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Fast Facts

Note: 2023-2024 data unless otherwise noted

Fifth Largest

5th largest of the 28 colleges in the Florida College System. (2022-2023)


Student Profile

37,000 students (including Corporate & Continuing Education)
• 36% Hispanic  • 28% Black  • 27% White  • 9% all others


Financial Aid

$83.7 million awarded in financial aid, including scholarships.


Economic Impact on Palm Beach County

• $1.4 billion. For every $1 of spending, students gain $6.40 in lifetime earnings, taxpayers gain $2.90 in added tax revenue and public sector savings, and society gains $13 in added income and social savings.

 

General Info
  • Founded in 1933 as Florida's first public junior college
  • Merged with Roosevelt Junior College in 1965
  • Changed name from Palm Beach Junior College to Palm Beach Community College in 1988
  • Began offering its first bachelor's degree in fall 2009
  • Changed named to Palm Beach State College on Jan. 12, 2010 to reflect new bachelor's degree offerings
  • Governed by a five-member District Board of Trustees appointed by the governor
  • Fifth largest of the 28 colleges comprising the Florida College System 
  • Average class size of 23
Locations

Belle Glade  |  Boca Raton  |  Lake Worth  |  Loxahatchee Groves |  Palm Beach Gardens

The College also has a satellite location in the Count and Countess de Hoernle Historic Building in West Palm Beach. 

Academic Offerings

130+ programs of study

  • Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management
  • Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Management
  • Bachelor of Science in Cardiopulmonary Sciences
  • Bachelor of Science in Human Services
  • Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  • Associate in Arts transfer degree
  • Associate in Science career degrees
  • College credit certificates
  • Job preparatory programs
  • Corporate and Continuing Education
  • Customized training
  • Lifelong learning
Degrees & Certificates Awarded

5,559 Degrees & Certificates Awarded (2023-2024)

  • 497 Bachelor's
  • 2,827 A.A.
  • 598 A.S.
  • 1,637 Certificates
Tuition & Fees

College credit courses:
Florida resident: $101.00/credit hour
Non-Florida resident: $363.00/credit hour

Bachelor's degree courses:
Florida resident: $122.85/credit hour
Non-Florida resident: $558.00/credit hour

CCP courses:
Florida resident: $83.40/credit hour, $2.78/contact hour
Non-Florida resident: $327.30/credit hour, $10.91/contact hour

Student Profile
  • 35,107 students (not including Corporate & Continuing Education)
  • 324 enrolled in the Dr. Floyd F. Koch Honors College (2022-2023)
  • 31% full-time (fall students enrolled in credit, developmental education, and CCP courses)
  • 69% part-time (fall students enrolled in credit, developmental education, and CCP courses)
  • 60% female, 39% male, 1% not declared (fall students enrolled in credit, developmental education, and CCP courses)
  • 36% Hispanic, 28% Black, 27% White, 9% all others
  • Average age 24 (fall students enrolled in credit, developmental education, and CCP courses)
  • 153 -- Number of countries and territories represented among all students
Athletics
  • Mascot: Panthers
  • Conference: National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II in the Sun Lakes Conference, Region VIII
  • NJCAA Teams: Men’s Baseball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Women’s Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, and Women's Golf (Division I)
  • Club Sports Teams: Women’s Soccer
  • Colors: Green and Gold

 

Operating Budget (2024-2025)

$148,059,283

 

Palm Beach State Tuition is Among the Lowest in Florida

Search the U.S. Department of Education database on college costs, based on 2022-2023 data, which shows that Palm Beach State had one of the lowest tuitions in Florida.

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