Though offering mostly vocational and for-profit technical schools, the Melbourne, FL, area is also home to some public and private 2- and 4-year colleges. We compare the traditional institutions with information from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in order to help students make an informed choice about which of these schools would best assist them in reaching their academic goals.
Closest Schools to Melbourne, Florida
The closest schools to Melbourne are primarily 4-year institutions or less than 2-year specialty schools. Some of the 4-year schools offer graduate level degree programs.
- Florida Institute of Technology (located downtown)
- Keiser University-Melbourne (located downtown)
- Everest University-Melbourne (4.8 miles from downtown)
- Eastern Florida State College (21.3 miles from downtown)
- Florida Technical College (48.5 miles from downtown)
Largest Schools Near Melbourne, Florida
The Melbourne area offer schools ranging from less than 100 students to schools with greater than 10,000 students. The larger, traditional schools are a fairly even split of public and private institutions.
- Florida Technical College (24,919 students, parent university)
- Indian River State College (14,461 students)
- Eastern Florida State College (12,677 students)
- Florida Institute of Technology (7,830 students)
Lowest Net Price
School net prices are calculated by the NCES through subtracting the average amount of financial aid handed out to full-time undergraduate students from the total attendance costs. The traditional Melbourne, FL, area schools had net prices between $3,902 and $32,314 for 2020-2021.
- Indian River State College ($3,902)
- Eastern Florida State College ($4,775)
- Florida Institute of Technology ($6,443, parent university)
- Florida Technical College ($32,314)
Highest Graduation Rates
In order to display a school's overall graduation rate, the NCES determines the percentage of full-time undergrad students who completed their program within 150% of the 'normal' program length. Most of the schools near Melbourne with graduation rates greater than 40% for 2021 were specialty schools.
- Florida Technical College (66% graduation rate)
- Florida Institute of Technology (63% graduation rate)
- Indian River State College (50% graduation rate)
- Eastern Florida State College (45% graduation rate)
Melbourne, FL, and the surrounding area offer a handful of private and public schools that provide students with a few choices according to location, size, price, and graduation rates.
