Southern Technical College Business Programs

Southern Technical College is a private for-profit institution situated in Fort Myers, Florida. Fort Myers is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Southern Technical College?

Contact details for Southern Technical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1685 Medical Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33907-1108
Phone:	239-939-4766
Website:	www.southerntech.edu

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

Can I Afford Southern Technical 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 Southern Technical College, approximately 87% of students took out student loans averaging $6,995 a year. That adds up to $27,980 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Southern Technical College is 12.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Southern Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,125 undergraduate students at Southern Technical College, with 1,048 being full-time and 77 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,048 full-time undergraduates at Southern Technical College, 23% are male and 77% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	17
Black or African American	272
Hispanic or Latino	179
White	520
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	59

Over 3 countries are represented at Southern Technical College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Germany, Canada, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Southern Technical College

In 2019-2020, 912 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 56th 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 Southern Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southern Technical College was -30.1%. This is the #1,787 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southern Technical College 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%.

Southern Technical College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	6	6
TOTAL	6	6

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.