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Florida Gateway College

Lake City, Florida·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·fgc.edu
6-yr Graduation
54%
+37.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
2,921
peer median 2,320
Avg net price
$2,915
-$5.7k vs Baccalaureate
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About

Florida Gateway College (FGC), formerly Lake City Community College, is a public college in Lake City, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System and one of the institutions in the system designated a "state college", allowing it to offer four-year bachelor's degrees.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
54%+37.5pp vs Baccalaureate

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
45%
Non-Pell
53%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 46 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 41 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
46
Passing
4
8.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
2.2% of portfolio
Fail rate
2.2%
+1.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

46programs
  • Passing4 · 8.7%
  • No Data41 · 89.1%
  • Failing1 · 2.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
4
No data
41

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.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

5
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Associate Degree · Natural Resources And Conservation
-28.5%
$23,237 vs $32,488
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+36.2%
$44,253 vs $32,488
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+74.5%
$56,702 vs $32,488
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+131.0%
$75,046 vs $32,488
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+173.7%
$88,907 vs $32,488

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

4
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Personal And Culinary Services
26%
$5,084 debt · $19,860 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
15%
$6,500 debt · $44,253 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
11%
$9,595 debt · $88,907 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
10%
$7,500 debt · $75,046 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1966Next review Jun 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 20

  1. Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  4. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2024Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$960
$30–48k$2,312
$48–75k$5,216
$75–110k$9,346
$110k+$11,174

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$2,915
-$5,719vs Baccalaureate median $8,635
Federal loans
15.7%
In-state tuition
$3,100
Out-of-state
$11,747

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,689 students received $7.9M in Pell grants, alongside $2.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,689
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.9M
$7,902,793 total
Direct Loans
$2.9M
899 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.6M
474 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.3M
422 loan awards
Parent PLUS$40K
3 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 342 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (4.0%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.0%
+1.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
342
Defaulted
14
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.3%
2017
6.7%
2018
11.7%
2019
4.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Florida Gateway College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs42
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

434 total completions
01Liberal Arts
26160.1%
02Health Professions
12629.0%
03Education
235.3%
04Natural Resources
81.8%
05Computer Sciences
81.8%
06Business
30.7%
07Agriculture
20.5%
08Security/Protective
20.5%
09Engineering Tech
10.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,921
12-mo unduplicated
4,021
Undergraduate
4,021
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
34%1,351
Women
66%2,670

Race / ethnicity composition

White
68.8%
Black
17.8%
Hispanic
9.0%
Two or more
3.0%
Asian
0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Unknown
0.2%
Non-resident
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
83
38 M · 45 W
Women athletes
54.2%
Athletic aid
$108K
Total student aid
Budget
$638K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$40K
$69K
Recruiting expense
$1K
$5K
Head-coach salaries
$11K
$11K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 4

Other Sports
17 M · 19 W
$157K
Softball
— · 19 W
$144K
Basketball
15 M · —
$127K
Cross Country
6 M · 7 W
$94K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 2,706 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    14.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    78

    Florida Gateway College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Florida Gateway College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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
    SubjectFlorida Gateway College
    		54%—2,921$2,915Baccalaureate
    Atlanta Metropolitan State College
    		18%—1,549$5,090Baccalaureate
    Centralia College
    		——2,244$7,600Baccalaureate
    Chipola College
    		——1,934$832Baccalaureate
    Colorado Mountain College
    		14%—5,494$6,342Baccalaureate
    Georgia Highlands College
    		20%—5,382$6,588Baccalaureate
    Gordon State College
    		15%85.9%3,179$8,918Baccalaureate
    Great Basin College
    		14%—3,320$7,523Baccalaureate
    Kent State University at Salem
    		2%—1,633$11,593Baccalaureate
    Kent State University at Trumbull
    		2%—2,148$10,679Baccalaureate
    Kent State University at Tuscarawas
    		4%—2,099$11,480Baccalaureate
    Lake Washington Institute of Technology
    		——3,564$5,886Baccalaureate
    North Seattle College
    		——5,569$8,351Baccalaureate
    Northern New Mexico College
    		31%—1,425$5,216Baccalaureate
    Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus
    		6%—849$16,512Baccalaureate
    Ohio State University-Marion Campus
    		11%—849$11,800Baccalaureate
    Ohio State University-Newark Campus
    		3%—2,544$14,814Baccalaureate
    Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
    		——2,396$11,588Baccalaureate
    Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois
    		22%97.1%350$18,192—
    Potomac State College of West Virginia University
    		——1,077$7,403Baccalaureate
    South Florida State College
    		——2,880$4,443Baccalaureate
    South Georgia State College
    		20%—1,893$9,300Baccalaureate
    SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
    		54%75.7%3,781$14,488Baccalaureate
    SUNY Morrisville
    		39%91.5%2,186$17,393Baccalaureate
    University of Arkansas at Monticello
    		38%—2,856$14,013Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
    West Virginia University at Parkersburg
    		——2,728$3,613Baccalaureate
    Peer group median16%88.7%2,320$8,635

    Florida Gateway College Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Department of Institutional Effectiveness
    Reports to Associate Dean of Libraries and Institutional Effectiveness and the President of Florida Gateway College
    Phone
    386-754-4337
    Address
    149 SE College Place, Lake City FL 32025

    To work collaboratively with Florida Gateway College administrators, faculty, and staff to ensure continuous quality improvement through systematic, integrated, and data-based institutional planning and decision making.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    4 members
    • Kaitlyn White
      Director, Institutional Research and Assessment
    • Christine Boatright
      Dean, Institutional Effectiveness & Academic Success
    • Laurie Layton
      Coordinator, Research and Data Analysis
    • Jessica Cohen
      Research Specialist, Institutional Effectiveness

    Common Data Set (1)

    The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.

    Reports & documents (2)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Notable alumni of Florida Gateway College (13)

    A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

    • Reggie Abercrombie
      Athletics
    • Chuck Brannan
    • Jerry Carl
    • Carlos Corporán
      Athletics
    • Lester Fonville
      Athletics
    • Don Newman
      Athletics
    • Roberto Pérez
      Athletics
    • Heath Phillips
      Athletics
    • Mike Rebhan
      Athletics
    • Brian Schlitter
      Athletics
    • Fain Skinner
      Athletics
    • Perry Warbington
      Athletics
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    Frequently asked questions about Florida Gateway College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Florida Gateway College.

    What is the graduation rate at Florida Gateway College?

    Florida Gateway College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 54% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Florida Gateway College?

    Florida Gateway College reports a total enrollment of 2,921 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Florida Gateway College?

    The average net price at Florida Gateway College is $2,915 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Florida Gateway College located?

    Florida Gateway College is located in Lake City, Florida 32025-2007.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Florida Gateway College?

    Florida Gateway College's IR work is done by the Department of Institutional Effectiveness, which reports to Associate Dean of Libraries and Institutional Effectiveness and the President of Florida Gateway College.

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