Private for-profit · Community college

Cortiva Institute

St. Petersburg, Florida · Large city

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Transfer rate: $25,162
Avg net price: 79%
Grad / completion: $29,204
Median earnings

Cortiva Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in St. Petersburg, Florida (large city setting), enrolling 95 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 95 undergradsLarge cityMild wintersNear the coast

About St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. About 20 sites with temple mounds have been found around Tampa Bay, with several in Pinellas County. Best known of the Safety Harbor people was the chiefdom of Tocobaga, which was likely located at the Safety Harbor site in Philippe Park in northern Pinellas County. Much economic activity is concentrated in the Gateway area, which overlaps St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park. Health care, retail and professional services are the largest industries. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 17 miles to Tampa, FL
To the ocean: 4 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to St. Petersburg Clearwater (PIE) · major hub

How Cortiva Institute compares

Graduation rate79%

Higher than 75% · #69 of 211 in Florida

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,204

Higher than 29% · #109 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$25,162

Cheaper than 18% · #152 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$7,521

Lower than 79%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment95

Larger than 27%

Percentiles compare Cortiva Institute with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women6669%
Men2931%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White43%
Black26%
Hispanic22%
Other or multiracial8.4%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 95
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 48%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 70%
Median family income: $18,657

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $25,162

Outcomes

Graduated: 79%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,841
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,204
Median debt at graduation: $7,521
Students with federal loans: 50%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 36%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

79%

First-generation

72%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$24,315

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$28,409

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Cortiva Institute funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $29,204
Typical debt at graduation: $7,521
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 41%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$28,465

Men

$29,859

Men out-earn women by $1,394 (5%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 91°F
Winter low: 54°F
Annual rain: 52.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Petersburg, FL US station (3.9 mi from campus).

What Cortiva Institute graduates study — and earn

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

91 grads$24k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt

91$23,843$29,226$7,917 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

59 grads$22k 1 yr— 5 yr$6k debt

59$21,812—$6,333

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.