Community CollegePrivate (for-profit)

Southern Technical College

Orlando, Florida·Private for-profit, 2-year·Southeast·southerntech.edu
6-yr Graduation
63%
Total enrollment
1,875
peer median 204
Avg net price
$23,130
+$2.4k vs Community College
Use this data
Ask Clema

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
63%
Full-time retention
59%

Pell equity

11.0pp gap
Pell recipients
61%
Non-Pell
72%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.0-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.

Of 16 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 11 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
16
Passing
4
25.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
6.3% of portfolio
Fail rate
6.3%
+5.7pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

16programs
  • Passing4 · 25.0%
  • No Data11 · 68.8%
  • Failing1 · 6.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
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.

5
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-12.3%
$28,487 vs $32,488
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
0.0%
$32,498 vs $32,488
Precision Metal Working
Associate Degree · Precision Production
+24.7%
$40,511 vs $32,488
Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering
Associate Degree · Engineering
+31.6%
$42,765 vs $32,488
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
+63.7%
$53,187 vs $32,488

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
0.0%
+$10

Debt vs earnings

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

8
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
70%
$20,000 debt · $28,487 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
62%
$20,000 debt · $32,498 earn
Precision Metal Working
Associate Degree · Precision Production
49%
$19,787 debt · $40,511 earn
Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering
Associate Degree · Engineering
47%
$20,000 debt · $42,765 earn
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
38%
$20,000 debt · $53,187 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
35%
$11,083 debt · $31,875 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
32%
$9,500 debt · $29,799 earn
Heating Air Conditioning Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC HACR HVAC HVACR)
Undergraduate Certificate · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
26%
$11,109 debt · $42,084 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Accredited since 2018Next review Jul 2027
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

Accredited since 2004

Action history · 1

  1. Aug 2018Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$22,718
$30–48k$25,502
$48–75k$26,675
$75–110k$27,063
$110k+$27,302

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

Avg net price (private)
$23,130
+$2,387vs Community College median $20,743
Federal loans
85.3%

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 2,534 students received $12.5M in Pell grants, alongside $14.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,534
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$12.5M
$12,523,579 total
Direct Loans
$14.2M
4,640 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
20
2k
21
2k
22
2k
23
3k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$6.0M
2,285 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$7.7M
2,267 loan awards
Parent PLUS$553K
88 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.

Of 1,037 borrowers who entered repayment, 70 (6.7%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
6.7%
+4.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,037
Defaulted
70
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
15.2%
2017
23.8%
2018
22.4%
2019
6.7%
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 Southern Technical College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs6
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

290 total completions
01Precision Production
14851.0%
02Health Professions
9131.4%
03Engineering
3813.1%
04Mechanic
134.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
1,875
12-mo unduplicated
2,365
Undergraduate
2,365
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
59%1,397
Women
41%968

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
31.4%
Black
30.6%
White
29.1%
Unknown
3.9%
Two or more
2.4%
Asian
1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
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 · 1,521 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago2.551 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
4
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.

    Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    22.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    69

    Southern Technical College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Southern Technical College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    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
    SubjectSouthern Technical College
    63%1,875$23,130Community College
    Asher College
    649$16,924Community College
    ATA College
    80$20,906Community College
    Brookline College-Tucson
    218$20,788Community College
    Career Technical Institute
    232$19,920Community College
    CBT Technology Institute-Main Campus
    508$17,872Community College
    ETI Technical College of Niles
    179$13,775Community College
    International Business College-Indianapolis
    75.2%123$14,989Community College
    Lansdale School of Business
    93$24,539Community College
    Laurel Business Institute
    76.9%518$10,086Community College
    Laurel Technical Institute
    85.3%163$9,139Community College
    Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia
    1,258$29,997Community College
    Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park
    1,539$24,334Community College
    Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown
    628$36,307Community College
    Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute
    556Community College
    Miller-Motte College-Charleston
    9Community College
    Miller-Motte College-Columbus
    190$21,407Community College
    Miller-Motte College-Conway
    3$21,736Community College
    Miller-Motte College-McCann-Monroe
    8$20,440Community College
    New Castle School of Trades
    100.0%700$6,981Community College
    Peloton College
    61$17,372Community College
    Ross College-Canton
    785$32,097Community College
    Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois
    20$20,698Community College
    Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg
    31$23,919Community College
    Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh
    18$20,789Community College
    Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury
    25$22,625Community College
    West Virginia Junior College-Charleston
    394$11,856Community College
    YTI Career Institute-York
    69.2%642$17,758Community College
    Peer group median63%76.9%204$20,743

    Reports & documents (1)

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

    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 63% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Southern Technical College?

    Southern Technical College reports a total enrollment of 1,875 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Southern Technical College?

    The average net price at Southern Technical College is $23,130 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 Orlando, Florida 32809.

    Have a question this page can’t answer?

    Ask Clema anything about Southern Technical College and its peers — plain language in, cited answers out, in minutes instead of days.

    Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card