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Polk State College enrolls 10,591 undergrads

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At Polk State College, 69 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 65 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The four-year public institution in Winter Haven enrolled 10,591 students in fall 2018, all in undergraduate programs, data shows. 6.1 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.

97 percent of undergraduates are residents of Florida.

The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as white (51 percent) and Hispanic or Latino (24 percent).

Polk State College undergraduate enrollment
TotalPortion of Total
Undergraduate enrollment10,591
Transfers6416.1%
Male~3,70735%
Female~6,88465%
Age 24 and under~7,30869%
Age 25 and over~3,28331%
In-state residence~10,27397%
Asian~2122%
Black or African American~1,69516%
Hispanic/Latino~2,54224%
White~5,40151%
Two or more races~3183%
Enrolled in distance education~1,90618%
Enrolled in some distance education~2,86027%
Not enrolled in distance education~5,82555%

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