Most Affordable Community Colleges in Florida
Two-year colleges, ranked by what students actually pay after aid. These are usually the cheapest route to the first two years of a degree, and credits often transfer to a four-year school.
15 community colleges in Florida are listed here, 15 of them reporting a net price. They run from $3,861 a year at Hillsborough College to $43,941 at Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology, with a middle of about $24,615.
The cheapest are Hillsborough College, SABER College and Taylor College. A low average is not a low bill for everyone — aid depends on your family's income — but it is where to start.
Community colleges in Florida, cheapest first · 15
Average net price per year after grants and scholarships, with the share of students on federal Pell grants where reported. Schools publishing no net price are listed last.
- Hillsborough College
- SABER College
- Taylor College
- Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology
- Fortis College-Cutler Bay
- Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology
- Fortis College-Orange Park
- Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie
- Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville
- Jones Technical Institute
- Fortis Institute-Pensacola
- Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
- ATA Career Education
- Southeastern College-Boynton Beach
- Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology
Questions families ask
- What is the most affordable community college in Florida?
- By average net price — what students actually pay per year after grants and scholarships — it is Hillsborough College at about $3,861 a year. That is an average across all students there; your own cost depends on your family's income, so check the school's net price calculator.
- What is the difference between sticker price and net price?
- Sticker price is the published tuition before any aid. Net price is what students actually pay after grants and scholarships are subtracted — not loans, which you pay back. Net price is usually far lower, and at expensive private colleges the gap can be tens of thousands a year, which is why every figure on this page is net price rather than tuition.
- How much do community colleges in Florida cost on average?
- Across the 15 community colleges in Florida that report a figure, the middle of the range is about $24,615 a year after aid, running from $3,861 to $43,941.
- What does the Pell grant percentage mean?
- It is the share of undergraduates at that school receiving a federal Pell grant — need-based aid that does not have to be repaid. A higher share usually means the school enrols more students from lower-income families. Across the community colleges listed here it runs from 35% to 92%, with a middle of about 71%. It is the only aid figure the Department of Education publishes per school, so it is the only one shown.
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