Florida Gateway College Overview

Located in Lake City, Florida, Florida Gateway College is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Lake City draws many to the area.

What Is Florida Gateway College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at FGC is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at FGC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 42% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Florida Gateway College?

Contact details for FGC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Highway 90 East, Lake City, FL 32025-2007
Phone:	386-752-1822
Website:	www.fgc.edu

How Do I Get Into FGC?

You can apply to FGC online at: https://www.fgc.edu/admission-application-information/

Since Florida Gateway College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Florida Gateway 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 FGC, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,953 a year. That adds up to $19,812 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FGC is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Florida Gateway College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,792 undergraduate students at FGC, with 944 being full-time and 1,848 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 944 full-time undergraduates at FGC, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Florida Gateway College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	153
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	683
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Florida Gateway College. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Florida Gateway College

In 2020-2021, 1,996 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 31st most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of FGC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Florida Gateway College was 13.8%. This is the #1,240 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at FGC 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%.

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.