by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Florida Southern College was awarded 73 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general economics.
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Florida Southern is ranked #1,017 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Florida Southern also holds the #30 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
Florida Southern College has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Florida Southern.
About 27% of students accepted to Florida Southern submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 570 and 655.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Florida Southern College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida Southern College is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Florida Southern College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Florida Southern the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 61%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,834 undergraduates at Florida Southern with 2,579 being full-time and 255 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,019 | $22,837 | $25,918 | $26,523 | $29,626 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Florida Southern, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Florida Southern, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $7,741 a year. That adds up to $30,964 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Florida Southern is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Florida Southern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801-5698 |
| Phone: | 863-680-4111 |
| Website: | www.flsouthern.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/FloridaSouthern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/fscadmissions |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 140 | $39,221 |
| Nursing | 60 | $58,540 |
| General Psychology | 58 | $29,572 |
| General Biology | 41 | $27,262 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 37 | $33,714 |
| Accounting | 37 | $42,840 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 31 | $23,917 |
| Health & Physical Education | 29 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 26 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 19 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,174 students took at least one online class at Florida Southern College. This is a decrease from the 1,270 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,174 | 174 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,270 | 269 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,136 | 194 |
| 2017-2018 | 793 | 142 |
| 2016-2017 | 768 | 110 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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