Florida SouthWestern State College

Fort Myers, Florida

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 11,052 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $55,358 a year after finishingNationally: $44,159
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 83 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $70,762
  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 95 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $68,710 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 247 finishedGraduates here earned $46,673 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $82,864 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,634

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 68 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 57 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 211 finishedGraduates here earned $72,808 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 101 finishedGraduates here earned $88,653 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (20)
  • Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $47,589
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 22 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 39 finishedGraduates here earned $40,797 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $54,362
  • Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $30,799
  • Data AnalyticsAssociate degree · 2 finished
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $23,873
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 27 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $51,339
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,506 finishedGraduates here earned $33,597 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 46 finishedNationally: $41,294
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • MusicAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 96 finishedNationally: $57,582
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $61,888
  • Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 30 finishedNationally: $45,055
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $39,731
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$3,551$30–48k$3,969$48–75k$4,955$75–110k$7,657Over $110k$11,319Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$4,782per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,462sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$3,401Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
10%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
34%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$42,7136 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$48,40410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Florida SouthWestern State College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.

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