Public · Community college
Traviss Technical College
Lakeland, Florida · Fringe rural
- 5%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 90%
- Grad / completion
- $39,813
- Median earnings
Traviss Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Lakeland, Florida (fringe rural setting), enrolling 460 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. In 1823, the United States and the various tribes in Florida signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek, which created a reservation in central Florida that included what is now Polk County. The Lakeland History Room is a special collections archive established in 1987 housed within the Lakeland Public Library's main branch. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 35 miles to Tampa, FL
- To the ocean
- 33 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Lakeland Linder (LAL)
How Traviss Technical College compares
Higher than 90% · #23 of 211 in Florida
Higher than 81%
Higher than 68% · #41 of 171 in Florida
Lower than 49%
Larger than 61%
Percentiles compare Traviss 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
- Women26958%
- Men19142%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White39%
- Black17%
- Hispanic36%
- Asian0.9%
- Other or multiracial7.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 460
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- 53%
- Students over 25
- 18%
- Median family income
- $16,670
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 90%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Transferred to another college
- 5%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,550
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,813
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- $30
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (741 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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,498. 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 254 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)
- $39,813
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 41%
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 $1,955 (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
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 51°F
- Annual rain
- 56.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lakeland 2, FL US station (7.4 mi from campus).
What Traviss 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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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Earnings
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- Tuition
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Students
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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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.