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	2011 - 2012 Quick Facts Final Enrollment	Site Index
		Admissions
		Alumni
Founded	1961	Athletics
Classes Began	1964	Campus/College Enrollment
Original Enrollment	867	Campus Locations
Fall 2011 Enrollment	29,313	Degrees
Carnegie Classification	RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)	Distance Learning
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools	Enrollment & Diversity
President	Mary Jane Saunders	Fall SCH
About FAU	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 of 257, becoming a four-year institution. In fall 2011, FAU achieved its largest enrollment. The 29,313 students currently enrolled come from 48 states and 138 countries; 58% are full-time and 3,346 are first-time-in-college students.	Financial Aid
About FAU		Housing
		Lifelong Learning
		Mission Statement
		Personnel
		Residency
		Tuition & Fees

Mission Statement
Florida Atlantic University is a public research university with multiple campuses along the southeast Florida coast serving a uniquely diverse community. It promotes academic and personal development, discovery, and lifelong learning. FAU fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement and distinctive scientific and cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness.

Degrees Awarded by College, 2010-11
	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Specialist	Doctoral Research	Doctoral Professional	Total	%
Arts & Letters	0	1,026.0	120	0	10	0	1,156.0	18%
Business	0	1,317.5	490	0	4	0	1,811.5	29%
Design & Social Inquiry	0	542.5	126	0	3	0	671.5	11%
Education	0	545.0	288	27	14	0	874.0	14%
Engineering & Computer Science	0	227.0	96	0	7	0	330.0	5%
Honors College	0	69.0	0	0	0	0	69.0	1%
Medicine	0	0.0	26	0	0	0	26.0	0.4%
Nursing	0	216.0	131	0	11	14	372.0	6%
Science	0	649.5	71	0	25	0	745.5	12%
Unknown	220	0.0	0	0	0	0	220.0	4%
Total	220	4,592.5	1,348	27	74	14	6,275.5	100%

Degree Programs		Degrees Awarded to Date
Bachelor's	62	Bachelor's	105,242
Master's	65	Master's	28,214
Specialist	3	Specialist	1,026
Doctoral - Research	21	Doctoral	1,489
Doctoral - Professional	1	Total	135,971

Tuition & Fees
	Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
	Per Credit Hour
	Undergraduate	Graduate
In-State	$177.65	$343.02
Out-of-State	$657.17	$997.14

Headcount Enrollment, Fall 2011
Undergraduate	Full-time	Part-time	Total	%
Freshman	4,078	312	4,390	15%
Sophomore	2,261	496	2,757	9%
Junior	4,129	2,628	6,757	23%
Senior	4,354	4,483	8,837	30%
2nd BA/BS	206	668	874	3%
Total Undergrad	15,028	8,587	23,615	81%
Master's	1,339	2,078	3,417	12%
Specialist	10	38	48	0.2%
Doctorate	360	426	786	3%
Total Graduate	1,709	2,542	4,251	15%
Professional	64	0	64	0.2%
Unclassified	149	1,234	1,383	5%
Total	16,950	12,363	29,313	100%

Diversity
		Full-time	Part-time	Total	%	FTIC	Under grad	Grad/ Prof	Unclass
Hispanic		3,528	2,756	6,284	21%	690	5,437	597	250
	American Indian	47	12	59	0.2%	9	48	8	3
	Asian	705	566	1,271	4%	104	966	200	105
	Black	2,773	2,330	5,103	17%	464	4,341	562	200
	Pacific Islander	18	10	28	0.1%	5	25	2	1
	White	8,927	6,190	15,117	52%	1,862	11,842	2,502	773
	Two or more races	378	182	560	2%	137	465	79	16
International		449	181	630	2%	26	320	280	30
Not reported		125	136	261	1%	49	171	85	5

Gender
	Full-time	Part-time	Total	%	FTIC	Under grad	Grad/ Prof	Unclass
Female	9,379	7,531	16,910	58%	1,824	13,476	2,629	805
Male	7,571	4,832	12,403	42%	1,522	10,139	1,686	578


Florida Residency
Florida	15,563	11,953	27,516	94%	3,069	22,457	3,727	1,332
Florida Counties				% of Florida
Broward	5,881	5,240	11,121	40%	920	9,256	1,410	455
Palm Beach	5,424	4,757	10,201	37%	835	7,939	1,521	741
Miami-Dade	684	558	1,242	5%	115	1,006	195	41
St. Lucie	283	402	685	2%	45	516	150	19
Martin	286	238	524	2%	41	407	92	25
Orange	307	89	396	1%	103	350	42	4
Hillsborough	324	47	371	1%	135	342	27	2
Brevard	261	78	339	1%	88	298	33	8
Pinellas	199	29	228	1%	89	205	23	0

Average Age		Average Class Size
First-Time-In-College	18	Undergraduate
Undergraduate	24	Lecture	36
Graduate	33	Lab	20
Medicine	23	Discussion	31
Unclassified	30	Graduate
		Lecture	13
		Lab	9
Student to Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1

Headcount Enrollment by Campus
	All Enrolled	Primary Campus*	%
Boca Raton	23,732	22,611	77%
Dania Beach	66	61	0.2%
Davie	4,742	2,882	10%
Fort Lauderdale	832	624	2%
Jupiter	1,271	892	3%
Treasure Coast	402	312	1%
Distance Learning	4,296	1,692	6%
Off-Campus	315	239	1%
* Primary Campus is the location where the greatest number of credit hours have been attempted at FAU.


Headcount Enrollment by College
	Undergrad	Graduate	Professional	Unclassified	Total	%
Arts & Letters	4,069	398	0	0	4,467	15%
Business	5,530	1,237	0	0	6,767	23%
Design & Social Inquiry	2,149	462	0	0	2,611	9%
Education	2,955	976	0	0	3,931	13%
Engineering & Computer Science	1,975	303	0	0	2,278	8%
Honors College	322	0	0	0	322	1%
Medicine	0	36	64	0	100	0.3%
Nursing	1,077	395	0	0	1,472	5%
Science	4,847	444	0	0	5,291	18%
Unclassified	0	0	0	1,383	1,383	5%
Undecided	691	0	0	0	691	2%
Total	23,615	4,251	64	1,383	29,313	100%

Top Degree Programs by Enrollment
Undergraduate		Graduate
Biological Sciences	2,073	Business Administration	754
Elementary Education	1,456	Accounting	326
Psychology	1,300	Nursing	308
Accounting	1,296	Educational Leadership	294
Criminal Justice	1,161	Social Work	216
Exercise Science	666	Counselor Education	167
Business Administration	582	Curriculum & Instruction	166
Art	570	Public Administration	135
Communication	549	Biological Sciences	118
Nursing	536	Computer Science	80



Fall 2011 Student Credit Hours (SCH)
(Fundable & Non-fundable)
Undergraduate	266,591
Graduate	30,396
Total	296,987

On-Campus Housing
	Female	Male	Total	Freshman
Boca Raton	1,931	1,624	3,555	2,243
Jupiter	143	88	231	85
Total	2,074	1,712	3,786	2,328

Admissions				FTIC Test Scores (Average)
	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	ACT	23
First-Time-In-College	28,197	9,805	3,347	SAT
Community College Transfers	6,169	3,967	2,495	Critical Reading	533
Other Undergraduate Transfers	4,518	2,029	941	Math	541
Graduate	4,137	1,838	750	Writing	524
Medicine	1,500	96	64	Composite	1074
Total	44,521	17,735	7,597	High School GPA	3.4
Note: Includes students who enrolled in both the summer and fall semesters

E-Learning
	Full On-line Courses	Video-taped Classroom Sessions	Vide- conferencing	All Types*
# Course Selections	686	170	92	948
# Course Enrollments	15,405	706	846	16,954
# Unduplicated Students	7,872	506	659	8,584

* # 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. Mens' soccer competes in the Atlantic Soccer Conference.
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cheer
Cross Country	Cross Country
Football	Dance
Golf	Golf
Soccer	Soccer
Swimming	Softball
Tennis	Swimming
	Tennis
	Track & Field
	Volleyball

Alumni
United States	118,015	Florida	94,145
International / Other	3,887	Broward	35,674
Total	121,902	Palm Beach	34,844
		Miami-Dade	4,939
		St. Lucie	2,981

Personnel
	Faculty	Adjuncts	AMP	Staff	Total	%
Full-time	1,051	19	950	631	2,651	82%
Part-time	26	522	19	18	585	18%
Total	1,077	541	969	649	3,236	100%

Hispanic	83	40	81	72	276	9%
America Indian	1	0	0	2	3	0.1%
Asian	103	14	48	17	182	6%
Black	55	33	168	158	414	13%
White	784	444	658	395	2,281	70%
Two or more races	3	8	3	4	10	0.3%
International	48	10	11	1	70	2%

Faculty
	Female	Male	Total
Professor	75	187	262
Associate Professor	109	166	275
Assistant Professor	81	77	158
Instructor	118	82	200
Lecturer	1	0	1
Other	118	63	181
Total	502	575	1,077


FAU Administration		Board of Trustees
President	Mary Jane Saunders	Chair: Robert Stilley
Provost	Brenda Claiborne	Vice Chair: Anthony Barbar
Vice President Strategic Planning & Information Technology	Gitanjali Kaul	David Feder
Vice President Strategic Planning & Information Technology		Dr. Jeffrey Feingold
Senior Vice President Student Affairs	Charles Brown	Dr. Angela Graham-West
Senior Vice President Finance & Administration	Dennis Crudele	Ayden Maher
Senior Vice President Finance & Administration		Dr. William McDaniel
Senior Vice President Strategic Relations & General Counsel	David Kian	Abdol Moabery
Senior Vice President Strategic Relations & General Counsel		Sherry Plymale
Senior Vice President University Advancement	Randy Talbot	Robert Rubin
Vice President Facilities / University Architect	Tom Donaudy	Paul Tanner
Vice President / Dean Medical Programs	Michael Friedland	Dr. Julius Teske
Vice President Research	Barry Rosson	Thomas Workman, Jr.

Financial Aid
More than $177 million was awarded in 2010-11 to students through scholarships, grants, loans and work study.

Lifelong Learning
Jupiter: The Lifelong Learning Society (LLS) at Florida Atlantic University offers non credit, liberal art classes for students of all ages on the Jupiter campus during the fall, winter, spring and summer semesters. Located on the John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter LLS has its own 23,000 sq. ft. facility, The Elinor Bernon Rosenthal Complex. Consisting of The Tamar and Milton Maltz Center for Education and Pearl Perloff Classroom and Administrative Wings. Now celebrating its 15th year with more than 7,500 annual students, LLS offers over 120 classes from October through July with over 20,000 enrollments.

Campus Locations
Boca Raton Campus
Dania Beach Campus
Davie Campus
Fort Lauderdale Campus
Harbor Branch
Jupiter Campus
Treasure Coast Campus

Revised: March 2012