Which Florida Southern College major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration and Ecology and Evolution graduates leave with a median of $23,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Florida Southern College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Florida Southern College cost?

Tuition and fees are $44,040 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $28,551 a year.

How many Florida Southern College programs report graduate pay?

11 bachelor's programs at Florida Southern College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Florida Southern College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Lakeland, FL
2,656 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Florida Southern College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,019), and Theatre the least ($22,336). The median program pays $36,669.

Tuition and fees$44,040Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$28,551Per year

Graduation rate71%Within 6 years

Admission rate64%Of applicants

All 11 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Florida" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Florida. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Florida
1	NursingAbout 52 graduates a year	$75,019	$80,669	$27,000	26th of 44
2	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 13 graduates a year	$46,418	Not reported	$27,000	9th of 11
3	Teacher EducationAbout 21 graduates a year	$46,088	$49,693	$27,000	18th of 32
4	Business AdministrationAbout 114 graduates a year	$43,581	$57,423	$23,250	29th of 51
5	CriminologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$39,713	$51,091	$26,000	2nd of 7
6	AccountingAbout 30 graduates a year	$36,669	Not reported	$24,187	17th of 17
7	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 36 graduates a year	$35,023	$58,724	$25,955	6th of 11
8	BiologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$29,222	$54,842	$27,000	8th of 24
9	PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year	$28,316	$52,304	$25,500	17th of 24
10	Ecology and EvolutionAbout 30 graduates a year	$26,616	Not reported	$23,250	4th of 7
11	TheatreAbout 29 graduates a year	$22,336	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 14

Program names link to the program's own page, and Florida ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 114 graduates a year
NursingAbout 52 graduates a year
Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 36 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 34 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 30 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,019 in their first year, the most of 11 Florida Southern College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels