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2023 Fact Sheet


Student Information

2023 Student Enrollment by School/College

School/College Undergraduate Graduate Professional Total
Applied Studies 183 173 91 447
Arts & Sciences 9,135 1,854 0 10,989
Business 6,158 687 0 6,845
Communication & Information 1,465 926 0 2,391
Criminology & Criminal Justice 1,467 274 0 1,741
Education, Health, & Human Sciences 2,311 1,587 0 3,898
Engineering 2,035 465 0 2,500
Entrepreneurship (Moran) 477 33 0 510
Fine Arts 801 285 0 1,086
Hospitality (Dedman) 552 32 0 584
Law 0 646 456 1,102
Medicine 527 232 476 1,235
Motion Picture Arts 105 75 0 180
Music 679 327 0 1,006
Nursing 765 0 176 941
Social Sciences & Public Policy 4,019 783 0 4,802
Social Work 168 1,004 0 1,172
Undecided/Special 1,086 0 0 1,086
Total Degree Seeking 31,933 9,383 1,199 42,515
Non-Degree Seeking 1,186
Total 43,701

Admission Statistics


Fall 2023 Entering Freshmen


Middle 50% Statistics

High School GPA 4.2-4.5
SAT 1330-1410
ACT Composite 29-32

Gender Distribution

Leading Counties, States, and High Schools of Origin

Counties

Leon4,465
Broward3,264
Miami-Dade3,254
Hillsborough2,690
Palm Beach2,530
Orange2,079
Pinellas1,455
Duval1,429
St. Johns1,170
Seminole874

High Schools

Cypress Bay (Weston)98
H. B. Plant (Tampa)76
Lawton Chiles (Tallahassee)76
Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra)57
Coral Reef (Miami)54
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)53
Allen D Nease (Ponte Vedra)49
Winter Park (Winter Park)44
Bartram Trail (Saint Johns)43
Christopher Columbus (Miami)41

States

Florida34,438
Georgia989
New York462
New Jersey446
North Carolina358
Texas351
Pennsylvania337
Illinois334
Virginia321
Tennessee229

Distribution by Level

Full
Time
Part
Time
# of
Students
Average
Age
Freshman 3,357 89 3,446 18.5
Sophomore 6,155 247 6,402 19.2
Junior 9,433 687 10,120 20.5
Senior 9,983 1,982 11,965 21.9
Undergraduates 28,928 3,005 31,933 20.6
Graduates 6,476 4,106 10,582 30.1
Unclassified 426 760 1,186 25.7
Total Students 35,830 7,871 43,701 22.5

Merit Scholars

Total
First-Time-in-College 46
Other Undergraduate 95
Total 141

Annual Student FTE (IPEDS)

2022-23 Undergraduate FTE 32,750.0
2022-23 Graduate FTE 9,382.0
2022-23 Medical FTE (Headcount) 481.0
2022-23 TOTAL IPEDS FTE 42,613.0

Detailed Student Credit Hours & FTE

Ethnicity Distribution

NumberPercent
American Indian50 0.1%
Asian1,601 3.7%
Black3,706 8.5%
Hispanic8,94520.5%
Native Hawaiian28 0.1%
Non-Resident Alien2,802 6.4%
White24,18755.3%
Multi-Race1,767 4.0%
Not Reported615 1.4%
Totals43,701100.0%

Retention and Graduation Rates
Full-Time Freshmen entering in Summer/Fall 2016

After: 1st
Year
2nd
Year
3rd
Year
4th
Year
5th
Year
6th
Year
Retention - 93.8% 89.1% 87.2% 86.1% 85.5%
Graduation 0.0% 0.6% 10.3% 73.7% 83.5% 84.8%

Campus Size


Main Campus: 485.7 acres in Tallahassee, Leon County.
Panama City Branch: 25.6 acres in Panama City, Bay County.
Republic of Panama: Leased land in the Republic of Panama.

The University owns a total of 1,715.5 acres in Leon, Bay, Collier, Franklin, Gadsden, and Sarasota counties. Sites are leased in various counties in Florida, and other locations overseas.

Degree Programs

Doctoral and Professional degrees are approved through the Florida Board of Governors. All other degrees are approved through the Board of Trustees of the Florida State University.

As of November 2023, the University offers:

103 degree programs at the Bachelor’s degree level;
106 degree programs at the Master’s degree level;
6 degree programs at the Specialist degree level;
64 degree programs at the Doctoral degree level;
4 degree programs at the Professional degree level.


Accreditation

Florida State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist, and Doctoral degrees.

The most recent SACS accreditation was awarded in December 2014. The university was first accredited in 1915. Additionally, some programs are accredited through discipline-specific accrediting agencies and governing bodies.

Degrees Awarded
(Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

School/College Bach Mast Spec Doct JD MD Total
Applied Studies 53 75 0 0 0 0 128
Arts & Sciences 2,326 351 0 193 0 0 2,870
Business 1,932 570 0 10 0 0 2,512
Communication & Information 538 347 0 12 0 0 897
Criminology & Criminal Justice 508 132 0 4 0 0 644
Education 269 514 73 109 0 0 965
Engineering 359 113 0 33 0 0 505
Entrepreneurship (Moran) 170 24 0 0 0 0 194
Fine Arts 239 76 0 14 0 0 329
Health & Human Sciences 514 59 0 11 0 0 584
Hospitality (Dedman) 259 17 0 0 0 0 276
Law 0 261 0 0 188 0 449
Medicine 133 69 0 10 0 125 337
Motion Picture Arts 27 30 0 0 0 0 57
Music 160 104 0 51 0 0 315
Nursing 141 0 0 28 0 0 169
Social Sciences/Public Policy 1,437 362 0 22 0 0 1,821
Social Work 75 431 0 4 0 0 510
Total 9,140 3,535 73 501 188 125 13,562
Faculty and Staff Information

Traditional Faculty

Regular Salary Female Male Total
Full-time 1,012 1,195 2,207
Part-time 27 24 51
OPS 260 209 469
Total 1,299 1,428 2,727

Instructional Staff

Full & Part-time
Regular Salary1,651
OPS347
Graduate Assistants1,922
Total3,920

Filled Appointments (Medicine Excluded)

9 Month Positions1,311.6
9 Month Deans0.0
12 Month Positions659.5
12 Month Deans15.0
Total  Faculty1,976.1

University Employees

Pay Plan Regular Salary
Full-time
Regular Salary
Part-time
OPS Total
Traditional Faculty 2,207 51 469 2,727
Librarians 73 0 0 73
Lab School 127 0 0 127
Admin. & Professional 3,172 26 0 3,198
USPS 1,459 20 0 1,479
Graduate Assistants 0 0 3,164 3,164
Student Assistants 0 0 2,990 2,990
Work Study 0 0 219 219
Other Employees 0 0 155 155
Temporary Employees 0 0 1,323 1,323
Total Employees 7,038 97 8,320 15,455

Average 9 Month Faculty Salary


Avg Salary
Professor $150,269
Associate Professor $111,447
Assistant Professor $94,002
Other $86,755
University Information

Operating Budget


Officers of the University


President Richard McCullough
Provost & Executive VP - Acad. Affairs Jim Clark
Senior VP for Finance & Administration Kyle Clark
VP and Director of Athletics Michael Alford
VP for Faculty Development Janet Kistner
VP for Legal Affairs and General Counsel Carolyn Egan
VP for Research Stacey Patterson
VP for Student Affairs Amy Hecht
VP for University Advancement Marla Vickers
VP & Chief of Staff Marissa Langston
Chief Legislative Affairs Officer Clay Ingram
Assist. VP for University Communications Dennis Schnittker
Chief Marketing Officer Susannah Wesley-Ahlschwede

Federal, State & Private Research Awards

2022-23 Federal, State & Private Research Awards: $301,997,102

Campuses/Centers/Programs


In Fall 2023, there were 42,030 students enrolled at the university's main campus in Tallahassee; 1,215 at the university’s branch campus in Panama City, Florida; and 456 at the branch campus in the Republic of Panama.

For over 65 years, FSU International Programs has been a nationally recognized leader in the field of international higher education, providing the life-changing opportunity to live, study, and intern at the University’s four international centers in Florence, Italy; London, England; Panama City, Republic of Panama; and Valencia, Spain. Prestigious FSU faculty members also lead students on study abroad programs across the globe. FSU consistently ranks among the top public universities in the nation for “long-term duration” of study abroad experiences thanks to its unique First Year Abroad program.

The Office of Distance Learning (ODL) provides leadership, policy guidance, faculty support and development, and other resources to promote, implement, facilitate, and assess University initiatives related to teaching enhancement and technology-mediated learning environments that support student academic achievement. ODL faculty and staff members collaborate with distance learning faculty and teaching assistants to promote instructional excellence at Florida State University through the use of effective educational and communications technologies; evidence-based instructional principles and strategies; and research studies on teaching innovations.

The Florida State University Center for Academic & Professional Development (CAPD) is the continuing education and academic program outreach entity for the campus, the community, and students. Housed in the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center, the experienced staff of CAPD support a variety of learning opportunities as they provide services to colleges, departments, and students on campus and online.

Library Holdings - All Branches


Electronic Resources

E-Books2,124,245
Databases653
Electronic Journals119,159

Print and Other Resources

Print Volumes in Libraries 1,780,611
Reference Transactions 17,597

The Libraries collections included above are Robert Manning Strozier Library (Main), Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library, Mildred and Claude Pepper Library, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Library, and FSU Panama City-Florida Library and Learning Center. The following are designated dean-directed libraries: Warren Allen Music Library, College of Law Legal Research Center, College of Medicine Medical Library, and the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library in Sarasota, Florida. International Programs study centers in London, Florence, Valencia, and Panama also provide library services, resources, and spaces.