Lake Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • Public college
  • Eustis, FL
  • 799 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Lake Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($45,472), and Cosmetology the least ($21,738). The median program pays $33,815.

Tuition for the largest program$5,952Tuition and fees for the whole program
Net price, largest program$16,252After aid, for the whole program
Graduation rate47%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 certificate programs, ranked

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

Program names link to the program's own page, and Florida ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Florida programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Criminal Justice$45,472
  2. Practical Nursing$43,039
  3. HVAC$38,339
  4. Fire Science$33,942
  5. Welding and Machining$33,687

Lowest median debt

  1. Practical Nursing$10,612

Largest programs

  1. Criminal JusticeAbout 89 graduates a year
  2. Welding and MachiningAbout 75 graduates a year
  3. Practical NursingAbout 69 graduates a year
  4. CosmetologyAbout 68 graduates a year
  5. Fire ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $45,472 in their first year, the most of 8 Lake Technical College certificate 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

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