Florida Memorial University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Florida Memorial University, is a private, coeducational university located in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was established in 1879 as Florida Baptist Institute. It merged with the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute in 1941 and became a four-year, liberal arts institution. It went through a number of name and status changes and finally was called Florida Memorial University in December 2004.

Florida Memorial University offers a number of graduate and honors programs, as well as study-abroad programs. The academic divisions of the university are:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business
• School of Education

Florida Memorial University hosts a large variety of cultural and recreational activities. Students are members of clubs and organizations such as the Accounting Club, Alpha Chi Honors Society, Alpha Eta Rho International Aviation Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Caribbean International Student Association, and Kappa Theta Sigma Service Fraternity.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, security and law enforcement, and music.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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

Florida Memorial University is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 1,816 in 2009-2010 (1,701 full-time equivalent).

About 45% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 95% of enrolled students and graduate students are 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 81% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Florida Memorial University provides on-campus housing for 745 of its 1,701 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Florida Sun Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 30 male students received the aid (men were 55% of those receiving aid) and 25 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 45% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Florida Memorial University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (58 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Finance
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (81 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (26 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• International/Global Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (28 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (10 awarded)

• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (2 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology