St Petersburg College Teaching Programs

St Petersburg College is a public institution situated in St. Petersburg, Florida. The city atmosphere of St. Petersburg makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is St Petersburg College?

Contact details for SPC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	244 Second Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone:	727-341-4772
Website:	www.spcollege.edu

How Do I Get Into SPC?

You can apply to SPC online at: https://spcguesthub1.spcollege.edu/psp/ps/APPLICATIONCENTER/GUEST/h/?tab=APPS

Since St Petersburg College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford St Petersburg College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SPC, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $5,566 a year. That adds up to $22,264 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SPC is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

St Petersburg College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,543 undergraduate students at SPC, with 7,226 being full-time and 17,317 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,226 full-time undergraduates at SPC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St Petersburg College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	370
Black or African American	728
Hispanic or Latino	1,239
White	4,233
International Students	132
Other Races/Ethnicities	524

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at St Petersburg College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 66 countries are represented at SPC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Online Learning at St Petersburg College

In 2020-2021, 18,654 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SPC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SPC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St Petersburg College was 23.7%. This is the #486 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at SPC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By John O’Neill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.