College · Public · Sarasota, FL · City
New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL
Admit rate73%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$7k
Undergrad size843
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $7k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 73% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1150 · ACT 26.
If you get in
843 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $7k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$98k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$29k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$69k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $6.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $29.9k
- Room & board
- $13.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants34%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans19%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$17k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out21%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 843
- Location
- Sarasota, FL
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White53%
- Hispanic20%
- International13%
- Black5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian3%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students21%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$44k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.