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Florida State College at Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL 19,648 Undergrads 38.5% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$9,323
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$4,128
After Aid
Median Earnings
$53,224
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$4,128
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$53,224
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Warning: This school's reported earnings inflated significantly (+26%) when the Dept of Education excluded non-graduates from the dataset. Take caution when comparing.
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$42,244
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate38.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age25.2
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients41.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time32.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS61.0%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$480k
+$14k
-$4k
Median Cost$4k/yr
+$466k
-$1k
-$19k
Full Cost$9k/yr
+$447k
-$20k
-$37k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$4k/yr
Never
-127%
Full Cost$9k/yr
Never
-112%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return-67%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-26%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,428
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
+$146k
Air Transportation
CertCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,259
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$28,236
Natl Median: $34,272
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,695
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$159k
Median Debt
$12,377
Earnings (4yr)
$48,636
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $32,681
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,693
Natl Median: $50,518
Lifetime Value Added
+$169k
Communications Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1001
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,445
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$65,250
Natl Median: $50,984
Lifetime Value Added
+$245k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,400
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$6,498
Earnings (4yr)
$37,819
Natl Median: $26,307
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,209
Natl Median: $57,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$255k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $30,572
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,673
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,116
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $31,337
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
CertCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,354
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,511
Natl Median: $50,211
Lifetime Value Added
+$198k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,268
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fire Protection
CertCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$72,823
Natl Median: $62,436
Lifetime Value Added
+$319k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$52,143
Natl Median: $52,118
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Homeland Security
CertCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,995
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,747
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$10,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,543
Natl Median: $68,527
Lifetime Value Added
+$288k
Median Debt
$7,491
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Real Estate
CertCIP: 5215
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,762
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,296
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $29,652
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$9,279
Earnings (4yr)
$47,402
Natl Median: $40,127
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$52,357
Natl Median: $51,586
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,081
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$156k
Air Transportation
AssocCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$57,284
Natl Median: $75,495
Lifetime Value Added
+$100k
Median Debt
$8,415
Earnings (4yr)
$50,801
Natl Median: $42,269
Lifetime Value Added
+$48k
Median Debt
$15,498
Earnings (4yr)
$70,805
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$236k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,403
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 4101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,375
Earnings (4yr)
$62,248
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,472
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,039
Natl Median: $54,246
Lifetime Value Added
+$174k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,139
Natl Median: $54,726
Lifetime Value Added
+$138k
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
AssocCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$36,337
Natl Median: $39,605
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$63,386
Natl Median: $61,982
Lifetime Value Added
+$157k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $38,127
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $31,773
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1504
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,046
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
AssocCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$56,686
Natl Median: $62,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fire Protection
AssocCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,589
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Homeland Security
AssocCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,829
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,099
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$10,817
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $34,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,023
Natl Median: $44,669
Lifetime Value Added
+$21k
Median Debt
$10,500
Earnings (4yr)
$45,209
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,773
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,634
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,724
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$10,819
Earnings (4yr)
$78,015
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$300k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,614
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,452
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Median Debt
$23,203
Earnings (4yr)
$55,860
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$37,418
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Median Debt
$22,330
Earnings (4yr)
$66,519
Natl Median: $73,587
Lifetime Value Added
+$88k
Median Debt
$26,061
Earnings (4yr)
$72,742
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Median Debt
$26,292
Earnings (4yr)
$55,025
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$29,783
Natl Median: $43,283
Lifetime Value Added
-$219k
Median Debt
$16,888
Earnings (4yr)
$55,284
Natl Median: $67,934
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Median Debt
$28,227
Earnings (4yr)
$46,467
Natl Median: $48,597
Lifetime Value Added
-$75k
Median Debt
$13,829
Earnings (4yr)
$90,705
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$273k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,275
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,275
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.