2008 - 2009 Quick Facts
| 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 | ||
| Carnegie Classification | Research University (high research activity) - RU/H | Average Age | Lifelong Learning | ||
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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 2008, enrollment university-wide had grown to more than 26,000. Full-time students account for 52% of the total enrollment. FAU enrolled 2,800 first-time-college students for fall 2008. Students are enrolled from 139 different countries and 48 states plus the District of Columbia. |
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| Campus Locations | Residency | ||||
| Degrees | Top Degree Programs | ||||
| Distance Learning | Tuition & Fees | ||||
| Degrees Awarded by College, 2007-08 | ||||||||
| Associate's | Bachelor's | Master's | Specialist | Doctoral | Total | % | ||
| Arch, Urban & Public Affairs | 0.0 | 543.0 | 107.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 655.0 | 11% | |
| Arts & Letters | 0.0 | 1,033.5 | 97.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 1,138.5 | 19% | |
| Biomedical Science | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.0 | 1% | |
| Business | 0.0 | 1,276.5 | 280.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 1,568.5 | 27% | |
| Education | 0.0 | 540.5 | 282.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 871.5 | 15% | |
| Engineering & Computer Science | 0.0 | 224.0 | 107.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 340.0 | 6% | |
| Honors College | 0.0 | 83.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.0 | 1% | |
| Nursing | 0.0 | 225.0 | 119.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 346.0 | 6% | |
| Science | 0.0 | 555.5 | 91.0 | 0.0 | 22.0 | 668.5 | 11% | |
| Unknown | 159.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 159.0 | 3% | |
| Total | 159.0 | 4,481.0 | 1,114.0 | 24.0 | 83.0 | 5,861.0 | 100% | |
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| Degree Programs | Degrees Awarded to Date | |||||||
| Bachelor's | 64 | Bachelor's | 91,617 | |||||
| Master's | 59 | Master's | 24,566 | |||||
| Specialist | 3 | Specialist | 919 | |||||
| Doctoral | 19 | Doctoral | 1,217 | |||||
| Total | 118,319 | |||||||
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| Tuition & Fees | ||||||
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| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
| In-State | $122.06 | $270.40 | ||||
| Out-of-State | $579.62 | $915.87 | ||||
| Headcount Enrollment, Fall 2008 | ||||||||||
| Full-time | Part-time | Total | % | |||||||
| Undergraduate | ||||||||||
| Freshman | 3,725 | 573 | 4,298 | 16% | ||||||
| Sophomore | 1,758 | 717 | 2,475 | 9% | ||||||
| Junior | 3,154 | 2,442 | 5,596 | 21% | ||||||
| Senior | 3,660 | 4,408 | 8,068 | 30% | ||||||
| 2nd BA/BS | 135 | 453 | 588 | 2% | ||||||
| Total Undergrad | 12,432 | 8,593 | 21,025 | 78% | ||||||
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| Master's | 1,157 | 1,971 | 3,128 | 12% | ||||||
| Specialist | 17 | 49 | 66 | 0.2% | ||||||
| Doctoral | 378 | 318 | 696 | 3% | ||||||
| Total Graduate | 1,552 | 2,338 | 3,890 | 14% | ||||||
| Unclassified | 130 | 1,976 | 2,106 | 8% | ||||||
| Total | 14,114 | 12,907 | 27,021 | 100% | ||||||
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| Diversity | ||||||||||
| Full-time | Part-time | Total | % | FTIC | Undergrad | Graduate | Unclassified | |||
| Asian | 669 | 585 | 1,254 | 5% | 122 | 963 | 172 | 119 | ||
| Black | 2,250 | 2,364 | 4,614 | 17% | 433 | 3,806 | 438 | 370 | ||
| Hispanic | 2,482 | 2,386 | 4,868 | 18% | 596 | 4,056 | 483 | 329 | ||
| Native American | 50 | 37 | 87 | 0.3% | 13 | 74 | 8 | 5 | ||
| White | 7,910 | 7,161 | 15,071 | 56% | 1,594 | 11,418 | 2,452 | 1,201 | ||
| International | 690 | 332 | 1,022 | 4% | 31 | 622 | 321 | 79 | ||
| Not reported | 63 | 42 | 105 | 0.4% | 16 | 86 | 16 | 3 | ||
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| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female | 7,895 | 8,130 | 16,025 | 59% | 1,462 | 12,231 | 2,438 | 1,356 | ||
| Male | 6,219 | 4,777 | 10,996 | 41% | 1,343 | 8,794 | 1,452 | 750 | ||
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| Full-time | Part-time | Total | % | FTIC | Undergrad | Graduate | Unclassified | |||
| Florida | 12,926 | 12,517 | 25,443 | 94% | 2,608 | 19,954 | 3,438 | 2,051 | ||
| Non-Florida (U.S.) | 909 | 327 | 1,236 | 5% | 179 | 939 | 281 | 16 | ||
| Non-U.S. | 269 | 37 | 306 | 1% | 12 | 116 | 167 | 23 | ||
| Not reported | 10 | 26 | 36 | 0.1% | 5 | 16 | 4 | 16 | ||
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| Florida Counties | ||||||||||
| Broward | 5,318 | 5,662 | 10,980 | 43% | 1,056 | 8,640 | 1,351 | 989 | ||
| Palm Beach | 4,673 | 4,758 | 9,431 | 37% | 772 | 7,216 | 1,399 | 816 | ||
| Miami-Dade | 606 | 551 | 1,157 | 5% | 132 | 915 | 169 | 73 | ||
| St. Lucie | 302 | 516 | 818 | 3% | 18 | 614 | 132 | 72 | ||
| Martin | 227 | 291 | 518 | 2% | 30 | 402 | 81 | 35 | ||
| Orange | 198 | 66 | 264 | 1% | 70 | 231 | 29 | 4 | ||
| Indian River | 89 | 135 | 224 | 1% | 13 | 158 | 51 | 15 | ||
| Average Ag Age | Average Class Size | |||||
| First-Time-In-College | 18 | Undergraduate | ||||
| Undergraduate | 24 | Lecture | 33 | |||
| Graduate | 34 | Lab | 18 | |||
| Unclassified | 34 | Discussion | 26 | |||
| Graduate | ||||||
| Lecture | 12 | |||||
| Student to Faculty Ratio: |
18:1 |
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| Headcount Enrollment by Campus | |||||
| All Enrolled | Primary | % | |||
| Boca Raton | 20,093 | 19,162 | 71% | ||
| Davie | 4,966 | 3,495 | 13% | ||
| Fort Lauderdale | 870 | 652 | 2% | ||
| John D. MacArthur | 1,761 | 1,264 | 5% | ||
| Treasure Coast | 971 | 740 | 3% | ||
| SeaTech | 74 | 70 | 0.3% | ||
| Distance Learning | 3,261 | 1,185 | 4% | ||
| Off-Campus | 630 | 453 | 2% | ||
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| Undergraduate | Graduate | Unclass | Total | % | ||
| Arch, Urban & Public Affairs | 1,889 | 288 | 0 | 2,177 | 8% | |
| Arts & Letters | 3,728 | 443 | 0 | 4,171 | 15% | |
| Biomedical Science | 0 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0.2% | |
| Business | 5,847 | 1,124 | 0 | 6,971 | 26% | |
| Education | 2,642 | 959 | 1 | 3,602 | 13% | |
| Engineering & Computer Science | 1,580 | 252 | 0 | 1,832 | 7% | |
| Honors College | 321 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 1% | |
| Nursing | 900 | 399 | 0 | 1,299 | 5% | |
| Science | 3,423 | 368 | 1 | 3,792 | 14% | |
| Unclassified | 0 | 0 | 2,104 | 2,104 | 8% | |
| Undecided | 695 | 0 | 0 | 695 | 3% | |
| Total | 21,025 | 3,890 | 2,106 | 27,021 | 100% | |
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| Top Degree Programs by Enrollment | |||||
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Graduate |
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| Elementary Education |
Business Administration |
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| Biological Science |
Nursing |
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| Accounting |
Accounting |
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| Business Administration |
Educational Leadership |
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| Criminal Justice |
Curriculum & Instruction |
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| Psychology |
Counselor Education |
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| Visual Art |
Social Work |
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Biological Science |
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| Finance |
Comparative Studies |
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| Nursing |
Public Administration |
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| Fall 2008 Student Credit Hours (SCH) | |||||
| (Fundable & Non-fundable) | |||||
| Undergraduate | 231,517 | ||||
| Graduate | 29,874 | ||||
| Total | 261,391 | ||||
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| Female | Male | Total |
Freshmen |
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| Boca Raton | 1,261 | 1,160 | 2,421 |
1,310 |
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| Jupiter | 140 | 120 | 260 |
70 |
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| Total | 1,401 | 1,280 | 2,681 |
1,380 |
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| Admissions | First-Time-In-College Test Scores (Average) | |||||||
| Applied | Admitted | Enrolled | ACT | 22 | ||||
| First-Time-In-College | 13,150 | 6,388 | 2,806 | SAT | ||||
| Community College Transfers | 4,581 | 3,376 | 1,921 | Critical Reading | 519 | |||
| Other Undergrad Transfers | 4,036 | 2,073 | 744 | Math | 527 | |||
| Graduate | 3,681 | 1,870 | 508 | Writing | 503 | |||
| Total | 25,448 | 13,707 | 5,979 | Composite | 1046 | |||
| New Composite* | 1549 | |||||||
| High School GPA | 3.0 | |||||||
| Note: Includes students who enrolled in both the summer and fall semesters. | * Includes Critical Reading, Math and Writing | |||||||
| 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. | |||||
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| 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.
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| Basketball | Cross Country | ||||
| Cross Country | Golf | ||||
| Football | Soccer | ||||
| Golf | Softball | ||||
| Soccer | Swimming | ||||
| Swimming | Tennis | ||||
| Tennis | Track & Field | ||||
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| Alumni | |||||
| United States | 102,920 | Florida | 80,830 | ||
| International / Other | 1,401 | Broward | 30,133 | ||
| Not reported | 319 | Palm Beach | 29,080 | ||
| Total | 104,640 | Miami-Dade | 4,185 | ||
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St. Lucie |
2,367 | ||||
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| Personnel | Faculty | ||||||||
| Full-time | Part-time | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||||
| Faculty | 1,063 | 27 | 1,090 | Professor | 70 | 195 | 265 | ||
| Adjuncts | 21 | 510 | 531 | Associate Prof | 105 | 141 | 246 | ||
| AMP | 857 | 22 | 879 | Assistant Prof | 83 | 121 | 204 | ||
| Staff | 748 | 25 | 773 | Instructor | 104 | 74 | 178 | ||
| Total | 2,689 | 584 | 3,273 | Lecturer | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Other | 129 | 66 | 195 | ||||||
| Total | 493 | 597 | 1,090 | ||||||
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| Foundation Assets, 2007-08 | Financial Aid | |||||
| Endowments | More than $123 million was awarded in 2007-08 to students through scholarships, grants, loans and work study. | |||||
| Gifts | ||||||
| Lifelong Learning | ||||||
| In 2007-2008, over 35,000 enrollments were recorded in the Lifelong Learning programs -- 20,033 enrollments on the Boca Raton campus and 14,300 enrollments on the MacArthur campus. The Treasure Coast is projecting an enrollment over 1,000 this year. Lectures on the three campuses are offered in three terms: fall, winter and springs. | ||||||
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| FAU Administration | Board of Trustees | ||||||
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President, Interim |
John Pritchett | Chair: Nancy Blosser | |||||
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Provost |
TBA | Vice Chair: Scott Adams | |||||
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Vice President, Student Affairs |
Charles Brown | Anthony Barbar | Dr. Timothy Lenz | ||||
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Senior VP University Advancement, Executive Director FAU Foundation |
Randy Talbot | Dr. Bill Bryant | Sherry Plymale | ||||
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Vice President, Facilities |
Tom Donaudy | David Feder | Robert Stilley | ||||
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Vice President, Medical Education Programs |
Michael Friedland | Armand Grossman | Tiffany Weimar | ||||
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Vice President, University Communications & Marketing |
Alieen Izquierdo | Dr. Rajendra Gupta | Thomas Workman | ||||
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Interim Vice President, Financial Affairs |
Dennis Crudele | Lalita Janke | |||||
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Interim Vice President, Research |
Michael Moriarty | ||||||
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| Campus Locations | ||||||
| Boca Raton Campus | Boca Raton |
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| Davie Campus | Davie | |||||
| Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | |||||
| John D. MacArthur Campus | Jupiter | |||||
| Treasure Coast Campus | Port St. Lucie | |||||
| SeaTech Campus | Dania Beach | |||||
| Revised: September 2009 | ||||||
