Public · Community college
North Florida Technical College
Starke, Florida · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $1,590
- Avg net price
- 68%
- Grad / completion
- $31,683
- Median earnings
North Florida Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Starke, Florida (distant town setting), enrolling 84 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Starke, Florida
Starke is a city in and the county seat of Bradford County, Florida, United States. Prior to 1857, the area that is today Starke was sparsely settled. The announcement of the Fernandina to Cedar Key railroad, which would connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico, brought the first known settlement to the community. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 24 miles to Gainesville, FL
- To the ocean
- 48 miles
- Nearest airport
- 20 miles to Gainesville (GNV)
How North Florida Technical College compares
Higher than 59% · #108 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 31%
Higher than 38% · #98 of 171 in Florida
Cheaper than 99% · #6 cheapest of 207 in Florida
Lower than 92%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare North Florida Technical College 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
- Women5768%
- Men2732%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White60%
- Black32%
- Hispanic1.2%
- Asian1.2%
- Other or multiracial6.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 84
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 12%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 42%
- Median family income
- $17,719
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
- $1,590
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 68%
- First-year retention
- 64%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,974
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,683
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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?
North Florida Technical College 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)
- $31,683
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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.
Men out-earn women by $4,197 (14%) 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
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 45°F
- Annual rain
- 53.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Starke, FL US station (1 mi from campus).
What North Florida Technical College graduates study — and earn
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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare North Florida Technical College side by side →
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- Students
- 157
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Students
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Earnings
- —
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- Students
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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- 165
- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Earnings
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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.