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.

Highlights

Where the school 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 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	7,615	96
Master	2,075	101
Doctorale	368	63
First-professional degree	362	2
Associate	131	1
Post-master's certificate	62	15

Students

Student enrollment was 40,555 in 2007-2008 (28,441 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 76% of enrolled students, graduate students are 22%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 3%.

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 (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 3,987
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 18,432
Room	$ 4,936
Board	$ 3,466
Books and supplies	$ 1,000
Other	$ 4,062

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

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		760
Without tenure; working toward tenure		311
Without tenure; tenure not available		664

Housing and Meals

Florida State provides on-campus housing for 6,111 of its 28,441 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

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

The school 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) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	45%
Women	48%
All	47%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	550-640
Math	560-650

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (44 awarded)

City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

ART STUDIES (12 awarded)

Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,539 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 (194 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Technology

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (259 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (100 awarded)

Graphic Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (129 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1,014 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
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
Educational Evaluation and Research
Educational Leadership and Administration
Educational Statistics and Research Methods
Educational/Instructional Media Design
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics 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
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (335 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (646 awarded)

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

FINE ARTS (180 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (97 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LAW (305 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (2,684 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
Anthropology
Asian Studies/Civilization
Cartography
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Creative Writing
Demography and Population Studies
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
French Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
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 (83 awarded)

Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (386 awarded)

Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (106 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (77 awarded)

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

MUSIC (172 awarded)

Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (209 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (378 awarded)

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

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (47 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (95 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (80 awarded)

Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (495 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (479 awarded)

Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (468 awarded)

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