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Florida Southern is ranked #995 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Florida Southern held the #1,017 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Florida Southern also holds the #41 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
If you're applying to Florida Southern College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 57%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 40% 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 560 and 660. Math scores were between 520 and 630.
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 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Florida Southern College has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. 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 62%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Florida Southern College.
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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,239 | $22,685 | $23,571 | $28,544 | $32,776 |
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 $8,296 a year. That adds up to $33,184 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Florida Southern College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Florida Southern College.
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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 173 | $43,581 |
| Nursing | 102 | $75,019 |
| General Psychology | 48 | $28,316 |
| General Biology | 47 | $29,222 |
| Accounting | 45 | $36,669 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 43 | $35,023 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 31 | $26,616 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 31 | NA |
| Computer Science | 26 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 23 | $46,088 |
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 2022-2023, 1,205 students took at least one online class at Florida Southern College. This is an increase from the 1,174 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,205 | 187 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,174 | 174 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,270 | 269 |
| 2018-2019 | 793 | 142 |
Learn more about online learning at Florida Southern College.
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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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