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2021 Fact Sheet

Student Information

2021 Student Enrollment by School/College

School/College	Undergraduate	Graduate	Professional	Total
Applied Studies	196	187	30	383
Arts & Sciences	9,460	1,817	0	11,277
Business	6,001	1,072	0	7,073
Communication & Information	1,595	928	0	2,523
Criminology & Criminal Justice	1,717	346	0	2,063
Hospitality (Dedman)	547	37	0	584
Education	1,008	1,506	0	2,514
Engineering	2,017	389	0	2,406
Entrepreneurship (Moran)	552	27	0	579
Fine Arts	877	300	0	1,177
Health and Human Sciences	1,666	180	0	1,846
Law	0	574	574	1,148
Medicine	634	233	485	1,352
Motion Picture Arts	106	64	0	170
Music	690	350	0	1,040
Nursing	691	0	108	799
Social Sciences & Public Policy	4,250	929	0	5,179
Social Work	185	1,037	0	1,222
Undecided/Special	1,294	0	0	1,294
Total Degree Seeking	33,486	9,946	1,197	44,629
Non-Degree Seeking				864
Total				45,493

Admission Statistics

Fall 2021 Entering Freshmen

Middle 50% Statistics

High School GPA	4.1-4.5
SAT	1230-1360
ACT Composite	27-31

Gender Distribution

Leading Counties, States, and High Schools of Origin

Counties

Leon	4,639
Broward	3,653
Miami-Dade	3,572
Palm Beach	2,934
Hillsborough	2,710
Orange	2,240
Duval	1,588
Pinellas	1,478
St. Johns	1,100
Seminole	938

High Schools

Cypress Bay (Weston)	91
Lawton Chiles (Tallahassee)	89
H. B. Plant (Tampa)	88
Coral Reef (Richmond Heights)	76
Riverview (Riverview)	63
Newsome (Lithia)	61
Palm Harbor (Palm Harbor)	61
Ponte Vedra (Point Vedra Beach)	61
Boca Raton (Boca Raton)	59
Jupiter (Jupiter)	59
Leon (Tallahassee)	59

States

Florida	36,813
Georgia	1,123
New York	431
North Carolina	396
New Jersey	375
Texas	341
Virginia	322
Pennsylvania	300
Illinois	280
Maryland	234

Distribution by Level

	Full Time	Part Time	# of Students	Average Age
Freshman	5,614	181	5,795	18.5
Sophomore	6,060	333	6,393	19.3
Junior	8,980	867	9,847	20.7
Senior	9,457	1,994	11,451	22.1
Undergraduates	30,111	3,375	33,486	20.5
Graduates	6,620	4,523	11,143	30.0
Unclassified	266	598	864	27.7
Total Students	36,997	8,496	45,493	23.0

Merit Scholars

	Total
Freshmen	59
Other Undergraduate	83
Total	142

Annual Student FTE (IPEDS)

2020-21 Undergraduate FTE	32,584.3
2020-21 Graduate FTE	9,133.2
2020-21 Medical FTE (Headcount)	485
2020-21 TOTAL IPEDS FTE	42,626.1

Detailed Student Credit Hours & FTE

Ethnicity Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	72	0.2%
Asian	1,463	3.2%
Black	4,187	9.2%
Hispanic	9,429	20.7%
Native Hawaiian	45	0.1%
Non-Resident Alien	2,165	4.8%
White	25,626	56.3%
Multi-Race	1,912	4.2%
Not Reported	594	1.3%
Totals	43,953	100.0%

Retention and Graduation Rates
Full-Time Freshmen entering in Summer/Fall 2014

After:	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year	5th Year	6th Year
Retention	-	93.4%	89.2%	87.1%	85.7%	85.1%
Graduation	0.0%	0.7%	8.3%	71.6%	82.8%	84.2%

Campus Size

Main Campus: 487.0 acres in Tallahassee, Leon County.
Panama City Branch: 25.6 acres in Panama City, Bay County.
Republic of Panama: Leased land in the Republic of Panama.

The University owns a total of 1,716.8 acres in Leon, Bay, Franklin, Collier, Sarasota, and Gadsden counties. Sites are leased in various counties in Florida, and other locations overseas.

Degree Programs

Doctoral and Professional degrees are approved through the Florida Board of Governors. All other degrees are approved through the Board of Trustees of the Florida State University.

As of December 2021, the University offers:

103 degree programs at the Bachelor’s degree level;
107 degree programs at the Master’s degree level;
6 degree programs at the Specialist degree level;
63 degree programs at the Doctoral degree level;
4 degree programs at the Professional degree level.

Accreditation

Florida State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, masters, specialist, and doctoral degrees.

The most recent SACSCOC accreditation was awarded in December 2014. The university was first accredited in 1915. Additionally, some departments and programs are accredited through discipline-specific accrediting agencies and governing bodies.

Degrees Awarded
(Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)

School/College	Bach	Mast	Spec	Doct	JD	MD	Total
Applied Studies	65	44	0	0	0	0	109
Arts & Sciences	2,245	294	0	181	0	0	2,720
Business	1,633	356	0	3	0	0	1,962
Communication & Information	493	298	3	11	0	0	805
Criminology & Criminal Justice	514	78	0	3	0	0	595
Education	247	332	50	63	0	0	692
Engineering	331	68	0	23	0	0	422
Entrepreneurship	226	6	0	0	0	0	232
Fine Arts	263	87	0	8	0	0	358
Hospitality	232	0	0	0	0	0	232
Health & Human Sciences	575	35	0	13	0	0	623
Law	0	129	0	0	218	0	347
Medicine	137	62	0	7	0	119	325
Motion Picture Arts	28	31	0	0	0	0	59
Music	130	80	0	52	0	0	262
Nursing	107	0	0	19	0	0	126
Social Sciences/Public Policy	1,504	230	0	24	0	0	1,758
Social Work	97	307	0	3	0	0	407
Total	8,827	2,407	53	410	218	119	12,034

Faculty and Staff Information

Traditional Faculty

Regular Salary	Female	Male	Total
Full-time	914	1,168	2,082
Part-time	28	35	63
OPS	248	201	449
Total	1,190	1,404	2,594

Instructional Staff

Full & Part-time
Regular Salary	1,619
OPS	318
Graduate Assistants	1,921
Total	3,858

Filled Appointments (Medicine Excluded)

9 Month Positions	1,317.8
9 Month Deans	0.0
12 Month Positions	608.2
12 Month Deans	17.0
Total Faculty	1,942.9

University Employees

Pay Plan	Regular Salary Full-time	Regular Salary Part-time	OPS	Total
Traditional Faculty	2,082	63	449	2,594
Librarians	73	0	0	73
Lab School	124	0	0	124
Admin. & Professional	2,692	30	0	2,722
USPS	1,498	21	0	1,519
Graduate Assistants	0	0	3,224	3,224
Student Assistants	0	0	2,280	2,280
Work Study	0	0	422	422
Other Employees	0	0	151	151
Temporary Employees	0	0	1,117	1,117
Total Employees	6,469	114	7,643	14,226

Average 9 Month Faculty Salary

	Avg Salary
Professor	$140,670
Associate Professor	$103,149
Assistant Professor	$92,776
Other	$78,314

University Information

Operating Budget

Officers of the University

President	Richard McCullough
Provost & Executive VP - Acad. Affairs	Sally McRorie
VP for Faculty Development	Janet Kistner
VP for Finance & Administration	Kyle Clark
VP for Research	Laurel Fulkerson
VP for Student Affairs	Amy Hecht
Interim VP for University Advancement	Andy Jhanji
Assoc. VP for University Relations	Elizabeth Hirst
Assist. VP for University Communications	Dennis Schnittker
Chief of Staff	Marissa Langston
General Counsel	Carolyn Egan

Federal, State & Private Research Awards

2019-20 Federal, State & Private Research Awards: $274,976,727

Campuses/Centers/Programs

In Fall 2021, there were 43,999 students enrolled at the university's main campus in Tallahassee; 1,145 at the university’s branch campus in Panama City, Florida; and 349 at the branch campus in the Republic of Panama.

For more than 60 years, FSU International Programs has offered a variety of internship & study abroad opportunities that give students the opportunity to earn FSU credit, benefit from small classes, and get immersed in new cultures as they use their host country as a classroom. The University has year-round study centers in London, England; Florence, Italy; Panama City, Panama; and Valencia, Spain. Prestigious FSU faculty members also lead summer programs in locations across the globe. FSU was selected for the top award in international education by the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities and ranks in the top 10 in the country for the number of students who study abroad. Thanks to the unique First Year Abroad program, FSU also ranks first among public universities for “long-term duration” of study abroad experiences.

The Office of Distance Learning (ODL) provides leadership, policy guidance, faculty support and development, and other resources to promote, implement, facilitate, and assess University initiatives related to teaching enhancement and technology-mediated learning environments that support student academic achievement. ODL faculty and staff members collaborate with distance learning faculty and teaching assistants to promote instructional excellence at The Florida State University through the use of effective educational and communications technologies; evidence-based instructional principles and strategies; and research studies on teaching innovations.

The Florida State University Center for Academic & Professional Development (CAPD) is the continuing education and academic program outreach entity for the campus, the community, and students. Housed in the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center, the experienced staff of CAPD support a variety of learning opportunities as they provide services to colleges, departments, and students on campus and online.

Library Holdings

Electronic Resources

E-Books	2,361,474
Databases	632
Electronic Journals	378,681

All Branches

Print Volumes in Libraries	2,240,685
Reference Transactions	17,067

The Libraries collections included above are Robert Manning Strozier Library, Paul A.M. Dirac Science Library, Claude Pepper Library, Harold Goldstein Information Science Library, Warren Allen Music Library, the College of Engineering Library, the College of Law Library, the College of Medicine Library, FSU - Panama City branch campus Academic Resource Center, The Panama Canal Zone Branch Library, and the Library of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.