Meridian College
Sarasota, Florida
- Trade or career school
- Private for-profit
- City
- 163 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.
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $27,590 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $38,682 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedGraduates here earned $29,017 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificateGraduates here earned $52,196 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degreeGraduates here earned $64,423 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $84,093
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.
- Average net price
- $34,295per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $37,800sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $38,100Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 72%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 65%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,8456 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,48710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $12,937federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 68%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 11%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: 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 Meridian 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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