Gulf Coast State College
Panama City, Florida
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,934 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,677
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $64,461 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 102 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $49,828 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $48,240 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 56 finishedGraduates here earned $50,125 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 117 finishedGraduates here earned $71,416 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $72,574 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (17)
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $30,799
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,567
- Education, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,848
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 385 finishedGraduates here earned $27,858 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,910
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $2,865per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,298sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,370Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 6%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 43%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,8296 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $43,51310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $8,269federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 39%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 26%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Gulf Coast 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 6, 2026.
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