Florida Institute Of Technology

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, also nicknamed as Florida Tech, was founded in 1958, and is located in Melbourne, Florida. It was originally established as Brevard Engineering College, and was given its current name in 1966. The school has a student body of more than 6,000 as of 2008.

Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne is comprises an area of more than 100 acres. The school is divided into 6 colleges:

• College of Aeronautics
• College of Business
• College of Engineering
• College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
• College of Science
• University College

The school has roughly 95 recognized student clubs and organizations on campus. Some of them are the Campus Activities Board, the Student Government Association, and the Homecoming Committee.

Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne is home to several fraternities and sororities including Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Tau Omega, and Alpha Phi.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, transportation, business and management, computer science and engineering, and science.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 6,400 in 2009-2010 (6,075 full-time equivalent).

About 73% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 27% of the class.

Undergrads are 63% of enrolled students and graduate students are 37%.

Students under 25 years old represent 40% of the student body. About 19% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Florida Institute Of Technology provides on-campus housing for 1,442 of its 6,075 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Sunshine State Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 10 male students received the aid (men were 45% of those receiving aid) and 12 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 55% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Florida Institute Of Technology offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (513 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Information Resources Management/CIO Training
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
• Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
• Transportation/Transportation Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (145 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Software Engineering
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Natural Resources Management and Policy

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (7 awarded)

• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (353 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Operations Research
• Systems Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (4 awarded)

• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MATHEMATICS (16 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (5 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Organizational Communication

SCIENCE (146 awarded)

• Aquatic Biology/Limnology
• Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Meteorology
• Molecular Biology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (92 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (87 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology
• Air Transportation
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations