State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Nursing (BSN): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
- Public college
- Bradenton, FL
- About 106 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota nursing graduates earn about what nursing graduates earn nationally, $76,214 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,360 in federal loans, close to the national median of $27,000. Several Florida programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all nursing bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota graduates earn more than the national figure and about the same as the Florida median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
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.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 20% between the first and fifth year. Registered nurses in Florida earn a median of $84,190 across all experience levels.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate. BLS figures cover registered nurses at every experience level.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $279 a month, or 4.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
88% of graduates (45 of 51) were working in Florida one year after graduating. Prices in the North Port area are about 2% above the national average, so a $76,214 salary here buys what about $74,415 buys in a typical US city.
The median Florida RN earns $84,190, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Florida prices, that pay is worth about $81,411, which puts Florida behind.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to nursing, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Registered Nurses
$84,190Median pay in Florida. 229,940 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 180,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical and Health Services Managers
$120,360Median pay in Florida. 42,700 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 24% from 2025 to 2035, with about 62,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Nurse Practitioners
$129,510Median pay in Florida. 21,790 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 41% from 2025 to 2035, with about 29,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Nurse Anesthetists
$210,570Median pay in Florida. 4,600 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
Nursing is the only bachelor's program at State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota that reports first-year earnings.
Other nursing bachelor's programs near Bradenton
Common questions
The median graduate earns $76,214 one year after graduating and $91,748 five years after. Registered nurses in the North Port metro area earn a median of $86,130 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $26,360, which ranks 30th lowest of 41 nursing bachelor's programs in Florida. That works out to about $279 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 35% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 36%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Florida programs report higher pay.
Most do. 88% (45 of 51) were working in Florida one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the nursing program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024