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Founded 1961     Site Index
Type Public, Four-Year, Coeducational, Doctoral Granting University Administration Enrollment & Diversity
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Admissions Fall SCH
President Frank T. Brogan     Alumni Financial Aid
Calendar Semester Athletics  Housing
        Average Age  Lifelong Learning
 

Florida Atlantic University, the fifth public university in Florida, opened its doors in 1964 with an enrollment of 867 upper-division and graduate students.  In 1984, FAU admitted its charter freshman class, becoming a four-year institution.  By 2007, enrollment university-wide had grown to more than 26,000.  Full-time students account for 55% of the total enrollment.  FAU enrolled 2,677 first-time-college students for fall 2007.  Students are enrolled from 137 different countries and 47 states plus the District of Columbia..

     Campus/College Enrollment Personnel
      Campus Locations Residency
      Degrees Top Degree Programs
      Distance Learning Tuition & Fees
         
         
         
         
         
Degrees Awarded by College, 2006-07              
  Associate's Bachelor's Master's Specialist Doctoral Total %    
Arch, Urban & Public Affairs 0 505 125 0 2 632 11%    
Arts & Letters 0 970 96 0 9 1,075 19%    
Biomedical Science 0 0 22 0 0 22 0.4%    
Business 0 1,310 298 0 3 1,611 28%    
Education 0 490 271 20 19 800 14%    
Engineering & Computer Sci 0 216 87 0 13 316 6%    
Honors College 0 56 0 0 0 56 1%    
Nursing 0 233 105 0 8 346 6%    
Science 0 565 94 0 20 679 12%
Unknown 192 0 0 0 0 192 3%    
Total 192 4,345 1,098 20 74 5,729 100%    
                   
                   
Degree Programs     Degrees Awarded to Date        
Bachelor's 64   Bachelor's 87,136          
Master's 59   Master's 23,452          
Specialist   3   Specialist 895          
Doctoral 19   Doctoral 1,134          
      Total

112,617

          
     

       
Tuition & Fees  

Annual Tuition & Fees, 2007-08

  
 

Per Credit Hour

   Undergraduate Graduate  
  Undergraduate Graduate   (30 credit hours) (24 credit hours)  
In-State $112.23 $255.97   $3,366.90 $6,143.28  
Out-of-State $547.69 $914.70   $16,430.70 $21,952.80  
 
 
Headcount Enrollment, Fall 2007
  Full-time Part-time Total %        
Freshman 3,477 449 3,926 15%        
Sophomore 1,869 625 2,494 10%
Junior 3,162 2,433 5,595 21%        
Senior 3,727 4,040 7,767 30%        
2nd BA 176 567 743 3%        
Total Undergrad 12,411 8,114 20,525 78%        
Master's 1,103 1,770 2,873 11%        
Specialist 15 33 48 0.2%        
Doctoral 400 299 699 3%        
Total Graduate 1,518 2,102 3,620 14%        
Unclassified 136 1,964 2,100 8%        
Total 14,065 12,180 26,245 100%        
               
Diversity                
  Full-time Part-time Total %   Undergrad Graduate Unclassified
Asian 676 541 1,217 5%   945 143 129
Black 2,215 2,212 4,427 17%   3,689 418 320
Hispanic 2,356 2,233 4,589 17%   3,843 427 319
Native American 49 38 87 0.3%   74 8 5
White 8,031 6,844 14,875 57%   11,311 2,286 1,278
International 673 274 947 4%   583 322 42
Not reported 65 38 103 0.4%   80 16 7
                 
Gender                
Female 8,105 7,730 15,835 60%   12,194 2,311 1,330
Male 5,960 4,450 10,410 40%   8,331 1,309 770
               
Residency                
  Full-time Part-time Total %   Undergrad Graduate Unclassified
Florida 12,715 11,823 24,538 94%   19,284 3,200 2,054
Non-Florida (U.S.) 1,105 313 1,418 5%   1,111 264 43
Non-U.S. 245 44 289 1%   130 156 3
                 
Florida Counties                
Broward 5,306 5,232 10,538 40%   8,407 1,285 846
Palm Beach 4,657 4,623 9,280 35%   6,950 1,349 981
Miami-Dade 615 598 1,213 5%   967 155 91
St. Lucie 288 495 783 3%   620 106 57
Martin 215 278 493 2%   391 67 35
Orange 180 56 236 1%   214 20 2
Indian River 84 124 208 1%   159 37 12
 
 
Average Age       Average Class Size    
First-Time-In-College 18   Undergraduate    
Undergraduate 25      Lecture 33  
Graduate 34        Lab 18  
Unclassified 34        Discussion 26  
        Graduate    
Student to Faculty Ratio 18:1        Lecture 12  

Headcount Enrollment by Campus
  All Enrolled Primary %    
Boca Raton 19,125 18,186 69%    
Davie 4,954 3,536 13%    
Fort Lauderdale 891 642 2%    
John D. MacArthur 1,915 1,435 5%    
Treasure Coast 999 778 3%    
SeaTech 50 45 0.2%    
Off-Campus 667 506 2%    
Distance Learning 3,319 1,117 4%    
           
           
Headcount Enrollment by College  
  Undergraduate Graduate Total    
Arch, Urban & Public Affairs 1,863 297 2,160 8%  
Arts & Letters 3,592 454 4,046 15%  
Biomedical Science* 0 61 61 0.2%  
Business 5,641 938 6,579 25%  
Education 2,599 887 3,486 13%  
Engineering & Computer Science 1,423 259 1,682 6%  
Honors College 373 0 373 1%  
Nursing 941 342 1,283 5%  
Science 3,095 382 3,477 13%  
Unclassified 0 0 2,100 8%  
Undecided 998 0 998 4%  
Total 20,525 3,620 26,245 100%  
           

 
Top Degree Programs by Enrollment
Undergraduate     Graduate    
Elementary Education 1,679   Business Administration 582  
Accounting 924   Nursing 340  
Management 876   Educational Leadership 306  
Criminal Justice 843   Accounting 232  
Psychology 802   Curriculum & Instruction 153  
Art 648   Counselor Education 149  
Biological Sciences 514   Social Work 136  
Finance 465   Comparative Studies 98  
Communication 446   English 97  
Political Science 420   Public Administration 94  
 
 
Fall 2007 Student Credit Hours (SCH)
(Fundable & Non-fundable)
Undergraduate 230,067  
Graduate 28,060  
Total 258,127  

 
Student Housing
  Female Male Total %      
On-Campus            
   Boca Raton 1,303 1,103 2,406 9%    
   Jupiter 159 126 285 1%    
Off-Campus 14,373 9,181 23,554 90%    
Total 15,835 10,410 26,245 100%    
 
 
Admissions     First-Time-In-College Test Scores (Average)
  Applied Admitted Enrolled   ACT 22
First-Time-In-College 11,822 6,698 2,677   SAT  
Community College Transfers 4,259 3,458 2,099     Critical Reading 518
Other Undergraduate Transfers 3,648 2,094 830     Math 523
Graduate 3,317 1,812 515     Composite 1041
Total 23,046 14,062 6,121   High School GPA 3.2
Note: Includes students who enrolled in both the summer and fall semesters.      
 
E-Learning
  Fully On-line Courses Video-taped classroom sessions Video-
conferencing		 All Types*  
# Course Sections 416 139 191 746  
# Course Enrollments 10,247 567 2,171 12,985  
# Unduplicated Students 5,565 288 1,622 7,048  
* # of students enrolled in at least one course delivered fully through e-learning.    
           
           
Athletics
Men's Sports Women's Sports

The FAU Owls compete at the NCAA Division I
level in the Sunbelt Conference.  Men's soccer competes
in the Atlantic Soccer Conference.

 
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross Country
Cross Country Golf
Football Soccer
Golf Softball
Soccer Spirit
SpiritSwimming
Swimming Tennis
Tennis Track & Field
  Volleyball
 
 
Alumni
United States 97,579 Florida 75,788  
Other / Unknown 2,242   Broward 28,656  
Total 99,821   Palm Beach 27,535  
  Miami-Dade 3,937  
  St. Lucie 2,135  
 
 
Personnel         Faculty      
  Full-time Part-time Total     Female Male Total
Faculty 1,046 25 1,071   Professor 61 196 257
Adjuncts 16 550 566   Associate Professor 107 131 238
AMP 825 21 846   Assistant Professor 87 148 235
Staff 677 26 703   Instructor 104 74 178
Total 2,564 622 3,186   Lecturer 2 0 2
          Other 107 54 161
          Total 468 603 1,071
 
Foundation Assets, 2006-07   Financial Aid    
Endowments $190,200,000   More than $112 million was awarded in 2006-07 to students through scholarships, grants, loans and work study.  51% of students received some type of aid.    
Gifts $42,500,000      
         
               
               
Lifelong Learning
There are over 19,500 lifelong learners who register for 35,000 classes on the FAU campuses.  The greatest number of these students are on the Boca and MacArthur campuses.  There is a developing program on the Treasure Coast campus.  On the Broward campus study is underway to determine how best to proceed with Lifelong Learning.  Classes are offered during the fall, winter, and spring terms.      
     
 
 
FAU Administration   Campus Vice Presidents  
President Frank T. Brogan Treasure Coast Gerri McPherson  
Provost John Pritchett Jupiter Kristen Murtaugh  
Vice President, Student Affairs Charles Brown Broward Joyanne Stephens  
Interim Vice President, University Advancement and Interim Executive
Director of FAU Foundation,  Inc.		 Kenneth Jessell      
Vice President, Facilities Tom Donaudy      
Vice President, Medical Education Programs Michael Friedland      
Vice President, University Communications
& Marketing		 Aileen Izquierdo      
Vice President, Financial Affairs Kenneth Jessell      
Vice President, Research TBA      
Chief of Staff, Director of Board Operations Jennifer O'Flannery      
         
Board of Trustees
Chair: Nancy Blosser Vice Chair:  TBA    
Scott Adams Sherry Plymale  
Dr. Bill Bryant Dr. Eric Shaw  
David Feder Robert Stilley  
Armand Grossman Tony Teixeira  
Dr. Rajendra Gupta Thomas Workman  
Lalita Janke    
 
Campus Locations
Boca Raton Campus Boca Raton

Davie Campus Davie
Fort Lauderdale - Downtown Fort Lauderdale
John D. MacArthur Campus Jupiter
Treasure Coast Campus Port St. Lucie
SeaTech Campus Dania Beach
   
 
 
Revised: November 2007
By Cindy Condore