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Polk State College

999 Avenue H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881 · Public 4-year · (863) 297-1000 · School website

Average net price
$9,427
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
82
2023-24, IPEDS
Students with Pell
31.7%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Florida's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Polk State College

Polk State College reported 82 certificate and associate completions in 4 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in EMT and paramedic (42). College Scorecard counts 7,180 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
EMT and paramedic Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 42 $60,894
IT support Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 26 Not published WIOA list
Billing and coding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 14 $35,095
Electrician Associate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Polk State College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$2,694
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$2,694
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$9,817
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$2,698
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$9,427
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
$10,076
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$40,624

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Polk State College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Network Infrastructure Certificate (Security Specialization)Credential · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 11.1003$2,356+ $2,705 books120 weeks, 48 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Pipefitter Level ICertificate of Completion · In person · CIP 46.0502$6,600+ $750 books102 weeks, 50 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
PipelayerCertificate of Completion · In person · CIP 46.0502$6,600+ $750 books6 weeks, 50 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Polk State College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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