Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High NontraditionalPrivate (for-profit)
Southern Technical College
6-yr Graduation
68%
-10.5pp vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Total enrollment
550
peer median 1,015
Avg net price
$21,171
-$5.0k vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
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About
Southern Technical College is a private for-profit technical college with multiple locations in Florida. It was founded in 2001 and provides diploma and associate degree programs. Southwest Florida College merged into Southern Technical College in 2014.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
68%-10.5pp vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Overall completion
68%-10.5pp vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Full-time retention
58%
Full-time retention
58%
Pell equity
1.4pp gap
Pell recipients
67%33 of 49
Non-Pell (all)
68%13 of 19
Subsidized loan, no Pell
55%6 of 11
No Federal Aid
88%7 of 8
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 14 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 11 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
14
Passing
3
21.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
14programs
- Passing3 · 21.4%
- No Data11 · 78.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
2
No data
11
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.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$34,673
$32,488
Same-State HS Median
+6.7%
+$2,185
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+6.7%
$34,673 vs $32,488
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$49,650
$32,488
Same-State HS Median
+52.8%
+$17,162
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+52.8%
$49,650 vs $32,488
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$85,126
$32,488
Same-State HS Median
+162.0%
+$52,638
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+162.0%
$85,126 vs $32,488
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$21,904
$34,673
63%
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$21,904 debt · $34,673 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$23,333
$49,650
47%
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$23,333 debt · $49,650 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$11,083
$32,958
34%
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$11,083 debt · $32,958 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$23,500
$85,126
28%
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$23,500 debt · $85,126 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Accredited since 1984Next review Dec 2024
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 9
- Jan 2026Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2024Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2023Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: ProbationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Apr 2022Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price (private)
$21,171
-$5,001vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional median $26,172
Federal loans
80.6%
In-state tuition
$14,894
Out-of-state
$14,894
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,332 students received $6.4M in Pell grants, alongside $9.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
1,332
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.4M
$6,364,685 total
Direct Loans
$9.3M
2,438 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
1k’20
2k’21
1k’22
1k’23
1k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$3.9M
1,209 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$5.3M
1,218 loan awards
Parent PLUS$86K
11 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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 830 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
2.1%
-0.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
830
Defaulted
18
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
8.1%-1.2
2017
11.4%+2.2
2018
12.6%+5.6
2019
2.1%-0.2
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.
Academic programs at Southern Technical College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs9
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
95 total completions
01Health Professions
95100.0%
01Health Professions
95100.0%
02Precision Production
00.0%
02Precision Production
00.0%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
550
12-mo unduplicated
1,611
Undergraduate
1,611
Graduate
0
Gender split
Men
46%747
Women
54%864
Race / ethnicity composition
White
44.0%
Black
32.0%
Hispanic
16.0%
Two or more
3.8%
Unknown
2.0%
Asian
0.9%
Non-resident
0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 532 students
3-year trend
0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
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
1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons01
Drugs00
Liquor00
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
22
Southern Technical College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Southern Technical College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern Technical College | 68% | — | 550 | $21,171 | Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional |
| — | — | 1,644 | $31,218 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 2,168 | $32,408 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 2,242 | $33,431 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| 89% | 100.0% | 1,202 | $31,681 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | 89.5% | 1,080 | $27,050 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | 95.1% | 517 | $24,563 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | 98.3% | 222 | $26,029 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 766 | $27,708 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 566 | $26,578 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 2,280 | $29,627 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | 85.3% | 3,857 | $26,014 | — | |
| — | 67.6% | 4,478 | $52,558 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | 100.0% | 2,812 | $11,956 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 524 | $21,782 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 961 | $25,431 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 664 | $22,034 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 1,068 | $21,396 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 678 | $23,188 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 705 | $21,461 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 1,145 | $19,854 | Baccalaureate | |
| — | — | 832 | $19,500 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 1,714 | $22,893 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 1,056 | $26,315 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 656 | $35,666 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 974 | $27,575 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 1,076 | $27,606 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| — | — | 766 | $28,106 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | |
| Peer group median | 79% | 95.1% | 1,015 | $26,172 |
Institutions like Southern Technical College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Southern Technical College's comparison group.
- Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsCalifornia
American Career College-Anaheim
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,644Net price$31,218View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsCalifornia
American Career College-Los Angeles
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,168Net price$32,408View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsCalifornia
American Career College-Ontario
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,242Net price$33,431View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsArizona
Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe
Grad rate89%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment1,202Net price$31,681View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsArizona
Carrington College-Phoenix North
Grad rate—Admit rate89.5%Enrollment1,080Net price$27,050View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTennessee
Concorde Career College-Memphis
Grad rate—Admit rate95.1%Enrollment517Net price$24,563View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsCalifornia
Concorde Career College-San Bernardino
Grad rate—Admit rate98.3%Enrollment222Net price$26,029View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsOhio
Fortis College-Columbus
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment766Net price$27,708View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsMaryland
Fortis College-Landover
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment566Net price$26,578View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsCalifornia
High Desert Medical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,280Net price$29,627View data - Ohio
Hondros College of Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate85.3%Enrollment3,857Net price$26,014View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNew Jersey
Jersey College
Grad rate—Admit rate67.6%Enrollment4,478Net price$52,558View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsWest Virginia
Martinsburg College
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment2,812Net price$11,956View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsKentucky
MedQuest College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment524Net price$21,782View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNew York
Mildred Elley-New York Campus
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment961Net price$25,431View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsColorado
Pima Medical Institute-Denver
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment664Net price$22,034View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTexas
Pima Medical Institute-Houston
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,068Net price$21,396View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNevada
Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment678Net price$23,188View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsArizona
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment705Net price$21,461View data - BaccalaureateIllinois
Rasmussen University-Illinois
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,145Net price$19,854View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTexas
Rio Grande Valley College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment832Net price$19,500View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsOhio
Ross College-Sylvania
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,714Net price$22,893View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNew York
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,056Net price$26,315View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsNew York
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment656Net price$35,666View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTexas
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment974Net price$27,575View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTexas
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,076Net price$27,606View data - Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsTexas
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment766Net price$28,106View data
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Frequently asked questions about Southern Technical College
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Southern Technical College.
What is the graduation rate at Southern Technical College?
Southern Technical College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 68% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend Southern Technical College?
Southern Technical College reports a total enrollment of 550 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Southern Technical College?
The average net price at Southern Technical College is $21,171 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
Where is Southern Technical College located?
Southern Technical College is located in Fort Myers, Florida 33907-1108.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
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