600. Their mid-career salaries jump to $77,800, and only improve from there.

After 10 years, graduate’s salary earning potential is $530,000 and that makes their 20-year salary earning potential $1,308,000. If you subtract the average 4-year cost of education ($13,908) from this you’ll be able to calculate the return on investment (ROI) from this education. That makes the 10-year projected ROI $516,092 and a graduate’s 20-year ROI is $1,294,092.

High school graduates who choose to work instead of going to college earn a national average salary of $38,792 each year. Their 10-year projected income is $387,920 and their projected income at 20 years is $775,840. This makes it easy to see that, in general, a college degree provides opportunity for a lifetime.

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