Private for-profit · Community college

Florida Academy

Fort Myers, Florida · Small city

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Transfer rate: $15,192
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: —
Median earnings

Florida Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fort Myers, Florida (small city setting), enrolling 350 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 350 undergradsSmall cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Florida, United States. According to some historians, the Calusa capital was located near Fort Myers. Following European contact, Spain had colonial influence in Florida, succeeded by Great Britain and lastly the United States. The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium is a private, not-for-profit, environmental education organization. Set on a 105-acre (0.42 km2) site, it has a museum, three nature trails, a planetarium, butterfly and bird aviaries, a gift shop and meeting and picnic areas. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Fort Myers, FL
To the ocean: 3 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Southwest Florida (RSW) · major hub

How Florida Academy compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 63% · #100 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention74%

Higher than 53%

Average net price$15,192

Cheaper than 50% · #85 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment350

Larger than 56%

Percentiles compare Florida Academy 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

Women25573%
Men9527%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White23%
Black23%
Hispanic37%
Asian0.9%
Other or multiracial16%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 350
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 5%
First-generation students: 51%
Students over 25: 44%
Median family income: $17,391

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: $15,192

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 74%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,952
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: —
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 7%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 42%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$15,470

$30–48k

$14,587

$48–75k

$15,059

$75–110k

$17,921

$110k+

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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?

Florida Academy 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 54°F
Annual rain: 57.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, FT Myers Page Fld AP, FL US station (2.8 mi from campus).

What Florida Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

204 grads$16k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$6k debt

204$16,245$26,184$6,404 Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

50 grads$43k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

50$42,769—$6,577 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

45 grads— 1 yr$21k 5 yr— debt

45—$20,925—Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

— grads$21k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$6k debt

—$21,411$28,725$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.