by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Gulf Coast State College was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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GCSC landed the #1,219 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when GCSC held the #1,614 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
GCSC also holds the #45 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Gulf Coast State College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Gulf Coast State College is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Gulf Coast State College is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,410 undergraduates at GCSC with 1,649 being full-time and 2,761 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,805 | $4,169 | $5,232 | $7,208 | $12,065 |
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 GCSC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At GCSC, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $5,271 a year. That adds up to $21,084 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Gulf Coast State College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Gulf Coast State College.
Contact details for GCSC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5230 West U.S. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32401 |
| Phone: | 850-769-1551 |
| Website: | https://gulfcoast.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 377 | NA |
| Nursing | 156 | $74,619 |
| Allied Health Professions | 123 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 46 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 24 | $40,851 |
| Dental Support Services | 22 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 22 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 20 | NA |
| Information Technology | 17 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 14 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,703 students took at least one online class at Gulf Coast State College. This is an increase from the 2,479 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,703 | 1,172 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,479 | 1,131 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,517 | 1,165 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,490 | 971 |
Learn more about online learning at Gulf Coast State College.
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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