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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 2,676 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 Science	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

Headcount Enrollment, Fall 2007
	Full-time	Part-time	Total	%
Freshman	3,491	461	3,952	15%
Sophomore	1,870	614	2,484	9%
Junior	3,182	2,460	5,642	21%
Senior	3,722	4,080	7,802	29%
2nd BA/BS	175	577	752	3%
Total Undergrad	12,440	8,192	20,632	78%
Master's	1,103	1,795	2,898	11%
Specialist	15	35	50	0.2%
Doctoral	401	299	700	3%
Total Graduate	1,519	2,129	3,648	14%
Unclassified	135	2,110	2,245	8%
Total	14,094	12,431	26,525	100%


Diversity
	Full-time	Part-time	Total	%	FTIC	Undergrad	Graduate	Unclassified
Asian	677	558	1,235	5%	134	953	145	137
Black	2,218	2,309	4,527	17%	413	3,722	422	383
Hispanic	2,363	2,273	4,636	17%	510	3,871	429	336
Native American	48	39	87	0.3%	7	74	8	5
White	8,059	6,946	15,005	57%	1,532	11,369	2,302	1,334
International	665	266	931	4%	62	564	325	42
Not reported	64	40	104	0.4%	18	79	17	8


Gender
Female	8,129	7,875	16,004	60%	1,382	12,247	2,325	1,432
Male	5,965	4,556	10,521	40%	1,294	8,385	1,323	813


Residency
	Full-time	Part-time	Total	%	FTIC	Undergrad	Graduate	Unclassified
Florida	12,737	12,070	24,807	94%	2,420	19,382	3,225	2,200
Non-Florida (U.S.)	1,052	307	1,359	5%	233	1,088	240	31
Non-U.S.	305	54	359	1%	23	162	183	14

Florida Counties
Broward	5,319	5,381	10,700	43%	979	8,463	1,296	941
Palm Beach	4,667	4,692	9,359	38%	812	6,984	1,360	1,015
Miami-Dade	614	617	1,231	5%	124	975	155	101
St. Lucie	292	498	790	3%	25	622	108	60
Martin	214	279	496	2%	30	391	67	35
Orange	180	57	237	1%	58	215	20	2
Indian River	84	125	209	1%	7	159	37	13

Average Age		Average Class Size
First-Time-In-College	18	Undergraduate
Undergraduate	25	Lecture	33
Graduate	34	Lab	18
Unclassified	34	Discussion	26
		Graduate
		Lecture	12
Student to Faculty Ratio:	18:1

Headcount Enrollment by Campus
	All Enrolled	Primary	%
Boca Raton	19,225	18,277	69%
Davie	5,010	3,586	14%
Fort Lauderdale	904	654	2%
John D. MacArthur	1,927	1,444	5%
Treasure Coast	1,006	787	3%
SeaTech	51	45	0.2%
Distance Learning	3,347	1,128	4%
Off-Campus	770	604	2%


Headcount Enrollment by College
	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total	%
Arch, Urban & Public Affairs	1,872	297	2,169	8%
Arts & Letters	3,626	460	4,086	15%
Biomedical Science	0	62	62	0.2%
Business	5,665	944	6,609	25%
Education	2,617	893	3,510	13%
Engineering & Computer Sci	1,428	264	1,692	6%
Honors College	373	0	373	1%
Nursing	949	344	1,293	5%
Science	3,103	384	3,487	13%
Unclassified	0	0	2,245	8%
Undecided	999	0	999	4%
Total	20,623	3,648	26,525	100%

Top Degree Programs by Enrollment
Undergraduate		Graduate
Elementary Education	1,696	Business Administration
Accounting	939	Nursing
Management	890	Educational Leadership
Criminal Justice	847	Accounting
Psychology	812	Curriculum & Instruction
Art	661	Counselor Education
Biological Sciences	511	Social Work
Finance	486	Comparative Studies
Communication	429	English
Political Science	425	Public Administration


Fall 2007 Student Credit Hours (SCH)
(Fundable & Non-fundable)
Undergraduate	231,432
Graduate	28,374
Total	259,806

Student Housing
	Female	Male	Total	%
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		23,045	14,062	6,121	High School GPA	3.2
Note: Includes students who enrolled in both the summer and fall semesters.

E-Learning
	Full On-line Courses	Video-taped classroom sessions	Video-conferencing	All Types*
# Course Sections	451	165	161	777
# Course Enrollments	12,174	531	1,392	14,097
# Unduplicated Students	6,624	261	1,079	7,964
* # of students enrolled in at least one course delivered fully through e-learning.


Athletics
Men's Sports	Women's Sports
Baseball	Basketball		The FAU Owls compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Sunbelt Conference. Men's soccer competes in the Atlantic Soccer Conference.
Basketball	Cross Country
Cross Country	Golf
Football	Soccer
Golf	Softball
Soccer	Swimming
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 Prof	107	131	238
AMP	825	21	846	Assistant Prof	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		Broward	Joyanne Stephens
Provost		John Pritchett		Jupiter	Kristen Murtaugh
Vice President, Student Affairs		Charles Brown		Treasure Coast	Gerri McPherson
Senior VP University Advancement, Executive Director FAU Foundation		Randy Talbot
Vice President, Facilities		Tom Donaudy
Vice President, Medical Education Programs		Michael Friedland
Vice President, University Communications & Marketing		Alieen Izquierdo
Vice President, Financial Affairs		Kenneth Jessell
Interim Vice President, Research		Michael Moriarty

Board of Trustees
Chair: Nancy Blosser		Anthony Barbar	Sherry Plymale
Vice Chair: Scott Adams		Dr. Bill Bryant	Dr. Eric Shaw
		David Feder	Robert Stilley
		Armand Grossman	Thomas Workman
		Dr. Rajendra Gupta	Abraham Cohen
		Lalita Janke


Campus Locations
Boca Raton Campus		Boca Raton
Davie Campus		Davie
Fort Lauderdale		Fort Lauderdale
John D. MacArthur Campus		Jupiter
Treasure Coast Campus		Port St. Lucie
SeaTech Campus		Dania Beach


Revised: May 15, 2008