Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL · Public · Large suburb · PBSC
Public institution in Lake Worth, FL · 20,532 undergraduates · $41,923 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 2%Median graduate debt
- Top 5%Undergraduates
- Top 11%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $9,832309th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,05051st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $10,910323rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $16,741222nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $7,08138th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,9231,530th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,7291,607th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 41.2%1,483rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 20,532112th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 29.0:12,122nd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 38.1%797th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 37 mi (FLL)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $70,776 | $81,997 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementComputer Science | bachelors | $48,198 | $51,273 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $36,437 | $36,039 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
Other · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $695,867 (M $264,364 · W $431,503)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitepalmbeachstate.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 136358)
- Compare colleges in FLRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in FloridaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Palm Beach State College vs St Petersburg CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 5 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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