About
Indian River State College is a public college based in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. Serving the Treasure Coast region, it is part of the Florida College System and offers associate and bachelor's degree programs as well as vocational certificates. It was established in 1959.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 11.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 97 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 71 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing26 · 26.8%
- No Data71 · 73.2%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 7
Action history · 21
- Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,937 students received $33.1M in Pell grants, alongside $2.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 874 borrowers who entered repayment, 46 (5.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Indian River State College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 5
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
- Non-campus2
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Indian River State College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Indian River State College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectIndian River State College | 45% | — | 15,429 | $5,202 | Baccalaureate |
Arkansas Tech University | 44% | 95.9% | 8,746 | $12,171 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Bellevue College | — | — | 12,485 | $11,289 | Baccalaureate |
College of Central Florida | — | — | 5,928 | $12,310 | Baccalaureate |
Columbia Basin College | — | — | 7,510 | $8,302 | Baccalaureate |
Daytona State College | — | — | 12,820 | $7,201 | Baccalaureate |
Eastern Florida State College | — | — | 14,053 | $5,939 | Baccalaureate |
Fashion Institute of Technology | — | 60.2% | 8,206 | $22,024 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Florida SouthWestern State College | — | — | 14,301 | $8,249 | Baccalaureate |
Florida State College at Jacksonville | — | — | 23,556 | $2,760 | Baccalaureate |
Green River College | — | — | 7,967 | $12,447 | Baccalaureate |
Northwest Florida State College | — | — | 4,752 | $5,554 | Baccalaureate |
Pasco-Hernando State College | — | — | 9,410 | $5,154 | Baccalaureate |
Pennsylvania College of Technology | 45% | — | 4,575 | $26,084 | Baccalaureate |
Pensacola State College | — | — | 9,491 | $2,254 | Baccalaureate |
Polk State College | — | — | 10,318 | $9,027 | Baccalaureate |
Saint Johns River State College | — | — | 7,927 | $5,808 | Baccalaureate |
Seminole State College of Florida | — | — | 15,390 | $3,119 | Baccalaureate |
Southern Utah University | 50% | 81.8% | 15,444 | $11,432 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
St Petersburg College | — | — | 23,936 | -$52 | Baccalaureate |
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota | — | — | 8,750 | $21,433 | Baccalaureate |
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 38% | 80.5% | 5,496 | $10,097 | Baccalaureate |
Utah Tech University | 28% | — | 13,167 | $15,265 | Baccalaureate |
Utah Valley University | 40% | — | 46,807 | $8,463 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Vincennes University | 3% | — | 19,795 | $10,215 | Baccalaureate |
Weber State University | 47% | — | 32,701 | $10,722 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 44% | 81.1% | 11,402 | $8,745 |
Indian River State College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Our purpose is connecting resources to change lives by coordinating five distinct functions: Government Affairs, Accreditation, Grants, Planning & Assessment, and Research & Reports.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (7)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityTeacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) GrantFederal governmentinstitution_site$4,000
- opportunityFirst-Generation Matching Grant (FGMG)State of Floridainstitution_site
- opportunityFlorida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG)State of Floridainstitution_site
- opportunityFlorida Student Assistance Grant for Certificate Programs (FSAGCE)State of Floridainstitution_site
- opportunityIndian River State College Financial Need GrantIndian River State Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityPell GrantFederal governmentinstitution_site
- opportunitySupplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)Federal governmentinstitution_site
Notable alumni of Indian River State College (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Lacey EvansAthletics
- Iván MaldonadoAthletics
- Omar Mateen
- Scott W. McPhersonPolitics
- Breanna MylesEntertainment
- Fabrizio ScacciaAthletics
- Gordon Touw Ngie TjouwAthletics
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