Treasure Coast Technical College, Gifford

Treasure Coast Technical College is the School District of Indian River County's public career and technical college at 4680 28th Court, in the Gifford census designated place with a Vero Beach mailing address.

The college's website gives a main number of (772) 564-4970 and a fax of (772) 564-4994 for the 28th Court campus, and the copyright line at its foot names the School District of Indian River County (Treasure Coast Technical College website).

A Census geocoder lookup run for this page matched the address as 4680 28TH CT, VERO BEACH, FL, 32967; the only place it returned was Gifford CDP, with nothing in the Incorporated Places layer (Census geocoder, 4680 28th Ct). The campus therefore sits in unincorporated Gifford, on the same 28th Court as Gifford Middle School.

The district's 2026-2027 Parent Guide lists Treasure Coast Technical College in its school contact table at 4680 28th Court, phone 564-4970, with Adult Education and Dual Enrollment in the grades column and the hashtag #MyTCTC (SDIRC 2026-2027 Parent Guide). TCTC has no row in the FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, so no state school grade exists for it.

TCTC's website lists career programs that run from Practical Nursing and Welding Technologies to CDL Class B and Baking and Pastry Arts.

The program list on the Treasure Coast Technical College home page names Baking and Pastry Arts, CDL Class B, HVAC R/1, Medical Assisting, Nursing Assistant, Patient Care Technician, Phlebotomy, Practical Nursing, Professional Culinary Arts and Welding Technologies (TCTC program list). Practical nursing applicants must first take the TEAS entrance exam, according to the same page.

Federal College Navigator data for TCTC, IPEDS ID 486150, give the program lengths in clock hours with an average completion time for the largest programs of 2024-2025 (College Navigator profile for Treasure Coast Technical College).

College Navigator names Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training as the largest TCTC program and lists the awards offered as certificates of less than one year and of one but less than two years (College Navigator, TCTC). It also records weekend and evening college and academic and career counseling among the Gifford college's services.

Indian River County juniors and seniors can take TCTC clock hour courses that count toward both a high school diploma and a career certificate, with tuition, books and lab industry certification fees waived.

In the Parent Guide's career and technical education pages, the district describes TCTC dual enrollment as a route for high school juniors and seniors who clear the entrance requirements by formal application, and that every dual enrollment program gives the chance to earn a recognized industry certification (SDIRC 2026-2027 Parent Guide). The same 2026-2027 passage lists tuition, books and lab industry certification fees as waived for dual enrollment students.

For the Gifford college, Florida's dual enrollment statute frames this as career dual enrollment, a curricular option for earning industry certifications that count as high school credits, and it requires each career center to sign an annual agreement with every high school in the districts it serves (Florida Statutes 1007.271). That agreement must list the courses and programs offered, the clock hour credits students earn and the high school credit for each course, and it is due to the Department of Education by August 1 each year.

Federal data put a number on that track at the Gifford college: College Navigator records 50 high school students enrolled in college courses for credit at TCTC in 2024-2025 (College Navigator, TCTC). The same profile states that the institution does not accept dual, credit for life or AP credits toward its own programs.

TCTC offers adult basic education and GED preparation, and federal data also list adult high school diploma and English as a Second Language courses among its noncredit offerings.

The college's home page links an ABE and GED section next to its career and dual enrollment menus (Treasure Coast Technical College website). College Navigator lists Adult Basic Education, Adult High School Diploma or Equivalent and English as a Second Language as noncredit education at TCTC, alongside occupational programs (College Navigator, TCTC).

Adult classes at the Gifford campus sit under section 1004.93, which sets the aim of Florida's adult general education: to help adults gain basic and functional literacy, earn a high school diploma or pass the high school equivalency exam, and build a foundation for further education and work (Florida Statutes 1004.93). The same section says fees for adult basic instruction are charged in accordance with chapter 1009.

Indian River County's 2014 Gifford Neighborhood Plan reported that the School District offered adult education programs in 7 health related areas, 2 security areas and 1 culinary area at that time (2014 Gifford Neighborhood Plan, Indian River County).

Treasure Coast Technical College has been accredited by the Council on Occupational Education since February 14, 2011, after preaccreditation from June 12, 2009, according to College Navigator.

A notice on the college home page says TCTC has applied to the Council on Occupational Education's Commission to reaffirm its accreditation, and it gives the commission's address, 7840 Roswell Road, Bldg. 300, Suite 325, Atlanta, for written comments that include the commenter's name and mailing address (TCTC accreditation notice).

College Navigator classifies TCTC as a less than 2-year public institution in a midsize suburb setting with no campus housing, a student population of 107, all undergraduate, and a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1 (College Navigator, TCTC). The enrollment figure is the Fall 2024 total reported for the Gifford campus.

The same federal profile says TCTC has an open admission policy and that eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid, such as Direct Loans (College Navigator, TCTC). It shows OPE ID 04194000 for the 28th Court college.

Prospective TCTC students start from the Request Information and Enroll Today links on the college website or by calling (772) 564-4970.

The Treasure Coast Technical College site also links Financial Aid, a Student Handbook and a Calendar, (Treasure Coast Technical College website). Practical nursing has the extra step of the TEAS entrance exam before admission.

High school students in Indian River County go through the dual enrollment application described in the district Parent Guide, and the district's School Choice and enrollment processes run through the Focus Parent Portal for K-12 students (SDIRC 2026-2027 Parent Guide). District level questions go to the School District of Indian River County office on 57th Street in Vero Beach, 564-3000, as printed in the same guide.

Last verified: October 22, 2026, against the Treasure Coast Technical College home page and its accreditation notice, the SDIRC 2026-2027 Parent Guide, the College Navigator profile for IPEDS ID 486150, sections 1004.93 and 1007.271, the 2014 Gifford Neighborhood Plan and a Census geocoder match for 4680 28th Court.