Student Population at Polk State

The following chart compares Polk State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Florida.

Polk State has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 10,042 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Florida average (18,506 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Polk State College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 3,687 male and 6,631 female students attending Polk State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.56 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Polk State.

By age, there are 7,944 students whose age under twenty five and 1,535 students whose age is over thirty years old at Polk State College.

Especially, 2,799 students are younger than eighteen and 17 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Polk State College.

At Polk State College, 8,105 students (78.55% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,120 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 4,038 students live in Florida where Polk State College is located in and 18 students have enrolled from other states.