Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology
Orlando, Florida · Also known as F.I.R.S.T. Institute · Website
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology is a for-profit under 2-year college in Orlando, Florida with 757 undergraduates. Graduates leave with a median $9,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
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Median debt
$9,500
About $101 a month
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 45%
- Students with federal loans
- 53%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 757
- Part-time students
- 100%
- Women
- 50%
- Students per teacher
- 16
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 3
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | FL median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $19,850 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $16,920 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 72% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 65% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 75% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | $9,500 | $13,000 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $32,410 | $33,574 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $37,894 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 41% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 53% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
3 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 189 | $7,853 | $17,311 | $33,711 | $33,223 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate | Certificate | 166 | $7,853 | $21,610 | $33,668 | $32,800 |
| Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate | Certificate | 107 | Withheld | Withheld | $36,774 | $41,400 |
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology?
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much student debt do Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology graduates have?
$9,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology graduates, about $101 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 53% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What are the most popular majors at Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology?
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians (189 certificate graduates), Film/Video and Photographic Arts (166 certificate graduates), Computer Software and Media Applications (107 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 3 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.