State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota

Bradenton, Florida

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 7,379 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 · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,159
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Computer Systems AnalysisCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
  • Computer Systems AnalysisAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,333
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,677

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $46,487 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,300

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $28,792 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 167 finishedGraduates here earned $80,789 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 105 finishedGraduates here earned $85,099 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (22)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $43,996
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $45,385
  • BiotechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $56,608
  • BiotechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,861
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 26 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Data AnalyticsAssociate degree · 1 finished
  • Education, OtherCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $52,848
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $45,889
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $35,157
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • JournalismCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,024
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,010 finishedGraduates here earned $32,804 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degreeNationally: $44,556
  • MarketingCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $43,966
  • MarketingAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $38,094
  • MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedGraduates here earned $69,508 a year afterNationally: $57,582
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,034
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$5,626$30–48k$11,427$48–75k$11,325$75–110k$11,528Over $110k$12,912Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$5,913per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$12,912sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,540Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
7%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
40%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$41,5796 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$45,86610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$12,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
34%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
29%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 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota, 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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