Gulf Coast State College Business Programs

Gulf Coast State College is a public institution situated in Panama City, Florida. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Gulf Coast State College?

Contact details for GCSC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5230 West U.S. Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32401
Phone:	850-769-1551
Website:	https://www.gulfcoast.edu/default.htm

How Do I Get Into GCSC?

You can apply to GCSC online at: https://b8-ssb-prod1.gulfcoast.edu/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

As long as you submit the requested materials to Gulf Coast State College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Gulf Coast State College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At GCSC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,721 a year. That adds up to $18,884 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GCSC is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Gulf Coast State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,410 undergraduate students at GCSC, with 1,649 being full-time and 2,761 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,649 full-time undergraduates at GCSC, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Gulf Coast State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	42
Black or African American	177
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	1,154
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	155

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Gulf Coast State College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at GCSC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jamaica, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

Online Learning at Gulf Coast State College

In 2019-2020, 2,517 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 38th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of GCSC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Gulf Coast State College was 6.0%. This is the #1,349 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GCSC 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%.

Gulf Coast State College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	8	5	0	13
Interior Design Management	0	0	13	13
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	2	3	0	5
Small Business Administration/Management	4	0	0	4
Office Administration	0	0	0	0
Transportation/Mobility Management	0	0	0	0
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	14	8	13	35

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.