Ridge Career Center
Ridge Career Center at a Glance
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About Ridge Career Center
According to Wikipedia, Ridge Career Center is on the northeast edge of Winter Haven, Florida. Its street address is 7700 State Road 544, Winter Haven, Florida 33881. However, it is actually a short distance south of Road 544 and it can be reached via Brenton Manor Avenue, where all entrances to the school are located.
Ridge Career Center Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Graduation Rate |
|---|
| 83% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Ridge Career Center Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $3,930 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Ridge Career Center Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Ridge Career Center students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $38,479 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Ridge Career Center's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 761 | 761 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Ridge Career Center?
Ridge Career Center is located at 7700 State Rd 544, Winter Haven, FL 33881-9518.
How Safe is Ridge Career Center?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Ridge Career Center’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Ridge Career Center has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Winter Haven has a violent crime rate of 0.24% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.55%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Ridge Career Center Known For?
Ridge Career Center is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Ridge Career Center's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Ridge Career Center's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Ridge Career Center ranks #3761 in the U.S. and #13483 worldwide for influence in Medical.
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