by our College Data Analytics Team
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Indian River State College was awarded 77 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Indian River State College as #639 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Indian River State College held the #1,111 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 70 colleges in Florida, Indian River State College is ranked at #25.
If you are worried about getting into Indian River State College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Indian River State College, the student to faculty ratio is 27 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Indian River State College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,236 undergraduates at Indian River State College with 4,803 being full-time and 10,433 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,784 | $4,846 | $6,033 | $8,612 | $11,171 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Indian River State College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Indian River State College, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $3,402 a year. That adds up to $13,608 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Indian River State College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3209 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce, FL 34981-5596 |
| Phone: | 772-462-4772 |
| Website: | www.irsc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,761 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 396 | $40,368 |
| Nursing | 234 | $81,648 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 223 | $43,351 |
| Allied Health Professions | 186 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 177 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 113 | $49,049 |
| Fire Protection | 113 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 105 | NA |
| Human Services | 105 | $36,107 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 9,237 students took at least one online class at Indian River State College. This is a decrease from the 9,487 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,237 | 5,316 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,487 | 6,181 |
| 2020-2021 | 12,053 | 8,365 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,187 | 2,522 |
Learn more about online learning at Indian River State College.
Footnotes
*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.
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