The Wilkes Honors College opened in 1999 and graduated its first full class in 2003. Of our over 1000 alumni so far, 65% enter graduate school. Honors College students have gone on for graduate work at places such as the University of Chicago, Yale, Cal Tech, Georgetown, and MIT. In addition, about 20% of our alumni enter a graduate program at Florida Atlantic, in some cases taking advantage of accelerated degree programs. When in graduate school, our alumni tell us that they are very well prepared for its rigors. Other Honors College graduates are working in business, education, the health industry, and government. Below are some of the graduate programs to which Honors College alumni have been admitted.

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Syracuse U.

Florida: FSU

Non-Florida:
U. of Iowa

Florida: UF, Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Yale, Boston University

Non-Florida: UNC Chapel Hill

Non-Florida: U. of Georgia, Washington University

Florida: Florida Atlantic, UM, Florida Atlantic-Harbor Branch, FSU

Non-Florida:
Baylor, Boston University, College of Charleston, Columbia University, Emory, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, UNC-Charlotte, USC, University of Kansas, University of South Carolina, Purdue, Syracuse, University of Wisconsin, University of Hawaii, University of Nebraska (Entomology), UNC-Chapel Hill

Non-Florida: U. of Hawaii

Florida: Florida Atlantic, FSU, FIU, UF

Non-Florida: Syracuse, Emory

Florida: Florida Atlantic, Scripps-FL

Non-Florida: Cal Tech, U. of Iowa, Cornell, MIT, Georgia Tech., U. of Michigan, U. of Washington, Texas A&M, UC-Berkeley, U. of Virginia, Penn State

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: U. of Minnesota

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Florida: UM, FL Metropolitan U.

Florida:  FSU, Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: U. of Indiana, George Mason, Syracuse 

Non-US: London School of Economics

Florida: Florida Atlantic, FSU

Non-Florida: Chicago School of Professional Psychology, U. of Tennessee 

Non-US: U. of British Columbia

(Nuclear) Non-Florida: US Naval Academy, UC Berkeley

(Chemical) Florida: UF

(Environmental) Non-Florida: Cornell

Florida: Florida Atlantic, UF, UWF

Non-Florida: U. of Minnesota, Loyola-Chicago, Sarah Lawrence, Syracuse, U. of Iowa, U. of Connecticut, SUNY-Stony Brook, Brown

Non-US: London University of Durham (U.K.), University of Kent (U.K.), University of British Columbia, King’s College (U.K.), U. of St. Andrews (Scotland)

Florida: Nova Southeastern, UF, Florida Institute of Technology, USF

Non-Florida: Yale, U. of Indiana, College of the Redwoods, Johns Hopkins, St. Louis U.

Florida: UF-Documentary Institute

Non-Florida: MIT, Wake Forest

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: U. of Baltimore

Non-Florida: Columbia, Howard, San Jose State, U. of Mississippi

Non-US: London School of Economics (U.K.), U. of Leicester (U.K.), U. of Heidelberg (Germany)

Non-Florida: U. of California-San Diego, U. of Washington-Jackson School

Non-Florida: NYU

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Florida: FSU, UF, UM, FIU, Barry, Nova Southeastern, Stetson

Non-Florida:  American University, Boston College, Georgetown, George Washington University, Capital University, Case Western Reserve, University of Vermont,  Hofstra, University of Montana, George Mason, Cardozo Law, Pepperdine, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, Thomas M. Cooley Law, Syracuse, Michigan State, Wake Forest

Non-Florida: Simmons University

Florida: Florida Atlantic-Harbor Branch

Non-Florida: Cornell University (Aquaculture), Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences at College of William and Mary, College of Charleston, U. of Connecticut

Florida: FSU, UF, Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Bowling Green State, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, North Carolina State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Texas A&M, Kent State, SUNY-Stony Brook (Dept of Physics and Astronomy), Washington U. (Biostatistics), U. of Georgia (Bioinformatics), U. of Colorado Denver, U. of California Merced

Florida: FSU

Non-Florida: Georgia Tech

Non-Florida: Syracuse

Florida: Florida Atlantic, U. of Miami 

Non-Florida: U. of Wisconsin-Madison, U. of Chicago, U. of Virginia

Florida: Florida School of the Arts

Non-Florida:  NYU

Non-Florida:  Marquette University

Non-Florida: NYU, Georgia Tech., SUNY-Stony Brook, U. of Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill

Florida: UF, FSU, USF

Non-Florida: Georgetown, American, George Washington, Loyola-Chicago, Seton Hall

Non-US: U. of the Virgin Islands

Florida: UCF, Florida Atlantic, FSU, Nova Southeastern, USF

Non-Florida: U. of Chicago, George Washington, Indiana State, Tulane, UNC-Charlotte, U. of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth, U. of Wisconsin, William and Mary, Penn, U. of Tennessee, U. of Michigan, U. of Plymouth

Non-US: Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)

Florida:  Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: American Jewish University

Florida: FSU

Non-Florida: Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Yale

Non-Florida: SUNY-Stony Brook, U. of Chicago

Non-Florida: Nazarene Theological Seminary

Florida: Florida Atlantic, UF

Non-Florida: U. of Michigan

Florida: Florida Atlantic, FIU, UF

Non-Florida: U. of Michigan

Health Professions

Florida: Nova Southeastern

Florida: Florida Atlantic, UF, USF, Barry U.

Non-Florida: Drexel U. Johns Hopkins 

Non-Florida: Palmer College of Chiropractic Medicine

Florida: UF, Nova Southeastern 

Non-Florida: Howard, Tufts

Florida: UF

Non-Florida: U. of Wisconsin

Non-Florida: Johns Hopkins

Florida:  Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: U. of Michigan

Florida: UF, FSU, UM, Nova Southeastern, USF, UCF, FIU, Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Cleveland Clinic, Cornell, Harvard, Vanderbilt, NYU, Howard, Chicago Medical School, U. of South Carolina, Boston U., Rosalind Franklin Medical School, Georgetown, Tulane, Tulane MD/PhD Program, SUNY-Upstate, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern

Non-US: St. Matthew's (West Indies), St. George's (Grenada), U. of the West Indies (Jamaica), SABA University School of Medicine (Netherlands-Antilles), University of Navarra (Spain)

Florida: USF, Palm Beach Atlantic, UCF, UM

Non-Florida: Northeastern

Florida: Florida Atlantic

Non-Florida: Johns Hopkins, Santa Fe College

Florida: Nova Southeastern

Non-Florida: Illinois College of Optometry, Ohio State U

Florida: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Non-Florida: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Non-Florida: U. of Illinois-Chicago

Florida: UF, Nova Southeastern

Non-Florida: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Florida: Nova Southeastern

Non-Florida: Touro U.

Florida:  FSU, UF, UM

Non-Florida: UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Emory University (joint Epidemiology/Environmental Health program)

Florida: UF

Non-Florida: Michigan State University, Auburn University

Non-US: Massey University (NZ)

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