Florida State University

Florida State University, or FSU, is a comprehensive, national graduate research university located in Tallahassee. It is one of the two flagship universities in the State University System of Florida.

FSU was officially established in 1851. The main campus, in Tallahassee, covers 489 acres.

In addition, there is a satellite campus in Panama City, Florida. FSU offers year-round study centers in Panama City, Panama; London; Florence, Italy; and Valencia, Spain Additional offerings include 40 diverse programs in 20 locations in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

The university was ranked 15th in Kiplinger's "Best Value Public Colleges" February 2008 edition. FSU is home to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science foundation.

The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

College of Arts & Sciences
College of Business
College of Communication
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Human Sciences
College of Information
College of Law
College of Medicine
College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts
College of Music
College of Nursing
College of Social Sciences
College of Social Work
College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance

FSU's athletic teams are nicknamed the Seminoles. They compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Among the notable alumni of Florida State University are Ruth Eckerd, matriarch of Eckerd Drugs and philanthropist; Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis; Suzy Covey, pioneer in XML coding; Deborah Mash, professor of neurology, director of Brain Endowment Bank at University of Miami; Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist, The Weather Channel; Reubin Askew, former Governor of Florida; Michael Berenbaum, director of U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Jay Garner, U.S. Army General (Ret.), former director of Office of Reconstruction in Iraq.

Campus Location

211 Westcott Bldg
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1037
USA
Main Tel: (850) 644-2525
Web Site

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Florida State University Highlights

Where Florida State University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, construction trades, religion and philosophy, liberal arts, family and social work, music, and real estate and construction management.
Large number of students.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Affordable tuition & fees.
High faculty salary.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	7,189	91
Master	1,989	98
Doctorale	350	63
First-professional degree	281	2
Associate	151	1
Post-master's certificate	54	9

Florida State Students

The student enrollment at Florida State was 40,555 in 2007 (36,327 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 76% of enrolled students, graduate students are 22%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

About 2% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 98% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 3,355
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 16,487
Room	$ 4,700
Board	$ 3,300
Books and supplies	$ 1,000
Other	$ 3,462

Financial Aid: Florida State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Florida State:

School	Location	Enrollment
The University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	29,937
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	29,898
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	28,025
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, OH	52,568
University of Georgia	Athens, GA	33,831
Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	27,569
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	15,545
University of Missouri-Columbia	Columbia, MO	28,405
Indiana University-Bloomington	Bloomington, IN	38,990
Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	34,174

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		773
Without tenure; working toward tenure		347
Without tenure; tenure not available		680

Housing and Meals

Florida State provides on-campus housing for 6,111 of its 36,327 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

Florida State Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Florida State is in the Atlantic Coast Conference for major sports.

Florida State offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 208 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 138 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .

Florida State Admissions (2007)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	56%
Women	55%
All	55%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	540-630
Math	550-640

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (32 awarded)

City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (17 awarded)

Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,455 awarded)

Accounting
Actuarial Science
Business Administration and Management
Business/Commerce
Finance
Insurance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (224 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Technology

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (268 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (97 awarded)

Graphic Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (130 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (976 awarded)

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
Art Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational Statistics and Research Methods
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Health Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Reading Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social Science Teacher Education
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (279 awarded)

Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (817 awarded)

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
Human Development and Family Studies
Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS (169 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (90 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LAW (234 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (2,543 awarded)

American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Asian Studies/Civilization
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Creative Writing
Demography and Population Studies
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
French Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies
Latin American Studies
Latin Language and Literature
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Library Science/Librarianship
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Language and Literature
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (74 awarded)

Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (354 awarded)

Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (81 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (68 awarded)

Gerontology
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (193 awarded)

Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (193 awarded)

Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (145 awarded)

Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (58 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (91 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (86 awarded)

Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (473 awarded)

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biostatistics
Chemical Physics
Chemistry
Geology/Earth Science
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
Molecular Biophysics
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
Physical Sciences
Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (427 awarded)

Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (440 awarded)

Educational Psychology
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Music Therapy/Therapist
Psychology