Polk State College
Winter Haven, Florida
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 7,180 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/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $48,277 a year after finishingNationally: $44,159
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedGraduates here earned $28,150 a year after finishingNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 39 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $65,159 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedGraduates here earned $45,235 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $37,650 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
- Air TransportationBachelor's degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $51,653 a year after finishingNationally: $55,780
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 195 finishedGraduates here earned $57,879 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $38,377 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $41,312 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 132 finishedGraduates here earned $75,110 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 70 finishedGraduates here earned $84,637 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (9)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 34 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $50,329 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $30,799
- Education, OtherCertificate · 7 finishedNationally: $52,848
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 794 finishedGraduates here earned $29,583 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 8 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
- $7,232per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,771sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $2,694Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 33%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,8726 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,71010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,773federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 35%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 27%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 Polk 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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