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Saint Johns River State College

Palatka, Florida Public 4-year Town

Overview

Located in Palatka, Florida, Saint Johns River State College is a public four-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 7,927 students in fall 2024.

Saint Johns River State College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 40 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Criminal Justice/Police Science. It awarded 1,313 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 17 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
7,927
Students enrolled
1,313
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
40
Programs and majors
19:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 40

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Health Professions 13
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 4
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Education 3
Computer and Information Sciences 6
Engineering Technologies 2
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Communications Technologies 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
111
Associate degrees
971
Certificates under 1 year
177
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
54

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
7,927
Undergraduates, fall 2024
7,927
Full-time, fall 2024
27%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
10,212
Full-time, 2024-25
33%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
64%
Men
36%
White
60%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
17
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
36%
Students taking some online courses
39%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Joe H. Pickens
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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