The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, FL · Public · Town (remote) · CFK · Key West Community College
Public institution in Key West, FL · 823 undergraduates · $42,508 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 19%Cost of attendance
- Top 20%Student-faculty ratio
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
- $13,818578th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,27967th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $13,162454th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $19,965369th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,50083rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,5081,487th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $40,2771,203rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 40.8%1,485th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8231,470th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10.0:1427th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 30.0%1,186th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 124 mi (MIA)
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 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1965source
- School colors: Blue and Orangesource
- Athletic nickname: "Tugas"source
- Formerly known as "Monroe County Junior College" (1965–1968)source
- Formerly known as "Florida Keys Junior College" (1968–1970)source
- Formerly known as "Florida Keys Community College" (1970–2019)source
- Athletic conference: NJCAAsource
Athletics — 1 sport
NJCAA Division III · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships not allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport. Athletic scholarships are not allowed by association rule; non-athletic merit or need-based aid may still be available.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to The College of the Florida Keys’s 823 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In FL
- North Florida CollegeMadison, FL · 817 undergrads
- Webber International UniversityBabson Park, FL · 879 undergrads
- Warner UniversityLake Wales, FL · 753 undergrads
- New College of FloridaSarasota, FL · 707 undergrads
- Southeastern College-West Palm BeachWest Palm Beach, FL · 644 undergrads
- Florida CollegeTemple Terrace, FL · 589 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Lane CollegeJackson, TN · 822 undergrads
- Erskine CollegeDue West, SC · 821 undergrads
- University of Saint JosephWest Hartford, CT · 825 undergrads
- Woodbury UniversityBurbank, CA · 825 undergrads
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, LA · 826 undergrads
- Northwest CollegePowell, WY · 826 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecfk.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 133960)
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- Compare with North Florida CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: The College of the Florida Keys vs North Florida CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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