FIR

Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology

Orlando, Florida Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology is a private for-profit career and technical school based in Orlando, Florida. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 757 students in fall 2024.

Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology offers certificates across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Recording Arts Technology/Technician, Photography, and Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design. It awarded 477 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

Open

Admission policy

757

Students enrolled

477

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

16:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 4

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Visual and Performing Arts 2

Photography Certificate Online option 113 graduates
Cinematography and Film/Video Production Certificate Online option 107 graduates

Communications Technologies 1

Recording Arts Technology/Technician Certificate Online option 147 graduates

Computer and Information Sciences 1

Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design Certificate Online option 110 graduates

Admissions

Admission policy: Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, part-time students: 89%
Student-to-faculty ratio: 16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates of 1 to 2 years: 477

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 757
Undergraduates, fall 2024: 757
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 1,031
Full-time, 2024-25: 0%
Size category: Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women: 43%
Men: 57%
White: 29%
Hispanic or Latino: 18%
Black or African American: 39%
Asian: 1%
Two or more races: 9%
Race or ethnicity unknown: 3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online: 4
Online undergraduate programs: Yes
Students studying fully online: 56%
Students taking some online courses: 0%
Weekend or evening classes: Yes

Campus and services

Setting: Large suburb
Academic calendar: Continuous
Managing Partner: Donney Smith
Services and opportunities: Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members: Yellow Ribbon Program