Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL 11,822 Undergrads 44.3% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$11,576

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$3,815

After Aid

Median Earnings

$47,615

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$3,815

Peer Midpoint: $9,847

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$47,615

Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5

Graduation Rate44.3%

Peer Midpoint: 34.6%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients43.6%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time46.1%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS57.4%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$509k

-$7k

+$24k

Median Cost$4k/yr

+$502k

-$14k

+$17k

Full Cost$12k/yr

+$488k

-$28k

+$3k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$4k/yr

250%

Full Cost$12k/yr

15%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return153%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return9%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Agricultural Production Operations

CertCIP: 0103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $42,010

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

CertCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$35,060

Natl Median: $34,272

Lifetime Value Added

-$81k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$65,174

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

+$245k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

CertCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,705

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

CertCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$39,503

Natl Median: $47,440

Lifetime Value Added

-$25k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,675

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Communications Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $33,445

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer and Information Sciences, General

CertCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$47,477

Natl Median: $50,984

Lifetime Value Added

+$62k

Computer Programming

CertCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

CertCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,400

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Systems Analysis

CertCIP: 1105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,384

Natl Median: $58,363

Lifetime Value Added

+$93k

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

CertCIP: 1204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$25,406

Natl Median: $26,307

Lifetime Value Added

-$181k

Criminal Justice and Corrections

CertCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$69,613

Natl Median: $57,702

Lifetime Value Added

+$289k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

CertCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$35,084

Natl Median: $30,572

Lifetime Value Added

-$81k

Design and Applied Arts

CertCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $36,116

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,359

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

CertCIP: 4603

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,078

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,492

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,202

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1517

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,796

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

CertCIP: 5207

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$41,564

Natl Median: $50,211

Lifetime Value Added

-$2k

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,268

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

CertCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$62,176

Natl Median: $62,436

Lifetime Value Added

+$215k

Ground Transportation

CertCIP: 4902

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,606

Natl Median: $52,118

Lifetime Value Added

+$137k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

CertCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$45,618

Natl Median: $48,148

Lifetime Value Added

+$42k

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

CertCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $31,135

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

CertCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,747

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

CertCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$35,454

Natl Median: $49,757

Lifetime Value Added

-$77k

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,024

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Plant Sciences

CertCIP: 0111

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,404

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$64,654

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$240k

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Visual and Performing Arts, General

CertCIP: 5001

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,600

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Agriculture, General

AssocCIP: 0100

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,683

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$47,969

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

+$21k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$66,377

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$196k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

AssocCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Architectural Sciences and Technology

AssocCIP: 0409

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,403

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$37,921

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

-$80k

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,519

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$57,318

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

+$134k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,480

Natl Median: $54,246

Lifetime Value Added

+$75k

Computer Software and Media Applications

AssocCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$43,997

Natl Median: $41,737

Lifetime Value Added

-$19k

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

AssocCIP: 1510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $71,367

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$51,745

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

+$58k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$27,251

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$195k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$52,712

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

+$68k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,895

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$71,235

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

+$240k

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,148

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,150

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

+$81k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$54,287

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$83k

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$38,297

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

-$76k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$5,862

Earnings (4yr)

$40,190

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$57k

Marketing

AssocCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,264

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,773

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$40,425

Natl Median: $40,734

Lifetime Value Added

-$54k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$6,500

Earnings (4yr)

$68,287

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$214k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

AssocCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$32,930

Natl Median: $37,656

Lifetime Value Added

-$137k

Bachelor's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

BachCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$61,675

Natl Median: $76,194

Lifetime Value Added

+$51k

Biology, General

BachCIP: 2601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$45,068

Natl Median: $57,214

Lifetime Value Added

-$86k

Business Administration, Management and Operations

BachCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$10,050

Earnings (4yr)

$50,328

Natl Median: $68,257

Lifetime Value Added

-$42k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

BachCIP: 1101

Median Debt

$7,000

Earnings (4yr)

$71,761

Natl Median: $92,374

Lifetime Value Added

+$129k

Criminal Justice and Corrections

BachCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$13,819

Earnings (4yr)

$48,073

Natl Median: $55,378

Lifetime Value Added

-$61k

Graphic Communications

BachCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$34,741

Natl Median: $43,283

Lifetime Value Added

-$175k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

BachCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$51,404

Natl Median: $58,716

Lifetime Value Added

-$33k

Human Services, General

BachCIP: 4400

Median Debt

$13,500

Earnings (4yr)

$44,549

Natl Median: $48,597

Lifetime Value Added

-$91k

Public Administration

BachCIP: 4404

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,032

Natl Median: $65,093

Lifetime Value Added

+$5k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

BachCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$7,250

Earnings (4yr)

$99,714

Natl Median: $88,910

Lifetime Value Added

+$343k

Special Education and Teaching

BachCIP: 1310

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$49,848

Natl Median: $50,499

Lifetime Value Added

-$54k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

BachCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,747

Natl Median: $47,382

Lifetime Value Added

-$13k

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

BachCIP: 1313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$52,554

Natl Median: $51,389

Lifetime Value Added

-$23k

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

Education, Other

PB-CertCIP: 1399

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,674

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Other Programs

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

DegCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,189

Natl Median: $58,292

Lifetime Value Added

-$249k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

DegCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $39,121

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.