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# Florida Southern College Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do Florida Southern College graduates earn?

The reported median is $58,753 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is \-$9,497 per year.

Florida Southern College’s federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,753 four years after completion, in the 46th percentile. Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median, the middle value, of $68,250, leaving the university $9,497 below it.

Graduates earn about $10,682 less than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth puts this earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, in the 17th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,159. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $15,841.

For return, the university sits in the 24th percentile of nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer comparison and model measure point in the same direction.

At Florida Southern College, modeled earnings vary widely across the fields represented in its program mix. The downside earnings scenario is $46,401, while the upside scenario is $80,969 four years after completion.

These are earnings scenarios for lower- and higher-earning program clusters, not observed groups of graduates. Field medians show the range behind those scenarios: Nursing graduates earn $93,335 four years after completion, Computer Science graduates earn $82,328, and Accounting graduates earn $72,480. The spread across these fields aligns with the broad scenario range.

Four-year earnings omit completers who remain enrolled in further study. An estimated 33.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment, so that pathway falls outside the earnings snapshot.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$58,753

**Rank for difference from expectations**
17th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**Florida Southern College reported median**
$58,753

**Peer schools comparable schools · $9,497 above Florida Southern College**
$68,250

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $10,682 above Florida Southern College**
$69,435

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. [How the model works](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $46,401 to $80,969, around the reported median of $58,753. Compare the lower scenario with [Florida Southern College borrowing and monthly payments](/school/florida-southern-college/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$46,401

**Median · reported**
$58,753

**Higher estimate**
$80,969

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

[Why the downside matters](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do Florida Southern College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls [value added](/methodology/#value-added).

Florida Southern College graduates’ reported earnings are $10,682 below that expectation, the 17th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Florida Southern College caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$5,159

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$15,841

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
\-$10,682

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at Florida Southern College report the highest earnings?

At Florida Southern College, earnings differ markedly among the programs with the highest medians four years after completion. Nursing has median earnings of $93,335 and 50 degrees awarded in one academic year.

Computer Science follows with $82,328 in median earnings across 26 degrees awarded. Accounting records $72,480 with 31 degrees awarded, while Business Administration and Management has $65,104 and 120 degrees awarded.

The contrast between the first two fields and the latter pair shows that four-year earnings can vary substantially by field at the college.

At Florida Southern College, Business accounts for 24.1% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, making it the largest program family. Earnings data cover 13 bachelor’s fields, and the largest fields span a wide range four years after completion.

Business Administration and Management awarded 120 degrees, with median earnings of $65,104 four years after completion. Nursing awarded 50 degrees and had median earnings of $93,335.

Psychology awarded 48 degrees, with median earnings of $53,344. Biology awarded 47 degrees and had median earnings of $58,782.

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication awarded 43 degrees, with median earnings of $52,796.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
$93,335

**Computer Science**
$82,328

**Accounting and Related Services**
$72,480

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$65,104

**Biology, General**
$58,782

**Political Science and Government**
$57,128

**Psychology, General**
$53,344

**Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication**
$52,796

[Explore Florida Southern College program cohorts and field ranks](/school/florida-southern-college/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put four-year earnings at $46,401 in a downside case, $58,753 in a typical case, and $80,969 in an upside case. Nursing, the highest-earning program, has median earnings of $93,335 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication is lowest at $52,796. The spread shows variation by field.

Florida Southern College has a middle-of-the-pack earnings result: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $58,753 four years after completion. It is a midpoint, with measured earners on either side of that figure.

Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 46th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 713 completers. The cohort is a defined federal-aid group rather than every person who earned a degree, and it excludes people still enrolled.

A typical earnings scenario based on the program mix is $58,753. Separately, an estimated 33.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

The typical scenario and graduate-study estimate describe different ways the program mix shapes the post-completion picture.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).