Bachelor's · Gainesville, Florida
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Santa Fe College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,145
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,726
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $48k (likely $48k – $66k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $32k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.1 years (likely 1.5–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $110k (likely −$4k – $230k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $456k (likely $232k – $709k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Florida
- University of Florida$126,268
- University of Florida-Online$126,268
- Rollins College$118,277
- University of Central Florida$98,526
- Florida State University$93,727
- University of South Florida$90,953
- Florida International University$90,397
- Florida Atlantic University$89,476
- University of North Florida$84,034
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University$83,041