-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at St Petersburg College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4% → 0.0%).
Florida · Public · Predominantly associate's
St Petersburg College
St. Petersburg, Florida. 18,759 undergraduate students. 90 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at St Petersburg College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
St Petersburg College earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Florida median
Each tile compares this institution to the Florida median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$42,557+17% · 6→10y
Florida median $36,288$36,498
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry37.5%+49% · '97→'24
Florida median 65.6%$11,000+480% · '97→'20
At program completion18,759+17% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$2,682+77% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,286SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How St Petersburg College earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at St Petersburg College
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.4%Median federal debt $11,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $42,557 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
St Petersburg College enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+49%
St Petersburg College · completion · 150% rose
25.7% → 38.3%
+1380%
St Petersburg College · retention rose
0.0% → 69.0%
+77%
St Petersburg College · in-state tuition rose
$1,511 → $2,682
+66%
St Petersburg College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,591 → $9,286
+480%
St Petersburg College · median debt rose
$2,910 → $16,868
-100%
St Petersburg College · cohort default rate fell
20.6% → 0.0%
+28%
St Petersburg College · pell share rose
25.6% → 32.8%
+30%
St Petersburg College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,800 → $42,557
+27%
St Petersburg College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,800 → $39,154
+31%
St Petersburg College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$27,900 → $36,498
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
St Petersburg College programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$87,906Fire Protection$87,235Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$80,225Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$69,050Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$65,874Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$62,626Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other$61,750Public Health$60,679Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$59,605Computer Programming$57,864Business Administration, Management and Operations$57,784Natural Resources Management and Policy$52,247Legal Support Services$52,101Education, Other$51,211Special Education and Teaching$51,056Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$50,624Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians$48,198Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$45,183Education, Other$44,696Business Administration, Management and Operations$42,341Health and Medical Administrative Services$40,269Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians$39,598Health and Medical Administrative Services$39,412Computer Software and Media Applications$36,901
Showing top 24 of 26 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
26 St Petersburg College programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$80,225Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$87,906Public Health$60,679Health and Medical Administrative Services$39,412Health and Medical Administrative Services$40,269Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$69,050Dental Support Services and Allied Professions$62,626
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at St Petersburg College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$238,487
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $2,669
- HS-only baseline · FL
- $35,400
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to St Petersburg College in Florida
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“St Petersburg College graduates earn $X” — not “St Petersburg College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending St Petersburg College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.