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State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota

Bradenton, Florida Public 4-year Large suburb

Overview

State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota is a public four-year institution in Bradenton, Florida. Its campus is in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 8,750 students.

State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 53 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 1,692 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 23 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
8,750
Students enrolled
1,692
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
53
Programs and majors
23:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 53

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 7
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Education 4
Computer and Information Sciences 10
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 7
Construction Trades 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Communications Technologies 1
Science Technologies 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 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
23:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
243
Associate degrees
1,370
Certificates under 1 year
73
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
6

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
8,750
Undergraduates, fall 2024
8,750
Full-time, fall 2024
44%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
11,743
Full-time, 2024-25
46%
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
53%
Hispanic or Latino
25%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
37%
Students taking some online courses
47%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Tommy Gregory, J.D.
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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