About
Emerald Coast Technical College is a public technical college located in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. It offers a variety of vocational programs in areas such as health science, information technology, and trades, with a focus on career and technical education.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 12 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 12 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data12 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Occupational Education
Action history · 7
- Jun 2025Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2024Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityCouncil on Occupational Education
- Jun 2022Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
- Sep 2021Grant Substantive Change: OtherCouncil on Occupational Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 106 students received $558K in Pell grants.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 13.2% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at ECTC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
ECTC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions ECTC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectEmerald Coast Technical College | 87% | — | 235 | $15,106 | — |
Adult and Community Education-Hudson | — | 100.0% | 67 | $15,805 | — |
Applied Tech | — | 40.7% | 172 | $19,645 | — |
Auburn Career Center | — | — | 292 | $6,969 | — |
Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | — | 42.3% | 99 | $16,480 | — |
Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education | — | 62.5% | 88 | $16,057 | — |
Career Center of Southern Illinois | — | 56.5% | 36 | $21,769 | — |
Charles A Jones Career and Education Center | — | — | 91 | $15,980 | — |
Chester County Intermediate Unit | — | 58.3% | 82 | $18,912 | — |
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center | — | — | 144 | $11,517 | — |
D A Dorsey Technical College | — | — | 129 | $3,103 | — |
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program | — | 100.0% | 48 | $20,622 | — |
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology | — | 80.8% | 180 | $21,350 | — |
Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program | — | — | 93 | $21,994 | — |
Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School | — | — | — | $21,959 | — |
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program | — | — | 58 | $11,454 | — |
Madison Adult Career Center | — | — | 81 | $9,173 | — |
Mercer County Technical Education Center | — | 82.0% | 120 | $3,658 | — |
Miami Valley Career Technology Center | — | — | 46 | — | — |
Mt. Diablo Adult Education-Mt. Diablo USD | — | — | 172 | $12,260 | — |
Portage Lakes Career Center | — | — | 168 | $19,200 | — |
Riverside County Office of Education-School of Career Education | — | — | 105 | $11,857 | — |
Sandusky Career Center | — | — | 88 | — | — |
Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES | — | — | 166 | $23,037 | — |
Southeastern Technical Institute | — | 70.6% | 260 | $11,768 | — |
Treasure Coast Technical College | — | — | 107 | $7,245 | — |
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School | — | 71.4% | 70 | $23,394 | — |
Vantage Career Center | — | — | 104 | — | — |
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing | — | 79.2% | 85 | $18,620 | — |
| Peer group median | 87% | 71.0% | 102 | $16,019 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (2)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Frequently asked questions about Emerald Coast Technical College
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