Indian River
State College
Public Community College in Fort Pierce, FL. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $38,315.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,315 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 45%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,023 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 45%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. At 27:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. 15,104 undergraduates puts this among the larger schools, which usually means more choice and less individual attention.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,571 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,427 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($2,594 versus $10,109), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,139 — common but not automatic. Only 5% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,438 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $2,594 |
| $30–48k | $3,525 |
| $48–75k | $5,641 |
| $75–110k | $7,285 |
| $110k+ | $10,109 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 575 of these 11,571 students, totalling $2,820,911 — an average of $4,906 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Lucie County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)