Florida Southern College

Programs: Florida southern college a private, comprehensive college dedicated to teaching excellence in 64 programs of study for undergraduate students. The college is accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges. The college's 2016 entering freshman class of 648 had the highest sat score of an entering class. The college's 2,324 fulltime undergraduate students come from 46 states and 52 countries, with 87% of them residing in campus housing. More than 99% receive some form of financial assistance, including 31% who receive pell grants. (see schedule o)florida southern is nationally recognized for excellence in experiential education. Our engaged learning pedagogy challenges students to deepen their learning and explore their potential. We are proud to provide students with opportunities to apply their learning through student-faculty collaborative research, student musical performances, service learning, civic engagement, internships, and study-abroad opportunities. Students are taught by dynamic professors, including 139 full-time faculty that results in a 15:1 student-faculty ratio. The faculty have outstanding credentials, with 80% who have earned their terminal degree in their field of expertise. Florida southern also emphasizes whole-student development and has a vibrant extra-curricular agenda that supports both classroom and out-of-classroom personal growth experiences. A well-trained staff of professionals lead these activities that foster not only academic, but also physical, spiritual, and social development. Florida southern continues to earn recognition as one of the nation's best small private colleges for undergraduate education and is consistently included in guidebooks such as the princeton review's best colleges, u. S. News & world report, and colleges of distinction. The fiske guide to colleges also includes fsc among the "best and most interesting" schools in the u. S. Publications such as bloomberg businessweek and the business research guide tout fsc's barney barnett school of business and free enterprise as one of the "best undergraduate business programs and "most innovative small college business departments" respectively. The immense value florida southern provides it's students is also recognized. U. S. News includes florida southern on it's "best value" list and washington monthly touts florida southern as an institution where you'll get the "best bang for your buck. " the college's 113 acre campus, ranked the "most beautiful" two years in a row by the princeton review, includes academic buildings, residence halls, athletic facilities, student life activity spaces, administrative offices, and student support learning spaces, a performing arts center, other auditoria for both musical and all-college programs, chapels for campus ministries, and maintenance and workshop facilities. The college owns and operates several nearby apartment complexes for student housing.