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St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL 18,950 Undergrads 37.8% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$12,885
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$1,471
After Aid
Median Earnings
$54,088
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$1,471
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$54,088
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Warning: This school's reported earnings inflated significantly (+27%) when the Dept of Education excluded non-graduates from the dataset. Take caution when comparing.
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$42,557
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate37.8%
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 Age26.7
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 Recipients40.6%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time33.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS61.6%

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
+$488k
+$21k
+$3k
Median Cost$1k/yr
+$482k
+$15k
-$2k
Full Cost$13k/yr
+$441k
-$26k
-$43k

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
60
∞
Median Cost$1k/yr
Never
-40%
Full Cost$13k/yr
Never
-93%
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-49%

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-40%
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)
-
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,658
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,556
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$9,438
Earnings (4yr)
$62,753
Natl Median: $52,615
Lifetime Value Added
+$223k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,702
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,359
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)
-
Natl Median: $50,211
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fire Protection
CertCIP: 4302
Median Debt
$7,367
Earnings (4yr)
$69,864
Natl Median: $62,436
Lifetime Value Added
+$293k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $47,296
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,766
Earnings (4yr)
$42,416
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
+$9k
Homeland Security
CertCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,995
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $31,135
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$41,508
Natl Median: $43,365
Lifetime Value Added
-$712
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,511
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,296
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Associate's Degrees

Air Transportation
AssocCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $75,495
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$12,200
Earnings (4yr)
$57,312
Natl Median: $42,269
Lifetime Value Added
+$116k
Median Debt
$12,757
Earnings (4yr)
$70,198
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$235k
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
$19,868
Earnings (4yr)
$55,765
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,246
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Programming
AssocCIP: 1102
Median Debt
$13,683
Earnings (4yr)
$76,683
Natl Median: $58,070
Lifetime Value Added
+$293k
Median Debt
$16,573
Earnings (4yr)
$40,278
Natl Median: $41,737
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Median Debt
$16,377
Earnings (4yr)
$55,722
Natl Median: $54,726
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
Median Debt
$10,703
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,737
Earnings (4yr)
$63,102
Natl Median: $61,982
Lifetime Value Added
+$171k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,895
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1504
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,554
Natl Median: $73,046
Lifetime Value Added
+$166k
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
AssocCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $33,186
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Fire Protection
AssocCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$87,235
Natl Median: $73,589
Lifetime Value Added
+$373k
Median Debt
$14,250
Earnings (4yr)
$43,598
Natl Median: $52,962
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
Median Debt
$27,644
Earnings (4yr)
$53,014
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Homeland Security
AssocCIP: 4303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,829
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$22,277
Natl Median: $41,099
Lifetime Value Added
-$241k
Median Debt
$32,877
Earnings (4yr)
$34,811
Natl Median: $39,422
Lifetime Value Added
-$107k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$45,987
Natl Median: $44,669
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
Median Debt
$12,000
Earnings (4yr)
$43,491
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,734
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
AssocCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$32,573
Natl Median: $34,056
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,634
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,750
Earnings (4yr)
$81,621
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$338k
Median Debt
$10,500
Earnings (4yr)
$50,199
Natl Median: $43,854
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$36,302
Natl Median: $43,839
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,614
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,656
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (4yr)
$46,358
Natl Median: $41,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$9k

Bachelor's Degrees

Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$32,739
Earnings (4yr)
$49,403
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Median Debt
$28,015
Earnings (4yr)
$62,040
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$62k
Median Debt
$26,285
Earnings (4yr)
$71,668
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
+$137k
Median Debt
$17,428
Earnings (4yr)
$63,700
Natl Median: $68,061
Lifetime Value Added
+$75k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$27,072
Earnings (4yr)
$45,220
Natl Median: $49,113
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
BachCIP: 0302
Median Debt
$30,871
Earnings (4yr)
$48,190
Natl Median: $56,185
Lifetime Value Added
-$51k
Median Debt
$30,000
Earnings (4yr)
$63,162
Natl Median: $67,934
Lifetime Value Added
+$71k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,050
Earnings (4yr)
$52,657
Natl Median: $53,266
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Median Debt
$24,619
Earnings (4yr)
$47,320
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
-$59k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$27,026
Earnings (4yr)
$59,200
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$40k
Median Debt
$15,578
Earnings (4yr)
$91,608
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$289k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$53,393
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,047
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,755
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Median Debt
$25,404
Earnings (4yr)
$61,428
Natl Median: $44,115
Lifetime Value Added
+$57k

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $104,114
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Legal Support Services
PB-CertCIP: 2203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Other Programs

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$76,867
Natl Median: $62,717
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Fire Protection
DegCIP: 4302
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,936
Natl Median: $64,610
Lifetime Value Added
-$105k

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.