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Florida Southern College |
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Florida Southern College is committed to educational excellence and is a selective, comprehensive, private, United Methodist
college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. The College enrolls a talented student body and includes an
accomplished faculty who are dedicated to teaching excellence. Outstanding opportunities for interdisciplinary learning,
student-faculty collaborative research and performance, service learning, study abroad, and honors study are distinctive
features of the academic program at Florida Southern. The college offers exceptional student life programs, including a
championship athletic program. |
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| County |
Polk County, FL |
| Title IV Eligible |
Yes |
| Carnegie Classification |
Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges II |
| Institution Level |
4 or more years |
| Institution Control |
Private, non-profit |
| Full-Time Undergraduate |
1,759 students
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| Part-Time Undergraduate |
626 students
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| Part-Time Graduate |
104 students
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| Total Enrollment |
2,489 students
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| Total Dormitory Capacity |
1,313 students
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| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
98 % |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
26 % |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$3,168 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
65% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$4,504 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
96% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$8,181 |
| % Students Receiving Loans |
65% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received |
$4,413 |
- Founded in 1885, Florida Southern has a superb liberal arts core, as well as outstanding
pre-professional programs (including business, communications, pre-medical, pre-law, nursing, education, sciences, as well as
others). The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and welcomes students from all faith backgrounds and
cultures.
- FCS offers 38 undergraduate majors; more than 40 minors; four graduate programs in business
administration, education, teaching, and nursing; and evening programs for working adults. The student-faculty ratio is 13 to
1, with an average class size of 20. Florida Southern is home to 1,800 full-time students from 40 states and 46 foreign
countries; 96 graduate students; and 218 part-time students.
- The campus is located in Lakeland, Florida. Florida Southern is located on a 100-acre campus, with 60
structures including a recently renovated science building, modern auditorium that seats 1,800, student-recital auditorium
that seats 200, 11 computer labs, communication building with computer labs and television studio, modern residence halls,
state-of-the-art wellness center, world-class Olympic swimming pool, traditional dining hall, gymnasium, tennis courts,
softball, soccer stadium venues, and intramural facilities for soccer, basketball, tennis, and a wide variety of other
activities.
- Florida Southern College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools to award bachelors and masters degrees. It is also accredited by the University Senate of the United
Methodist Church and has a State of Florida approved program at the undergraduate level for the certification of teachers.
The baccalaureate in nursing at Florida Southern College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and
the B.S. degree in athletic training is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
- Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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