Tallahassee State College

Enrollment

Of 12,455 students enrolled in fall 2024, 12,455 were undergraduates and 0 graduate students. 35% studied exclusively online, students who don't need a bed near campus. Headcount rose by 756 from fall 2023 (+6.5%).

Housing the college controls

The school told IPEDS it offers no institutionally controlled housing for 2024-25. Demand here is mostly from students who rent near campus or commute.

What students pay

No housing charge was reported. The financial aid office budgets $11,100 a year for food and housing off campus away from family.

Those are the college's own figures. Private by-the-bed rents near campus can sit well above or below them, so check current asking rents before you underwrite a project.

How lenders read a campus like this

With 12,455 students, most of them full-time, the campus clears the 10,000-student minimum in Fannie Mae's Multifamily Guide for Dedicated Student Housing (Part III, Chapter 1, section 103.01, effective September 28, 2026). Under sections 103.01 and 103.03 a property still has to sit within 2 miles of the campus boundary or near a college-run transit line, have operated a full school year, and lease at least 80% of units for 12 months.

To size a specific property, use the student housing loan sizer. It works by the bed and shows which constraint sets the loan.

Among the 42 Florida campuses on this site, Tallahassee State College ranks number 17 by full-time students beyond college housing. See the Florida table.

Other campuses in Tallahassee

• Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: 8,035 full-time, 2,691 beds
• Florida State University: 35,992 full-time, 6,707 beds