The College of the Florida Keys Overview

The College of the Florida Keys is a public institution located in Key West, Florida. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Key West draws many to the area.

What Is The College of the Florida Keys Known For?

• CFK has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CFK.
• In <nil>, 25% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is The College of the Florida Keys?

Contact details for CFK are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5901 College Rd, Key West, FL 33040
Phone:	305-296-9081
Website:	www.cfk.edu

How Do I Get Into CFK?

You can apply to CFK online at: https://www.cfk.edu/admissions/apply-now/

The College of the Florida Keys has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford The College of the Florida Keys?

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 CFK, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $8,465 a year. That adds up to $33,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CFK is 5.5%. 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.

The College of the Florida Keys Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 865 undergraduate students at CFK, with 337 being full-time and 528 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 337 full-time undergraduates at CFK, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	70
White	186
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Over 4 countries are represented at CFK. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Bangladesh, Slovakia, and Dominican Republic.

Online Learning at The College of the Florida Keys

In 2020-2021, 508 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 49th 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 CFK

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The College of the Florida Keys was 119.9%. This is the #381 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CFK 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.