Public · Community college

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, Florida · Large city

#5 best value in Florida
18%
Transfer rate
$1,471
Avg net price
38%
Grad / completion
$42,557
Median earnings

St Petersburg College is a public associate-granting institution in St. Petersburg, Florida (large city setting), enrolling 18,950 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicLarge · 18,950 undergradsLarge cityNJCAA Division IMild 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
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
16 miles to Tampa, FL
To the ocean
1 mile
Nearest airport
10 miles to St. Petersburg Clearwater (PIE) · major hub

How St Petersburg College compares

Graduation rate38%

Higher than 24% · #190 of 211 in Florida

Earnings, 10 years after entry$42,557

Higher than 78% · #18 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$1,471

Cheaper than 99% · #5 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$16,868

Lower than 10%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment18,950

Larger than 99%

Percentiles compare St Petersburg 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

18,950undergrads
  • Women11,69662%
  • Men7,25438%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White52%
  • Black15%
  • Hispanic21%
  • Asian4.3%
  • Other or multiracial8.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
18,950
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
41%
Median family income
$22,640
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$72,342
Endowment
$37,956,812

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 3,251 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Florida98%
  • Other U.S. states1.6%

Most first-years stay in state — St Petersburg College draws overwhelmingly from Florida.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$2,682
Out-of-state tuition
$9,286
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,600
Total cost of attendance
$12,885
Average net price
$1,471

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
38%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
18%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,498
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$42,557
Median debt at graduation
$16,868
Students with federal loans
16%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
38%
Low-income (Pell)
24%
First-generation
24%

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
$40
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
96 (41 men · 55 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (5)

Baseball28
Basketball27
Softball18
Volleyball15
Tennis8

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
3

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 9 campuses (23,936 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.7reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.7
Robbery
0.3
Burglary
0.3
Aggravated assault
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
-$716
$30–48k
$677
$48–75k
$4,005
$75–110k
$8,923
$110k+
$11,943

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

31%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,959
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 31% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,959. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 1,606 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$42,557
Typical debt at graduation
$16,868
Debt vs. one year's pay
40%
Out-earn a HS grad
50%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.0 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
$41,088
Men
$45,456

Men out-earn women by $4,368 (11%) 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
50°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.79.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Petersburg, FL US station (1 mi from campus).

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.