Ivy Tech Community College Anderson — Local services in Anderson

Ivy Tech Community College is Indiana's community college, located on over 25 campuses across the state. Now, Indiana citizens can take their first two years of college locally, saving both tuition costs and residential expense.

Ivy Tech's smaller class size and the fact that classes are often taught by practitioners in the subject matter offer a more nurturing experience for students and a greater intimacy with the topics.

I earned my first college degree from Ivy Tech and I was fortunate to serve on both the local and state board of trustees for 12 years before joining the staff of the college for 15 years before retiring. I say this to indicate that I've seen both the inner and outer workings of this organization and I respect it greatly.

Ivy Tech represents an opportunity to earn a high quality technical degree or a transfer degree while saving money on tuition and living expense. It's just...

Personal experience wasn't very good. It's easy to enroll and sign up for classes but getting clarification on how the financial aid process was like pulling teeth. They are very unresponsive when emailing and results in needing to go in to meet with them. Apparently it's impossible to set an appointment and is only capable through walk-in. When asking about anything, the financial aid admin speaks in excuses (desk is messy because... Been busy because... etc) and unexplained directions. If you question a step, it's "just how it is" and "that's the process" instead of actually walking through it all. Decided to do further education elsewhere because I felt it's important to understand how it was all be taken care of and what was expected of me. I'd like to see the focus on more assistance in actually explaining the whole process to potential new students rather than getting...

I cannot say anything but good things about the Anderson campus. Everyone I've spoken to has been friendly, considerate, and they ACTUALLY care about you and your academic success. Most classes leave politics out of the curriculum so you are really learning. My teachers are amazing and they are there to help you outside of class as well as in lectures. I did not have to pay for books. I'm saving about 2/3rds of my money getting my degree here rather than a huge campus like IU. There are payment plans, so I didn't have to take out student loans. I'm going to graduate debt free. God helped me chose a great place to get...