Tallahassee State College
About
Tallahassee State College (TSC) is a public college in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida College System and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has accredited the school. Peak enrollment was fall 2014 when TSC reported 38,017 students. From 1970 to 2024, the institution was known as Tallahassee Community College.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 63 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 58 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 7.9%
- No Data58 · 92.1%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 28
- Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
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, 5,801 students received $31.4M in Pell grants, alongside $15.9M in federal Direct Loans.
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 2,592 borrowers who entered repayment, 138 (5.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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 Tallahassee State College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
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
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 6 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Tallahassee State College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Tallahassee State College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTallahassee State College | 38% | — | 12,455 | $8,478 | Baccalaureate |
Antelope Valley Community College District | — | — | 13,532 | $8,263 | Baccalaureate |
Austin Community College District | — | — | 39,727 | $6,306 | Baccalaureate |
Bakersfield College | 50% | — | 30,746 | $4,751 | Baccalaureate |
Broward College | — | — | 30,728 | $20,077 | Baccalaureate |
College of Southern Nevada | — | — | 28,313 | $6,329 | Baccalaureate |
Collin County Community College District | — | — | 39,548 | $8,986 | Baccalaureate |
Cypress College | — | — | 15,924 | $4,683 | Baccalaureate |
Dallas College | — | — | 69,749 | $4,146 | Community College |
Front Range Community College | — | — | 21,970 | $10,854 | Community College |
Greenville Technical College | — | — | 11,999 | $6,246 | Community College |
Henry Ford College | — | — | 11,410 | $576 | Baccalaureate |
Hillsborough Community College | — | — | 21,483 | $4,929 | Community College |
Houston Community College | — | — | 53,253 | $6,738 | Community College |
Lone Star College System | — | — | 73,077 | $9,322 | Community College |
Miami Dade College | — | — | 58,941 | $5,929 | Baccalaureate |
Modesto Junior College | 0% | — | 18,258 | $10,176 | Baccalaureate |
Palm Beach State College | — | — | 25,916 | $9,832 | Baccalaureate |
Pikes Peak State College | — | — | 12,556 | $9,682 | Baccalaureate |
Rio Hondo College | — | — | 17,441 | $11,903 | Baccalaureate |
Rio Salado College | — | — | 18,841 | $8,764 | Community College |
Saint Louis Community College | — | — | 15,649 | $6,458 | Community College |
San Antonio College | — | — | 19,901 | $5,290 | Community College |
San Diego Mesa College | 92% | — | 19,212 | -$904 | Baccalaureate |
San Jacinto Community College | — | — | 31,812 | $7,540 | Community College |
Santa Ana College | — | — | 27,248 | $3,854 | Baccalaureate |
Santa Fe College | — | — | 12,758 | $11,154 | Baccalaureate |
Santa Monica College | 81% | — | 23,453 | $3,600 | Baccalaureate |
Sinclair Community College | — | — | 19,415 | $5,741 | Community College |
South Texas College | 20% | — | 27,431 | $1,291 | Baccalaureate |
Tyler Junior College | 0% | — | 11,885 | $9,924 | Baccalaureate |
Valencia College | — | — | 47,425 | $10,399 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 38% | — | 21,727 | $6,598 |
Tallahassee State College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness conducts functions related to institutional research, including compiling government statistics reports, defining official college data, and performing ad hoc analysis.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Steve NettlesVice President for 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.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan - Tallahassee State College2023Tallahassee State College's 2025-2030 Strategic Plan focuses on enhancing access and affordability, ensuring student success, expanding workforce development, nurturing collaborative partnerships, and optimizing resources and efficiency. The plan outlines several strategic priorities aimed at providing clear educational pathways, enriching student engagement, aligning programs with workforce demands, and leveraging technologies to drive decision-making and operations. Led by President Jim Murdaugh, TSC aims to become the college of choice by delivering high-quality education and fostering economic mobility through community and business partnerships.tsc.fl.edu
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