Florida

■ AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY O-12

2250 North Commerce Parkway, Ste. 100
Weston, FL 33326
Tel: (954)446-6100; (866)248-4723
Fax: (954)835-1020
Web Site: http://www.aiufl.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Administratively affiliated with Career Education Corporation. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Setting: 3-acre suburban campus. Total enrollment: 1,318. Faculty: 79 (38 full-time, 41 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. Full-time: 1,114 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 91 students, 54% women, 46% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 11 other countries, 3 from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 16% Hispanic, 24% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 42% 25 or older, 5% live on campus, 0.2% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: computer and information sciences; business/marketing; visual and performing arts. Core. Calendar: five 10-week terms. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study at Cecore.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, high school diploma or GED, ACCUPLACER; completion of freshman English and math. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $55,000 full-time, $398 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $3500 full-time, $3500 per year part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. AIU Fort Lauderdale Library with 3,256 books, 100 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $100,000. 35 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ANGLEY COLLEGE H-13

230 N. Woodland Blvd., Ste. 310
Deland, FL 32720
Tel: (386)740-1215
Web Site: http://www.angley.edu

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year. Calendar: continuous.

■ ARGOSY UNIVERSITY/SARASOTA N-8

5250 17th St.
Sarasota, FL 34235-8246
Tel: (941)379-0404
Free: 800-331-5995
Fax: (941)379-9464
Web Site: http://www.sarasota.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, upper-level, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1974. Total enrollment: 40. Full-time: 14 students, 86% women, 14% men. Part-time: 26 students, 65% women, 35% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 13% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 85% 25 or older, 25% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available. Doris Pickett Library with 10,000 books, 18,000 serials, 300 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 80 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ARGOSY UNIVERSITY/TAMPA L-10

4401 North Himes Ave., Ste. 150
Tampa, FL 33614
Tel: (813)246-4419
Free: 800-850-6488
Admissions: (813)393-5260
Fax: (813)246-4045
Web Site: http://www.argosyu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, upper-level, coed. Administratively affiliated with Education Management Corporation. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 409. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 20% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 90% 25 or older. Calendar: semesters.

Collegiate Environment:

Social organizations: 1 open to all; 1% of eligible men and 3% of eligible women are members. Most popular organization: Student Senate.

■ THE ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE S-15

1799 Southeast 17th St. Causeway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-3000
Tel: (954)527-1799
Free: 800-275-7603
Fax: (954)728-8637
Web Site: http://www.aifl.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation. Administratively affiliated with The Art Institutes. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: urban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 3,500. 1% from top half of their high school class. Students come from 52 states and territories, 55 other countries, 40% 25 or older, 13% live on campus. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: essay, high school transcript, interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. 500 college housing spaces available; 453 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. Nevin C. Meinhardt Memorial Library with 19,614 books, 339 serials, 2,679 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $200,000. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

AIFL is located in Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, pop. 150,000. It has a diverse mix of culture and lifestyles with a stimulating, creative learning environment nestled between 23 miles of beaches and 3,000 annual hours of sunshine.

■ THE ART INSTITUTE OF TAMPA L-10

4401 North Himes Ave., Ste. 150
Tampa, FL 33614
Tel: (866)703-3277; (866)703-3277
Admissions: (813)873-2112
Fax: (813)873-2171
E-mail: johanneg@aii.edu
Web Site: http://www.aita.artinstitutes.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation. Awards bachelor's degrees. Total enrollment: 490. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 450 applied, 65% were admitted. 14% from out-of-state, 18% live on campus. Core. Services for LD students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview. Recommended: SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT. Required for some: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, portfolio. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 10/11. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $15,405 full-time. College room only: $3500.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. 42 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. The Art Institute of Tampa Library with 2,039 books, 69 serials, 192 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 85 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ATI CAREER TRAINING CENTER (FORT LAUDERDALE) S-15

2880 NW 62nd St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-9731
Tel: (954)973-4760
Fax: (954)973-6422
Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards terminal associate degrees. Setting: suburban campus. Total enrollment: 350.

■ ATI CAREER TRAINING CENTER (MIAMI) T-15

1 NE 19th St.
Miami, FL 33132
Tel: (305)573-1600
Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year. Total enrollment: 325.

■ ATI CAREER TRAINING CENTER (OAKLAND PARK) N-16

3501 NW 9th Ave.
Oakland Park, FL 33309-9612
Tel: (954)563-5899
Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year.

■ ATI HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER T-15

1395 NW 167th St., Ste. 200
Miami, FL 33169-5742
Tel: (305)628-1000
E-mail: bwoolsey@atienterprises.edu
Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Part of ATI Enterprises Inc. of Florida. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1976. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 275. Students come from 2 states and territories, 5 other countries, 50% 25 or older. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview. Placement: Wonderlic aptitude test required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. 20 serials.

■ AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY S-10

1025 Commons Circle
Naples, FL 34119
Tel: (239)280-2554; 877-AVE-UNIV

Fax: (239)352-2392

E-mail: dan.murphy@avemaria.edu

Web Site: http://www.avemaria.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 2002. Setting: suburban campus. Total enrollment: 316. 597 applied, 71% were admitted. Full-time: 307 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 9 students, 67% women, 33% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 81% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 0.3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 6% 25 or older, 98% live on campus, 52% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Double major, summer session for credit. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: electronic application. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.8 high school GPA, recommendations, interview, ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Pro-Life Club, Student Government, Soccer Club, Hall Council, Ultimate Frisbee Club. Major annual events: semi-formal dance, Parents' Weekend, Open House. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, controlled dormitory access. 300 college housing spaces available. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available.

■ THE BAPTIST COLLEGE OF FLORIDA A-1

5400 College Dr.
Graceville, FL 32440-1898
Tel: (850)263-3261
Free: 800-328-2660
Fax: (850)263-7506
E-mail: cmbishop@baptistcollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.baptistcollege.edu/

Description:

Independent Southern Baptist, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1943. Setting: 165-acre small town campus. Endowment: $3.8 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3700 per student. Total enrollment: 623. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 72 applied, 78% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 27% from top quarter, 53% from top half. Full-time: 429 students, 41% women, 59% men. Part-time: 194 students, 23% women, 77% men. Students come from 20 states and territories, 9 other countries, 26% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 42% 25 or older, 34% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 60% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: education. Core. Calendar: 4-4-2. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous. Preference given to professing Christians who are members of an evangelical church.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Comprehensive fee: $10,820 includes full-time tuition ($6900), mandatory fees ($350), and college room and board ($3570). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $230 per semester hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $175 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 3 open to all. Most popular organizations: Baptist Collegiate Ministry, student government, AACC. Major annual events: Fall Campus Picnic, Spring Cookout, Spring/Christmas Concert. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: student patrols, patrols by police officers 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. College housing designed to accommodate 209 students; 220 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Ida J. MacMillan Library plus 1 other with 72,211 books, 4,700 microform titles, 5,143 serials, 12,316 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $234,927. 25 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Graceville is in northwest Florida near the borders of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. 23 miles north is Dothan, Alabama, and 20 miles southeast is Marianna, Florida. Railroads and buses serve the area. One excellent shopping center is available.

■ BARRY UNIVERSITY T-15

11300 Northeast Second Ave.
Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695
Tel: (305)899-3000
Free: 800-695-2279
Admissions: (305)899-3138
Fax: (305)899-2971
E-mail: admissions@mail.barry.edu
Web Site: http://www.barry.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1940. Setting: 122-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $24.1 million. Total enrollment: 9,207. 3,186 applied, 70% were admitted. Full-time: 4,427 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 1,515 students, 68% women, 32% men. Students come from 43 states and territories, 89 other countries, 15% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 34% Hispanic, 22% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 59% 25 or older, 17% live on campus, 9% transferred in. Retention: 65% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Dominican College of San Rafael. Study abroad program. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Required for some: essay. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $30,050 includes full-time tuition ($22,430) and college room and board ($7620). Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 24 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 13% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Campus Activities Board, Scuba Society, Caribbean Students Association, Jamaican Association. Major annual events: Founders' Day, Spring and Winter formals, Festival of Nations. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,010 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library plus 1 other with 233,938 books, 541,560 microform titles, 2,880 serials, 4,247 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 368 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Located only minutes from the cities of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Barry University offers easy access to the recreational facilities and cultural opportunities of Florida's Gold Coast area. Golf, tennis, swimming, skin and scuba diving, sailing and waterskiing are available all year long. Professional football, basketball, soccer, and hockey teams play in South Florida. The Miami Beach Theater of the Performing Arts, Coconut Grove Playhouse and the New World Symphony provide a full season of highly acclaimed performances. Well known personalities entertain regularly in the area. The Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area provides ready access to beaches, recreational, and ecological features including the Florida Keys, the Everglades, and National, State and Marine parks.

■ BEACON COLLEGE I-12

105 East Main St.
Leesburg, FL 34748
Tel: (352)787-7660
Admissions: (352)315-9269
Fax: (352)787-0721
E-mail: cscott@beaconcollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.beaconcollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Setting: 12-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $16,587. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5830 per student. Total enrollment: 101. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 7:1. 60 applied, 55% were admitted. Full-time: 101 students, 45% women, 55% men. Students come from 25 states and territories, 75% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 12% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 3% 25 or older, 99% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, interview, Psycho-Educational Evaluation. Entrance: minimally difficult. Notification: 8/16.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $31,100 includes full-time tuition ($23,900) and college room and board ($7200). College room only: $4400.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, yearbook, basketball, Book Club, Poets and Writers Association. Major annual events: Parents' Weekend, Alumni Weekend, Move-In and New Student Orientation. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. 140 college housing spaces available; 96 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Beacon College Library with 56,979 books, 96 serials, 584 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $103,497.

■ BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE H-14

640 Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3099
Tel: (386)481-2000
Free: 800-448-0228
Admissions: (386)481-2600
Fax: (386)481-2010
Web Site: http://www.bethune.cookman.edu/

Description:

Independent Methodist, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1904. Setting: 60-acre urban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $29 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $723,704. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5063 per student. Total enrollment: 3,090. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 3,974 applied, 74% were admitted. 6% from top 10% of their high school class, 22% from top quarter, 54% from top half. Full-time: 2,795 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 295 students, 58% women, 42% men. Students come from 42 states and territories, 35 other countries, 32% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 91% black, 0.2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 8% 25 or older, 57% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; security and protective services. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.25 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, medical history, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay. Required for some: interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 6/30. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $17,922 includes full-time tuition ($11,140), mandatory fees ($90), and college room and board ($6692). Part-time tuition: $464 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 40 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 3% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: concert chorale, marching band, Inspirational Gospel Choir, SGA. Major annual events: Homecoming, Founders' Day, Career Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,772 college housing spaces available; 1,658 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Carl S. Swisher Library plus 1 other with 173,193 books, 60,150 microform titles, 770 serials, 7,825 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $553,165. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Daytona Beach is a resort area located on the Atlantic Ocean with a subtropical climate. All modes of transportation serve the area. The community facilities include two libraries, two museums, many churches, a hospital and major civic organizations. Part-time employment opportunities are available. Recreational activities include water sports, stock car racing, motor bike racing, and archery. Beach drivers almost outnumber swimmers. Spring vacation brings an influx of college students. Special events include the Antique Car Meet and car racing known as the Speed Week.

■ BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE K-15

1519 Clearlake Rd.
Cocoa, FL 32922-6597
Tel: (321)632-1111
Admissions: (321)433-7056
Fax: (321)633-4565
E-mail: cocoaadmissions@brevardcc.edu
Web Site: http://www.brevardcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Total enrollment: 14,039. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 5,350 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 5,129 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 8,910 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 34 states and territories, 72 other countries, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 9% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 38% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $1542 full-time, $64.25 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $5664 full-time, $236 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, ROTORACT, African-American Student Union, Student Government Association, Psi Beta. Major annual events: Spring Festival, Black Heritage Week, Student Welcome Days. Student services: women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. UCF Library with 213,873 books, 216,720 microform titles, 904 serials, 17,904 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.3 million. 125 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Cocoa, a suburban area with a subtropical climate, is the leading shipping point for the famous Indian River citrus fruits, and a resort town. Airline and bus service provide transportation for the area. Community facilities include four hospitals, two clinics and many churches. Recreational activities are water sports, golf, bowling and fishing. Part-time employment is limited.

■ BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE S-15

225 East Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-2298
Tel: (954)761-7450
Admissions: (954)761-7465
Fax: (954)761-7484
E-mail: bbryan@broward.edu
Web Site: http://www.broward.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: urban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 32,041. 4,630 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 10,044 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 21,997 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 100 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 24% Hispanic, 27% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 9% international, 29% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required for some: high school transcript, minimum 2.75 high school GPA, SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. State resident tuition: $1,574 full-time, $63.05 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6294 full-time, $228.55 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $318 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: local fraternities, local sororities. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. South Regional/Broward Community College Library with 200,000 books, 600 serials, and an OPAC.

Community Environment:

Fort Lauderdale, population 150,000, is located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline, 25 miles north of Miami. The climate is subtropical and the average year-round temperature is 75 degrees.

■ BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE-MIAMI T-15

1501 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Tel: (305)341-6600; (866)505-0335
Admissions: (305)341-6601
Web Site: http://www.brownmackie.edu/locations.asp?locid=25

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Total enrollment: 136. 325 applied, 53% were admitted. Full-time: 136 students, 71% women, 29% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 27% Hispanic, 65% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Comprehensive fee: $19,272 includes full-time tuition ($10,992), mandatory fees ($480), and college room and board ($7800).

Collegiate Environment:

Social organizations: national sororities; 2% of women are members. Student services: personal-psychological counseling.

■ CARLOS ALBIZU UNIVERSITY, MIAMI CAMPUS T-15

2173 NW 99th Ave.
Miami, FL 33172-2209
Tel: (305)593-1223 Free: 800-672-3246
Fax: (305)592-7930
E-mail: galvarado@albizu.edu
Web Site: http://www.mia.albizu.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Carlos Albizu University. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1980. Setting: 2-acre urban campus. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2890 per student. Total enrollment: 1,076. Faculty: 50 (8 full-time, 42 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 176 applied, 73% were admitted. Full-time: 202 students, 81% women, 19% men. Part-time: 251 students, 80% women, 20% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 83% Hispanic, 11% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 57% 25 or older, 14% transferred in. Retention: 67% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: psychology; business/marketing; education. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 9/10. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $10,440 full-time, $290 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $669 full-time, $223 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 6 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Council, Psi Chi, Students for Cross-Cultural Advancement, Black Student Association, P.R.I.D.E. Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Student Association. Major annual events: Albizu Student Excellence Awards Banquet, Student Council Elections, Town Hall Meetings. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Albizu Library with 26,027 books, 398 serials, 1,137 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $265,136. 65 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE J-13

1573 West Fairbanks Ave., Ste. 1-A Winter Park, FL 32789
Tel: (407)843-3984
Fax: (407)843-9828

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1984.

■ CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE H-11

PO Box 1388
Ocala, FL 34478-1388
Tel: (352)854-2322
Admissions: (352)237-2111
Fax: (352)237-3747
E-mail: jonesch@cf.edu
Web Site: http://www.cf.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 139-acre small town campus. Endowment: $14.8 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3600 per student. Total enrollment: 5,978. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. Full-time: 2,476 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 3,502 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 20 states and territories, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 11% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 41% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $1961 full-time, $65.37 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7177 full-time, $239.24 per credit hour part-time. College room and board: $5562.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 31 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Activities Board, African-American Student Union, ROC (Realizing Our Cause), Gay Straight Alliance, Musagettas. Major annual events: homecoming, Student Activities Week, Student Activities Banquet. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Learning Resources Center plus 1 other with 54,491 books, 367 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $606,772. 737 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Ocala, the county seat, is the largest city in Marion County, and the hub of local economic and cultural activity. Service and light manufacturing industries provide the majority of employment opportunities, although agriculture is also important to the area. The 450 horse farms in the Ocala area rival Kentucky as the home of the best American thoroughbreds. Ocala boasts a mild climate, beautiful countryside, and is in close proximity to major tourist and recreational facilities. Numerous lakes provide fishing and other water sports. Ocala has 16 parks and playgrounds, two municipal swimming pools, and an 18-hole public golf course. The Sunshine Christmas Parade is an annual event.

■ CENTRAL FLORIDA INSTITUTE L-9

60522 US Hwy. 19 North, Ste. 200
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Tel: (727)786-4707
Fax: (727)781-9421
Web Site: http://www.cfinstitute.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, and terminal associate degrees. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 346. Full-time: 346 students, 83% women, 17% men. 1% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 12% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international. Calendar: continuous.

■ CHIPOLA COLLEGE B-2

3094 Indian Circle
Marianna, FL 32446-3065
Tel: (850)526-2761
Admissions: (850)718-2209
Fax: (850)718-2388
E-mail: robertsj@chipola.edu
Web Site: http://www.chipola.edu/

Description:

State-supported, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1947. Setting: 105-acre rural campus. Total enrollment: 2,249. 798 applied, 95% were admitted. Full-time: 1,030 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 1,219 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 13 states and territories, 7 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 19% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 27% 25 or older, 4% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT or ACT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organization: Drama/Theater Group. Major annual events: Fall Festival, Homecoming, Spring Frolics. Campus security: night security personnel. College housing not available. Chipola Library with 37,740 books and 226 serials. 80 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Marianna, located in northwest Florida, has an annual average temperature of 68.1 degrees and an average rainfall of 54.51 inches. Buses serve the area along the U.S. Highway 90. Community facilities include a hospital, several motels, a library, churches, and two radio stations. The Florida Caverns State Park, three miles north, has extensive limestone caverns with guided trips available. Picnic areas, campsites, rock gardens, a museum, and golf course are located here. There are fine beaches for all water sports, and excellent hunting in the area.

■ CITY COLLEGE (CASSELBERRY) J-13

853 Semoran Blvd., Ste. 200
Casselberry, FL 32707-5342
Tel: (407)831-8466
Admissions: (407)831-9816
Fax: (407)831-1147
E-mail: yhunter@citycollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.citycollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, coed. Calendar: semesters.

■ CITY COLLEGE (FORT LAUDERDALE) S-15

1401 West Cypress Creek Rd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Tel: (954)492-5353
Fax: (954)491-1965
Web Site: http://www.citycollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, coed. Founded 1984. Total enrollment: 712. Calendar: semesters.

■ CITY COLLEGE (GAINESVILLE) F-10

2400 Southwest 13th St.
Gainesville, FL 32608
Tel: (352)335-4000
Fax: (352)335-4303
Web Site: http://www.citycollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, coed. Founded 1986. Calendar: semesters.

■ CITY COLLEGE (MIAMI) T-15

9300 South Dadeland Blvd.
Miami, FL 33156
Tel: (305)666-9242
Fax: (305)666-9243
Web Site: http://www.citycollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, coed. Calendar: semesters.

■ CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE L-9

3400 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd.
Clearwater, FL 33759-4595
Tel: (727)726-1153
Free: 800-348-4463
Fax: (727)726-8597
Web Site: http://www.clearwater.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 130-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg. Endowment: $358,876. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3000 per student. Total enrollment: 582. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 526 applied, 86% were admitted. 11% from top 10% of their high school class, 22% from top quarter, 72% from top half. Full-time: 548 students, 50% women, 50% men. Part-time: 34 students, 38% women, 62% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 15 other countries, 53% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 70% live on campus, 16% transferred in. Retention: 54% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; biological/life sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, Christian testimony, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $17,830 includes full-time tuition ($11,860), mandatory fees ($640), and college room and board ($5330). Part-time tuition: $460 per hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 13 open to all. Most popular organizations: Drama Club, Alpha Chi, College Republicans, Science Club, Student Missionary Fellowship. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Easter Library with 106,000 books, 700 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $405,000. 25 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Clearwater is located on Pinellas Peninsula, between Clearwater and Old Tampa Bays, 20 miles west of Tampa. The area is an all-year resort and citrus center. Amtrak, all major airlines, and buses serve the area. Airports are in St. Petersburg and Tampa. Community facilities include churches of all denominations, a library, museums, hotels, motels, two hospitals, a health center, city parks, floral gardens, a civic center, a maritime center and the usual fraternal civic and veterans organizations. Employment is available in the citrus packing and canning industries. The broad white sand beach on the gulf is the main attraction in the city. This beautiful beach provides for water sports, deep sea fishing, boating, etc. The Philadelphia Phillies baseball team comes here for spring training. The Clearwater Yacht Club and four golf courses including the Professional Golfers Association Club provide additional recreational facilities.

■ COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY T-15

8991 SW 107th Ave., Ste. 200
Miami, FL 33176
Tel: (305)273-4499
Fax: (305)273-5216
E-mail: carlos@cbt.edu
Web Site: http://www.cbt.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, and transfer associate degrees. Founded 1988. Endowment: $3.5 million. Total enrollment: 250. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 350 applied, 71% were admitted. 4 National Merit Scholars, 4 valedictorians, 2 student government officers. Students come from 7 states and territories, 0% from out-of-state, 90% Hispanic, 70% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.6 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 6/15.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100. Tuition: $10,500 full-time, $278 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $200 full-time. College room only: $6000.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. The Bill Clinton Library plus 1 other with 700,000 books, 200,000 serials, 1,200 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 560 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ DAYTONA BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE H-14

PO Box 2811
Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2811
Tel: (386)255-8131
Admissions: (386)506-3732
Fax: (386)254-4458
Web Site: http://www.dbcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $3.1 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4035 per student. Total enrollment: 11,945. 3,235 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 4,776 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 7,169 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 51 states and territories, 52 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 12% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 42% 25 or older, 6% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, allied health, public services programs. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: ACT ASSET, CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: Florida Student Nursing Association, International Club, SGA, History Club, Drama Club. Major annual events: Cultural Festival, Earth Day, Handicap Awareness Day. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Mary Karl Memorial Library with 66,312 books, 20,700 microform titles, 745 serials, 4,503 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.5 million. 752 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Bethune-Cookman College.

■ DEVRY UNIVERSITY (MIAMI) T-15

200 South Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 500
Miami, FL 33131-5351
Tel: (786)425-1113
Fax: (786)425-1136
Web Site: http://www.devry.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Calendar: semesters.

Costs Per Year:

One-time mandatory fee: $40. Tuition: $12,450 full-time. Mandatory fees: $60 full-time.

■ DEVRY UNIVERSITY (MIRAMAR) S-15

2300 Southwest 145th Ave.
Miramar, FL 33027-4150
Tel: (954)499-9700; (866)338-7934
Web Site: http://www.devry.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of DeVry University. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 2002. Total enrollment: 1,068. Faculty: 56 (34 full-time, 22 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. Full-time: 647 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 322 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 9 states and territories, 5 other countries, 0.3% Native American, 41% Hispanic, 36% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% international, 34% 25 or older. Retention: 43% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; engineering technologies. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, part-time degree program, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. One-time mandatory fee: $40. Tuition: $12,450 full-time, $460 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $270 full-time, $160 per year part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. Learning Resource Center with 1,700 books, 75 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 124 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available.

■ DEVRY UNIVERSITY (ORLANDO) J-13

4000 Millenia Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32839
Tel: (407)370-3131; (866)338-7934
Web Site: http://www.devry.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of DeVry University. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 2000. Setting: 10-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 1,181. Faculty: 91 (37 full-time, 54 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. Full-time: 703 students, 50% women, 50% men. Part-time: 345 students, 53% women, 47% men. 0.3% Native American, 22% Hispanic, 31% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international. Retention: 43% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: computer and information sciences; business/marketing; engineering technologies. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. One-time mandatory fee: $40. Tuition: $12,450 full-time. Mandatory fees: $270 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 8 open to all. Most popular organizations: Association for Information Technology Professionals, DeVry Orlando Auto Club, Millenia Engineering Students Association, PBL, The Student Journal. Major annual events: Model Car Competition, Fun Flicks, Welcome Picnic. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks. College housing not available. Learning Resource Center with 11,000 books, 60 serials, 130 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 310 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ DEVRY UNIVERSITY (TAMPA) L-10

3030 North Rocky Point Dr. West, Ste. 100
Tampa, FL 33607-5901
Tel: (813)288-8994
Fax: (813)288-8980
Web Site: http://www.devry.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Calendar: semesters.

Costs Per Year:

One-time mandatory fee: $40. Tuition: $12,450 full-time. Mandatory fees: $60 full-time.

■ ECKERD COLLEGE M-9

4200 54th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Tel: (727)867-1166
Free: 800-456-9009
Admissions: (727)864-8331
Fax: (727)866-2304
E-mail: admissions@eckerd.edu
Web Site: http://www.eckerd.edu/

Description:

Independent Presbyterian, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 267-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa. Endowment: $18.3 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $370,056. Total enrollment: 1,779. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 2,739 applied, 72% were admitted. 19% from top 10% of their high school class, 46% from top quarter, 83% from top half. 5 National Merit Scholars, 24 class presidents, 18 valedictorians, 125 student government officers. Students come from 50 states and territories, 44 other countries, 71% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 3% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 2% 25 or older, 79% live on campus. Retention: 88% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; biological/life sciences; social sciences. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at other colleges having a 4-1-4 calendar. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview, SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $35,486 includes full-time tuition ($27,352), mandatory fees ($266), and college room and board ($7868). College room only: $4072. Part-time tuition: $3300 per course.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 50 open to all. Most popular organizations: Earth Society, Water Search and Rescue Team, Triton Tribune, College Choir, Organization of Students. Major annual events: Midnight Madness, Festival of Hope, Convocation. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,325 college housing spaces available; 1,296 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Peter Armacost Library with 165,085 books, 14,414 microform titles, 1,738 serials, 2,139 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.2 million. 191 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

St. Petersburg, known as the"Sunshine City," has a wonderful semitropical climate. The city is the state's fourth largest, and is the most important tourist center on the west coast of Florida. The city has 33 miles of shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico and several fresh water lakes: an excellent location for all water sports. Other sports are baseball, basketball, soccer, cross country, volleyball, softball, golf, and tennis. This is the spring training area for several major league baseball teams. The Tampa Bay area also is home to football's Buccaneers, baseball's Devil Rays, hockey's Lightning, and the international headquarters of the Women's Tennis Association. Numerous points of interest include the Florida International Museum, Fort DeSoto Park, Sunshine Skyway, the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Dali Museum, and Tropicana Field.

■ EDISON COLLEGE Q-10

PO Box 60210
Fort Myers, FL 33906-6210
Tel: (239)489-9300
Free: 800-749-2ECC
Admissions: (941)489-9349
Fax: (239)489-9399
E-mail: llugo@edison.edu
Web Site: http://www.edison.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1962. Setting: 80-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 10,642. Students come from 21 states and territories, 45 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 9% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 70% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT, ACT, or CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/18. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 20 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 5% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa, African-American Student Association, Latin-American Student Association. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Learning Resources Center with 181,085 books and 10,297 audiovisual materials. 160 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Edison Community College campuses are located on the sunny coast of southwest Florida, between Naples and Tampa. The climate is semitropical. The offshore islands have many attractive beaches, and majestic Royal Palms line the streets. All modes of transportation serve the area. Tourism, commercial fishing, shrimping and livestock production are important industries. The community facilities include churches of all denominations, hospitals, little theater groups, dances, and lecture halls. The saltwater bays and freshwater lakes nearby are among the finest fishing grounds anywhere. Other sports include boating, hunting, horseback riding, golf, bowling, tennis, shuffleboard and greyhound racing in Bonita Springs. TECO Arena is home to minor league hockey and basketball teams. A minor league baseball team also plays in Fort Myers. The Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins have their spring training camps in Fort Myers.

■ EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE

1658 Kings Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32209-6199
Tel: (904)470-8000; 888-898-3191
Admissions: (904)366-2715
Fax: (904)470-8039
Web Site: http://www.ewc.edu/

Description:

Independent African Methodist Episcopal, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1866. Setting: 20-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 1,320. Full-time: 1,284 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 36 students, 53% women, 47% men. Students come from 15 states and territories, 1% Hispanic, 91% black, 2% international. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at University of North Florida. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: Common Application. Required: high school transcript, medical forms. Placement: CAT required; SAT or ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Student-run newspaper, radio station. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. Option: coed housing available. Centennial Library with 120,000 books and 7,300 serials. 125 computers available on campus for general student use.

Community Environment:

See Jacksonville University.

■ EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY H-14

600 South Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Tel: (386)226-6000
Free: 800-862-2416
Admissions: (386)226-6100
Fax: (386)226-7070
E-mail: dbadmit@erau.edu
Web Site: http://www.embryriddle.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1926. Setting: 178-acre urban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $46.4 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $6.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $10,687 per student. Total enrollment: 4,776. Faculty: 314 (227 full-time, 87 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 3,527 applied, 84% were admitted. 20% from top 10% of their high school class, 48% from top quarter, 77% from top half. Full-time: 4,093 students, 17% women, 83% men. Part-time: 289 students, 21% women, 79% men. Students come from 53 states and territories, 99 other countries, 68% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 5% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 9% 25 or older, 41% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: transportation and materials moving; engineering; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, recommendations, interview. Required for some: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, medical examination for flight students. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $30,436 includes full-time tuition ($22,820), mandatory fees ($680), and college room and board ($6936). College room only: $2800. Part-time tuition: $855 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 102 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 10% of eligible men and 14% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Eagle Wing, Future Professional Pilots Association, African Student Association, Caribbean Student Association, Sigma Gamma Tau. Major annual events: homecoming, spring concert, hypnotist performance. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,889 college housing spaces available; 1,832 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library with 138,327 books, 295,619 microform titles, 741 serials, 7,030 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.1 million. 884 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Daytona Beach has a population of approximately 300,000 in the immediate vicinity, and the campus itself has approximately 4,500 students. Boasting one of the finest recreational beaches in the world, it is also home to the Daytona International Speedway. Other major attractions include Walt Disney World and Sea World near Orlando (approximately 80 miles away). The area provides ample housing and excellent opportunities for part-time employment for ERAU students. The Prescott area is one of the more colorful areas of the old"Wild West," with a population in the immediate area approaching 100,000. The Prescott Campus of approximately 1,500 students is surrounded by a national forest and is close to mountains and excellent outdoor recreational areas. The city of Phoenix is about 90 miles away.

■ EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, EXTENDED CAMPUS H-14

600 South Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Tel: (386)226-6910
Free: 800-522-6787
Admissions: (386)226-7610
Fax: (386)226-6984
E-mail: ecinfo@erau.edu
Web Site: http://www.embryriddle.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees (programs offered at 100 military bases worldwide). Founded 1970. Endowment: $46.4 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $6.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $10,687 per student. Total enrollment: 16,255. Faculty: 2,104 (137 full-time, 1,967 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 28:1. Full-time: 2,192 students, 11% women, 89% men. Part-time: 10,368 students, 12% women, 88% men. 1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 8% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 0% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: transportation and materials moving; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: 5 9-week terms. Services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required for some: essay. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $4224 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library with 138,237 books, 295,619 microform titles, 741 serials, 7,030 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.1 million.

■ EVERGLADES UNIVERSITY (BOCA RATON) R-15

T-Rex Corporate Center
5002 T-Rex Ave., Ste. 100
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Tel: (561)912-1211; 888-772-6077
Fax: (561)912-1191
E-mail: jgraham@evergladesuniversity.edu
Web Site: http://www.evergladesuniversity.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1989. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 433. Faculty: 117 (24 full-time, 93 part-time). 0.3% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 16% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international. Core. Calendar: continuous. Accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Required for some: SAT or ACT, Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. Entrance: noncompetitive. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $9744 full-time. Mandatory fees: $400 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. 30 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ EVERGLADES UNIVERSITY (SARASOTA) N-8

6151 Lake Osprey Dr.
Sarasota, FL 34240
Tel: (941)907-2262; (866)907-2262
Fax: (941)907-6634
E-mail: bbrewer@evergladesuniversity.edu
Web Site: http://www.evergladesuniversity.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 2003. Total enrollment: 152. Calendar: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $406 per credit hour part-time.

■ FLAGLER COLLEGE E-13

74 King St.
PO Box 1027
St. Augustine, FL 32085-1027
Tel: (904)829-6481
Free: 800-304-4208
Admissions: (904)819-6220
Fax: (904)826-0094
E-mail: admiss@flagler.edu
Web Site: http://www.flagler.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: 36-acre small town campus with easy access to Jacksonville. Endowment: $37.7 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3211 per student. Total enrollment: 2,157. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 2,248 applied, 25% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 51% from top quarter, 88% from top half. Full-time: 2,089 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 68 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 48 states and territories, 43 other countries, 32% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 1% 25 or older, 36% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 69% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; communications/journalism; visual and performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, internships. Off campus study at Northeast Florida Consortium for the Hearing Impaired, University of North Florida, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, Fashion Institute of Technology. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, early decision, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.75 high school GPA, recommendations, interview, rank in upper 50% of high school class. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 3/1, 12/1 for early decision plan 1, 1/15 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 3/30, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/1 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $13,790 includes full-time tuition ($8600) and college room and board ($5190). College room only: $2130. Part-time tuition: $295 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 26 open to all. Most popular organizations: Inter-Varsity, Student Government, Society for the Advancement of Management, Students in Free Enterprise, Deaf Awareness Club. Major annual events: Spirit Week, Special Olympics, Flagler Forums. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 670 students; 713 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Proctor Library with 130,201 books, 69,158 microform titles, 549 serials, 3,884 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $442,265. 210 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

St. Augustine, the nation's oldest city, has a very mild climate; average high temperature is 79.9 degrees and the average low is 58.3 degrees. The city is located approximately 40 miles south of Jacksonville, near the Atlantic coast. St. Augustine is undergoing a restoration program to extend over a twenty-year period that will return the entire area to an authentic likeness of its colonial days. The leading industries are tourist trade, airplane rebuilding, aluminum extrusion, boat-building, food processing, and shrimp fishing. Recreation facilities include championship golf courses, beaches, tennis courts, and the ocean for deep sea fishing. The Matanzas River affords miles of protected waters for boating and fishing. The city has churches of all denominations, numerous hotels and motels, 2 hospitals, and a library. All major civic and fraternal organizations are represented. Sightseeing tours are available by trains and horse-drawn carriages. There are many points of interest, some of which are the Cathedral of St. Augustine, Lightner Museum, Marineland, Alligator Farm, Casa Del Hidalgo, the World Golf Village, Fountain of Youth, Mission of Nombre De Dios, Oldest Schoolhouse, the Zimenes House, Memorial Presbyterian Church, and the Castillo de San Marcos.

■ FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY C-5

Tallahassee, FL 32307-3200
Tel: (850)599-3000
Admissions: (850)599-3796
Fax: (850)561-2428
Web Site: http://www.famu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1887. Setting: 419-acre urban campus. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $20 million. Total enrollment: 13,064. 5,709 applied, 71% were admitted. Full-time: 9,349 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 1,227 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 73 other countries, 20% from out-of-state, 0.02% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 97% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% 25 or older, 3% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Florida State University. ROTC: Army, Naval, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.2 high school GPA. Required for some: essay, recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 5/9. Notification: continuous until 8/1. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $3318 full-time, $110.60 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,662 full-time, $555.40 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room and board: $5766. College room only: $3476. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 125 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 16% of eligible men and 19% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Gospel Choir, University Marching Band, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, SBI. Major annual events: Homecoming Convocation, Business Expo, Black College Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 3,146 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Coleman Memorial Library plus 5 others with 484,801 books, 156,018 microform titles, 7,672 serials, 73,957 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.7 million.

Community Environment:

Tallahassee, a community of varied interests, provides an ideal setting for a thriving comprehensive university. The community abounds in a broad range of programs and activities, including three institutions of higher education; city, county, and state government; civic and community organizations; art galleries; theater and music archives, libraries and museums; state parks and recreational facilities; tree-shaded streets and highways; and a 13,500-seat Civic Center.

■ FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY R-15

777 Glades Rd., PO Box 3091
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Tel: (561)297-3000
Free: 800-299-4FAU
Admissions: (561)297-3040
E-mail: pletcher!@fau.edu
Web Site: http://www.fau.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1961. Setting: 850-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $132.6 million. Total enrollment: 25,704. Faculty: 1,386 (767 full-time, 619 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 13,033 applied, 56% were admitted. 3 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 11,810 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 9,695 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 175 other countries, 9% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 17% Hispanic, 18% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 33% 25 or older, 9% live on campus, 14% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; health professions and related sciences; social sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other members of the State University System of Florida. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT. Required for some: 1 recommendation. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 6/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $2147 full-time, $108.64 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,653 full-time, $546.36 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1112 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room and board: $7962. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 192 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 2% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Latin American Student Organization, Alpha Tau Omega, Konbit Kreyol, Program Board, Owl Corral. Major annual events: homecoming, Freakers Ball, Student Affairs Day. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 2,200 college housing spaces available; 2,174 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. S. E. Wimberly Library plus 2 others with 1.4 million books, 2.2 million microform titles, 10,572 serials, 19,685 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 822 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A resort and suburban area located on Florida's east coast, Boca Raton is 40 miles north of Miami and 25 miles from Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach airports. The area enjoys a subtropical climate. Local industry includes large regional centers for Sensormatic, Siemens, Motorola and other high tech multinational corporations. Several shopping centers, a library, many houses of worship, and two hospitals are some of the community facilities. Cultural activities are many. Recreational activities include swimming, tennis, golf, surf casting, and deep-sea fishing. There are three public beaches and numerous superior golf courses nearby. Everglades National Park lies to the west and south.

■ FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, JUPITER CAMPUS P-15

5353 Parkside Dr.
Jupiter, FL 33458
Tel: (561)799-8500
Web Site: http://www.fau.edu/jupiter/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Calendar: semesters.

■ FLORIDA CAREER COLLEGE T-15

1321 Southwest 107 Ave., Ste. 201B
Miami, FL 33174
Tel: (305)553-6065
Fax: (305)225-0128
Web Site: http://www.careercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1982. Setting: urban campus. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2500 per student. Total enrollment: 2,131. Full-time: 1,717 students, 43% women, 57% men. Part-time: 414 students, 34% women, 66% men. Students come from 2 states and territories, 3 other countries, 0% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 49% Hispanic, 32% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 75% 25 or older, 0% transferred in. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Resource Center plus 1 other with 1,200 books and 200 serials. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $24,000. 288 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE K-13

1011 Bill Beck Blvd.
Kissimmee, FL 34744-5301
Tel: (407)847-8966
Fax: (407)847-3925
Web Site: http://www.fcc.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed, affiliated with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1976. Setting: 40-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $1.5 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2855 per student. Total enrollment: 259. 120 applied, 71% were admitted. Students come from 23 states and territories, 1 other country, 18% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.4% international, 31% 25 or older, 65% live on campus. Retention: 81% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, 3 recommendations. Placement: ACT required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 7/15. Notification: continuous until 8/25.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $9280 full-time, $290 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $440 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room only: $2200. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Student Council, Camera Club, Timothy Club. Major annual events: Homecoming, Christmas Banquet, Hearts Banquet. On-campus residence required in freshman year. 31,000 books, 285 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $117,112. 11 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA COLLEGE J-5

119 North Glen Arven Ave.
Temple Terrace, FL 33617
Tel: (813)988-5131
Free: 800-326-7655
Fax: (813)899-6772
E-mail: admissions@flcoll.edu
Web Site: http://www.floridacollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1944. Setting: 95-acre small town campus with easy access to Tampa. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $6835 per student. Total enrollment: 456. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 299 applied, 72% were admitted. 1 National Merit Scholar, 2 valedictorians. Full-time: 438 students, 50% women, 50% men. Part-time: 18 students, 50% women, 50% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 5 other countries, 71% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 3% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 83% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: liberal arts/general studies; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, independent study. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, recommendations, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $15,930 includes full-time tuition ($10,180), mandatory fees ($550), and college room and board ($5200). Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $410 per semester hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $200 per term.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 16 open to all; 72% of eligible men and 80% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Drama Workshop, concert band, chorus, SBGA, YWTO. Major annual events: Fall Banquet, Spring Banquet, Annual Alumni Basketball Game. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: controlled dormitory access, evening patrols by trained security personnel. 518 college housing spaces available; 416 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Chatlos Library with 114,938 books, 9,224 microform titles, 400 serials, 6,097 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $165,090. 76 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Located near Tampa, Temple Terrace has a subtropical climate. Buses serve the area. Community facilities include a library, churches, and one community college and two universities. Part-time employment is limited. Sport activities include boating, fishing, golf, professional baseball, football and soccer. Cultural and recreational facilities, broad and varied, are also available in Tampa.

■ FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALTH (BRADENTON) N-8

616 67th St. Circle East
Bradenton, FL 34208
Tel: (941)954-8999
Free: 800-966-7117
Fax: (941)954-8991
E-mail: sarasota@fcnh.com
Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1998.

■ FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALTH (MAITLAND) D-5

2600 Lake Lucien Dr., Ste. 140
Maitland, FL 32751
Tel: (407)261-0319
Free: 800-393-7337
Fax: (407)261-0342
E-mail: orlando@fcnh.com
Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1995.

■ FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALTH (MIAMI) T-15

7925 Northwest 12th St.
Ste. 201 Miami, FL 33126
Tel: (305)597-9599
Free: 800-599-9599
Fax: (305)597-9110
E-mail: miami@fcnh.com
Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1993.

■ FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALTH (POMPANO BEACH) R-15

2001 West Sample Rd., Ste. 100
Pompano Beach, FL 33064
Tel: (954)975-6400
Free: 800-541-9299
Fax: (954)975-9633
E-mail: adrener@fcnh.com
Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1986.

■ FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE D-12

501 West State St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202-4030
Tel: (904)632-3000
Admissions: (904)632-3131
Fax: (904)632-3393
Web Site: http://www.fccj.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1963. Setting: 656-acre urban campus. Endowment: $3.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3243 per student. Total enrollment: 29,831. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 21:1. 700 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 7,462 students, 45% women, 55% men. Part-time: 22,369 students, 41% women, 59% men. Students come from 19 states and territories, 108 other countries, 23% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 28% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 47% 25 or older, 20% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Jacksonville Naval Station, Mayport Naval Air Station, Cecil Field Naval Air Station. Study abroad program. ROTC: Naval (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. State resident tuition: $1518 full-time, $63.25 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $5742 full-time, $239.25 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Troupe de Kent, Forensic Team, Brain Bowl Team, International Student Association. Major annual events: Miss FCCJ Scholarship Pageant, FCCJ Talent/Variety Show, FCCJ Spring Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Main library plus 6 others with 412,856 books, 282,482 microform titles, 4,137 serials, 15,286 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.9 million. 2,500 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA CULINARY INSTITUTE Q-15

2400 Metrocenter Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Tel: (561)688-2001
Admissions: (561)842-8324
E-mail: info@floridaculinary.com
Web Site: http://www.floridaculinary.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year. Awards terminal associate degrees (degree in science only (18 or 24 month program)). Total enrollment: 600.

■ FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY Q-10

10501 FGCU Blvd. South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
Tel: (239)590-1000; 888-889-1095
Admissions: (239)590-7878
Fax: (239)590-7894
Web Site: http://www.fgcu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1991. Setting: 760-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $25.7 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5816 per student. Total enrollment: 7,249. Faculty: 441 (253 full-time, 188 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 3,449 applied, 76% were admitted. 20% from top 10% of their high school class, 49% from top quarter, 84% from top half. Full-time: 4,601 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 1,537 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 25 other countries, 9% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 6% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 21% 25 or older, 32% live on campus. Retention: 73% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: liberal arts/general studies; business/marketing; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3260 full-time, $108.67 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $15,249 full-time, $508.31 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $160 full-time, $2 per credit part-time, $100 per year part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $7460. College room only: $3620. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 42 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Golden Key National Honor Society, student government, Student Nurses Association, Student Council for Exceptional Children, Physical Therapy Association. Major annual events: SGA DAY, Eagle Blast, 5K Scholarship Run. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,662 college housing spaces available; 1,511 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Library Services with 282,557 books, 327,657 microform titles, 1,429 serials, 2,491 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.7 million. 323 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA HOSPITAL COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES J-13

800 Lake Estelle Dr.
Orlando, FL 32803
Tel: (407)303-7747
Free: 800-500-7747
Admissions: (407)303-9798
Web Site: http://www.fhchs.edu/

Description:

Independent, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Setting: 9-acre urban campus. Endowment: $1 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $9082. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4589 per student. Total enrollment: 1,403. 463 applied, 96% were admitted. Full-time: 609 students, 78% women, 22% men. Part-time: 794 students, 73% women, 27% men. Students come from 8 states and territories, 23 other countries, 1% Native American, 15% Hispanic, 14% black, 9% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 8% live on campus. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: minimum 2.7 high school GPA. Required for some: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadlines: 7/18, 7/18 for nonresidents. Notification: continuous until 8/30, continuous until 8/30 for nonresidents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Tuition: $8060 full-time, $230 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $570 full-time. College room only: $1760.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Major annual events: International Food Fair, Annual Picnic, Fall Festival. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 120 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Robert Arthur Williams Library with 74,581 books, 158 serials, 1,627 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $510,809. 45 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY L-16

150 West University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901-6975
Tel: (321)674-8000
Free: 800-888-4348
Admissions: (321)674-8030
Fax: (321)723-9468
E-mail: admissions@fit.edu
Web Site: http://www.fit.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1958. Setting: 130-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $36.8 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $8.2 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $10,269 per student. Total enrollment: 4,745. Faculty: 408 (215 full-time, 193 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 2,463 applied, 83% were admitted. 32% from top 10% of their high school class, 66% from top quarter, 92% from top half. 2 National Merit Scholars, 7 valedictorians. Full-time: 2,264 students, 31% women, 69% men. Part-time: 94 students, 27% women, 73% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 84 other countries, 64% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 4% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 14% international, 5% 25 or older, 52% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 78% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering; transportation and materials moving; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 2.8 high school GPA, interview. Required for some: minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $31,950 includes full-time tuition ($25,150) and college room and board ($6800). College room only: $4000. Full-time tuition varies according to course load and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $765 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 110 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 15% of eligible men and 15% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Squamish, Muslim Student Association, Phi Eta Sigma, Chinese Student Scholars Association. Major annual events: Homecoming, Halloween celebration. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, self-defense education. 1,347 college housing spaces available; 1,163 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Evans Library with 281,809 books, 309,613 microform titles, 6,079 serials, 5,546 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.9 million. 400 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Florida Tech is located in the city of Melbourne, Brevard County, on Florida's space coast, approximately 30 miles south of Spaceport, 60 miles east of Orlando and 170 miles north of Miami. It is 5 minutes from the Melbourne International Airport, which is host to 2 major airlines. Recreation includes public swimming pools, golf courses, a tourist club with facilities for a number of sports, a harbor, and a yacht basin. Fresh and salt water fishing are available.

■ FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY T-15

11200 S.W. 8th St.
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305)348-2000
Admissions: (305)348-3675
Fax: (305)348-3648
E-mail: admiss@servms.fiu.edu
Web Site: http://www.fiu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 573-acre urban campus. Endowment: $79.3 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $24 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5009 per student. Total enrollment: 36,904. Faculty: 1,429 (757 full-time, 672 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 10,223 applied, 47% were admitted. 42% from top 10% of their high school class, 89% from top quarter, 99% from top half. 1 National Merit Scholar, 6 valedictorians. Full-time: 18,697 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 11,987 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 115 other countries, 2% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 60% Hispanic, 13% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international, 50% 25 or older, 7% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other members of the State University System of Florida. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: 1 recommendation. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $3062 full-time, $102.08 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $15,461 full-time, $515.38 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $252 full-time, $126 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $9102. College room only: $5518. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 190 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 8% of eligible men and 9% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Students for Community Service, Black Student Leadership Council, Hospitality Management Student Club, Hispanic Students Association, Haitian Students Organization. Major annual events: comedy shows, lecture series, International Week. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 5,500 college housing spaces available; 2,000 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. University Park Library plus 2 others with 1.8 million books, 4.5 million microform titles, 16,920 serials, 46,917 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $5.3 million. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The Greater Miami area offers cultural diversity and a dynamic economic and aesthetic climate. South Florida is a major center of higher education and stands at the forefront of international trading, finance and banking, as well as tourism and a developing high technology industry. Miami International Airport is served by more airlines than any other airport in the country. One of the most culturally diverse cities in America, Miami has many distinctive neighborhoods. Both visual and performing arts thrive in Miami. The Metro-Dade Cultural Complex in downtown Miami houses the Metropolitan Library, the Museum of South Florida, and the Center for the Fine Arts. The city also maintains both an opera and three ballet companies. A wealth of galleries, libraries, and theaters are valuable resources. The greater Miami area also hosts many professional sports events and offers year round recreation activities such as fishing, boating, scuba diving, wind surfing, snorkeling, swimming, and deep-sea fishing.

■ FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE X-10

5901 College Rd.
Key West, FL 33040-4397
Tel: (305)296-9081
Web Site: http://www.fkcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 20-acre small town campus. Endowment: $658,235. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4416 per student. Total enrollment: 1,551. 717 applied, 77% were admitted. 1% from out-of-state, 55% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing program. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required for some: high school transcript. Placement: SAT or ACT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Most popular organizations: Florida Student Nursing Association, Nurses Pinning Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Keys Chorale, Ceramics Club. Major annual events: State University System Representatives Visit, Graduation Dance, Fall Ice Cream Social. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Florida Keys Community College Library with 29,402 books, 81,675 microform titles, 330 serials, 1,001 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $312,420.

Community Environment:

Key West is the southernmost city in the continental United States. It is a tropical island 157 miles southwest of Miami with an Old-World atmosphere. The setting is a blend of Cuban, West Indian, and Bahamian. The climate is warm and the air is almost pollen free. A rich and colorful history is retained in a thriving modern city. All forms of transportation serve the area. Searstown and four shopping centers are among the nation's most unique, all having a tropical flair. Year-round outdoor recreation includes a coral reef several miles offshore and provides some of the world's finest fishing and diving. Numerous points of interest are the Audubon house, Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Martello Gallery and Museum, the Lighthouse and the Military Museum.

■ FLORIDA MEMORIAL COLLEGE Q-15

15800 NW 42nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33054
Tel: (305)626-3600
Free: 800-822-1362
Admissions: (305)626-3147
Web Site: http://www.fmuniv.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed, affiliated with Baptist Church. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1879. Setting: 77-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $6.7 million. Total enrollment: 2,161. Students come from 37 states and territories, 12% from out-of-state, 30% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, freshman honors college, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: Common Application. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.2 high school GPA, 2 recommendations. Placement: SAT or ACT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities, eating clubs. Student services: health clinic. Option: coed housing available. Florida Memorial College Library with 122,919 books and 405 serials. 30 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-BRANDON CAMPUS L-10

3924 Coconut Palm Dr.
Tampa, FL 33619
Tel: (813)621-0041; 877-338-0068
E-mail: spointer@cci.edu
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1890. Setting: 5-acre urban campus. Faculty: 68 (12 full-time, 56 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 68% 25 or older. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, accelerated degree program, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview, minimum CPAt score of 120, CPAt. Recommended: SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $13,200 full-time, $275 per quarter hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $240 full-time, $60 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Most popular organizations: Accounting Club, Medical Assistants Club, Paralegal Club. Major annual events: Special Olympics Fundraiser, Student Appreciation Days, Thanksgiving and Christmas food drives. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Tampa College Library with 1,000 books, 50 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 81 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-JACKSONVILLE CAMPUS D-12

8226 Phillips Hwy.
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Tel: (904)731-4949; 888-741-4271
Fax: (904)731-0599
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 2000. Total enrollment: 954.

Entrance Requirements:

Entrance: minimally difficult.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-LAKELAND CAMPUS L-12

995 East Memorial Blvd., Ste. 110
Lakeland, FL 33801
Tel: (863)686-1444
Fax: (863)688-9881
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees (bachelor's degree in business administration only). Founded 1890. Setting: 3-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg. Total enrollment: 752. Full-time: 506 students, 78% women, 22% men. Part-time: 206 students, 73% women, 27% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 5 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 18% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 62% 25 or older, 1% transferred in. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview, CPAt. Recommended: essay, recommendations, SAT, ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult.

Collegiate Environment:

Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 4 open to all. Most popular organizations: C. J. Association, Paralegal Society, Club Med, Phi Beta Lambda. Major annual events: Student Appreciation Week, Academic Event Weeks. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Tampa College Library with 5,000 books and 30 serials. 50 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-MELBOURNE CAMPUS L-16

2401 North Harbor City Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32935-6657
Tel: (321)253-2929
Fax: (321)255-2017
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1953. Setting: 5-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Total enrollment: 880. 339 applied, 68% were admitted. Students come from 3 other countries, 0% from out-of-state, 5% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 26% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 80% 25 or older. Retention: 68% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, CPAt. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. 5,000 books and 51 serials. 37 computers available on campus for general student use.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-NORTH ORLANDO CAMPUS J-13

5421 Diplomat Circle
Orlando, FL 32810-5674
Tel: (407)628-5870
Free: 800-628-5870
Fax: (407)628-2616
Web Site: http://www.cci.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1953. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 1,498. 2,842 applied, 53% were admitted. Full-time: 790 students, 72% women, 28% men. Part-time: 601 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 33 other countries, 0.3% Native American, 19% Hispanic, 33% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 32% 25 or older. Core. Advanced placement, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, entrance evaluation. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Tuition: $9720 full-time, $270 per quarter hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $180 full-time, $60 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Campus security: door alarms. College housing not available. FMU North Orlando Library with 18,000 books, 78 serials, 337 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 70 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-ORANGE PARK CAMPUS D-12

805 Wells Rd.
Orange Park, FL 32073
Tel: (904)264-9122
Fax: (904)264-9952
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 2003.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-PINELLAS CAMPUS L-9

2471 McMullen Booth Rd.
Clearwater, FL 33759
Tel: (727)725-2688
Free: 800-353-FMUS
Fax: (727)796-3722
E-mail: tcpinellas2@juno.com
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1890. Setting: 3-acre urban campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg. Total enrollment: 1,201. 622 applied, 70% were admitted. 6% from top 10% of their high school class, 15% from top quarter, 28% from top half. Students come from 11 states and territories, 6% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 18% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 88% 25 or older. Retention: 72% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview, CPAt. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 3 open to all. Most popular organizations: Human Resource Management Association, American Marketing Association, Criminal Justice Professional Fraternity. Major annual events: Student Appreciation Day, Commencement, Homecoming. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night transport-escort service, evening patrols by security. College housing not available. Laurel Raffel Memorial Library with 6,721 books and 51 serials. 42 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-POMPANO BEACH CAMPUS R-15

225 North Federal Hwy.
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Tel: (954)783-7339
Free: 800-468-0168
Fax: (954)568-2008
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1940. Setting: urban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 1,612. Students come from 25 states and territories, 0% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 8% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 55% 25 or older. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, CPAt. Recommended: interview, SAT or ACT. Required for some: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 2 open to all. Most popular organizations: American Marketing Association, International Business Club. Major annual events: Christmas Party, Halloween Party, Spring Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: late night transport-escort service, building security. College housing not available. Florida Metropolitan University Library plus 1 other with 14,500 books, 61 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $131,425. 86 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-SOUTH ORLANDO CAMPUS J-13

9200 South Park Center Loop
Orlando, FL 32819
Tel: (407)851-2525; 888-471-4270
Fax: (407)851-1477
Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Total enrollment: 1,964. 205 applied, 45% were admitted. Full-time: 1,142 students, 75% women, 25% men. Part-time: 746 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 10 other countries, 15% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 33% Hispanic, 34% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 30% 25 or older, 2% transferred in. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, accelerated degree program, distance learning, double major, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: Common Application. Required: high school transcript, interview, ACT, SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $9900 full-time. Full-time tuition varies according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. 5,113 books, 79 serials, 441 audiovisual materials, and a Web page.

■ FLORIDA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY-TAMPA CAMPUS L-10

3319 West Hillsborough Ave.
Tampa, FL 33614-5899
Tel: (813)879-6000
Fax: (813)871-2483
Web Site: http://fmu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1890. Setting: 4-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 1,390. 320 applied, 53% were admitted. Full-time: 798 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 483 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 15 states and territories, 3 other countries, 51% 25 or older, 3% transferred in. Core. ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, CPAt. Required for some: SAT, ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $9720 full-time, $270 per quarter hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $180 full-time, $60 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Social organizations: 6 open to all; coed fraternity; 7% of eligible men and 13% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Legal Network, Phi Beta Lambda, PC-MAC Users Group, International Club, Art League. Major annual events: Network Night (career planning), Health Fair. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, evening and Saturday afternoon patrols by trained security personnel. College housing not available. Tampa College Library with 4,000 books, 95 microform titles, 130 serials, 260 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $90,000. 113 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FLORIDA NATIONAL COLLEGE T-15

4425 West 20th Ave.
Hialeah, FL 33012
Tel: (305)821-3333
Fax: (305)362-0595
Web Site: http://www.fnc.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1982. Setting: urban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 1,871. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 24:1. 591 applied, 72% were admitted. Full-time: 1,723 students, 67% women, 33% men. Part-time: 148 students, 67% women, 33% men. 0.3% Native American, 91% Hispanic, 4% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 60% 25 or older. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $10,200 full-time, $340 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $760 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Student-run newspaper. Most popular organization: Student Government Association. Major annual event: annual picnic. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Hialeah Campus Library with 23,507 books, 87 serials, 3,337 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $257,000. 152 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus.

■ THE FLORIDA SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY F-10

PO Box 5505
Gainesville, FL 32601
Tel: (352)338-0766
Fax: (352)338-2013
Web Site: http://www.midwiferyschool.org/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, women only. Awards terminal associate degrees. Founded 1993. Total enrollment: 25.

■ FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE L-12

111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33801-5698
Tel: (863)680-4111
Free: 800-274-4131
Admissions: (863)680-3905
Fax: (863)680-4120
E-mail: fscadm@flsouthern.edu
Web Site: http://www.flsouthern.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with United Methodist Church. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1885. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa and Orlando. Endowment: $64 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5153 per student. Total enrollment: 1,921. Faculty: 166 (107 full-time, 59 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 1,829 applied, 73% were admitted. 23% from top 10% of their high school class, 47% from top quarter, 77% from top half. 5 valedictorians. Full-time: 1,759 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 57 students, 47% women, 53% men. Students come from 41 states and territories, 46 other countries, 28% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 6% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 5% 25 or older, 67% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 67% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at American University, Drew University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 4/1, 12/1 for early decision. Notification: continuous, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $25,965 includes full-time tuition ($18,765), mandatory fees ($400), and college room and board ($6800). College room only: $3750. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $500 per credit hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $400 per year.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 66 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 16% of eligible men and 15% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student Government Association, Student Union Board, Shades of Color, International Student Association. Major annual events: Annual Concert, Christmas tree lighting, O-Week Welcome Back Dance. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,242 college housing spaces available; 1,228 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. E. T. Roux Library with 172,803 books, 448,221 microform titles, 939 serials, 11,490 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $803,039. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Lakeland is located in the geographical center of Florida, 35 miles East of Tampa, 50 miles west of Orlando, 100 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles from Disney World and 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad serves the area. The"World's Citrus Center" is the permanent spring training headquarters of the Detroit Tigers. Excellent shopping facilities in the city; a civic center, concert association, and community theatre are part of the lively community. Recreational facilities include 12 lakes within the city for excellent fishing, golf courses, boating, hiking, and waterskiing. The annual Orange Cup Regatta Hydroplane Race is held the weekend closest to February 1st.

■ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY C-5

Tallahassee, FL 32306
Tel: (850)644-2525
Admissions: (850)644-6200
Fax: (850)644-0197
E-mail: admissions@admin.fsu.edu
Web Site: http://www.fsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1851. Setting: 448-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $441.3 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $94.4 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $7786 per student. Total enrollment: 39,146. Faculty: 1,592 (1,265 full-time, 327 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 22,450 applied, 62% were admitted. 26% from top 10% of their high school class, 61% from top quarter, 94% from top half. 15 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 27,203 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 3,582 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 51 states and territories, 126 other countries, 13% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 12% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 8% 25 or older, 14% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 89% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences; family and consumer sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee Community College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval (c), Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Required for some: audition. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous until 4/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3208 full-time, $106.93 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,340 full-time, $544.67 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to location. Part-time tuition varies according to location. College room and board: $6778. College room only: $3600. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 266 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 13% of eligible men and 15% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, honors program, Gold Key Society, Marching Chiefs, intramural sports. Major annual events: Parents' Weekend, Homecoming, Dance Marathon. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 4,296 students; 4,436 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Robert Manning Strozier Library plus 6 others with 2.7 million books, 9.1 million microform titles, 38,271 serials, 75,304 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $12.6 million. 3,771 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Situated in north Florida, FSU is nestled in the heart of Tallahassee, the state's capital city. A classic college town, Tallahassee is not only one of Florida's oldest and fastest growing cities, it is also part of the"other Florida" with its rolling hills, canopy roads, mild climate, and southern hospitality. More than 100 state and federal agencies furnish students with opportunities for internships, research, and work-study programs that match all areas of academic interest. Part-time jobs are plentiful. In addition, Tallahassee affords a rich offering of social, cultural, and recreational activities, making it an excellent place to live, study, and grow.

■ FLORIDA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (AUBURNDALE) I-9

298 Havendale Blvd.
Auburndale, FL 33823
Tel: (863)967-8822
Fax: (863)967-4972
Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Total enrollment: 185. 175 applied, 100% were admitted. 0% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 15% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international.

Entrance Requirements:

Entrance: moderately difficult.

■ FLORIDA TECHNICAL COLLEGE(DELAND) H-13

1450 South Woodland Blvd., 3rd Floor
DeLand, FL 32720
Tel: (904)734-3303
Admissions: (386)734-3303
Fax: (904)734-5150
E-mail: batkinson@flatech.edu
Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees. Total enrollment: 260. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. Full-time: 260 students, 58% women, 42% men.

■ FLORIDA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (JACKSONVILLE) D-12

8711 Lone Star Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32211
Tel: (904)724-2229
Admissions: (407)678-5600
Fax: (904)720-0920
Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Total enrollment: 225. 117 applied, 91% were admitted.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

■ FLORIDA TECHNICAL COLLEGE (ORLANDO) J-13

1819 North Semoran Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32807-3546
Tel: (407)678-5600
Fax: (407)678-1149
Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Part of Forefront Education. Awards certificates, diplomas, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1982. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Endowment: $14,000. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $22,000 per student. Total enrollment: 231. 123 applied, 91% were admitted. Students come from 1 other country, 63% 25 or older. Core. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, external degree program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, interview. Recommended: essay. Entrance: minimally difficult.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. College housing not available. 35 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ FULL SAIL REAL WORLD EDUCATION J-13

3300 University Blvd.
Winter Park, FL 32792-7437
Tel: (407)679-6333
Free: 800-226-7625
Admissions: (407)679-0100
Fax: (407)678-0070
E-mail: admissions@fullsail.com
Web Site: http://www.fullsail.com/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1979. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $350,000. Total enrollment: 5,219. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 2,954 applied, 69% were admitted. Full-time: 5,219 students, 11% women, 89% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 6 other countries, 70% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 11% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 12% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: modular. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, summer session for credit, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Required for some: minimum 'A' average in Algebra II. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Most popular organization: Student Chapter of Audio Engineering Society. Major annual events: Annual Speech Tournament, Success Seminar, Entertainment Business. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Full Sail Library plus 1 other with 2,531 books, 84 serials, 784 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC.

■ GULF COAST COLLEGE L-10

3910 US Hwy. 301 North, Ste. 200
Tampa, FL 33619-1259
Tel: (813)620-1446; 888-729-7247
Web Site: http://gulfcoastcollege.com/

Description:

Private, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1978. Setting: 2-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 152. 0% from out-of-state, 21% Hispanic, 21% black, 35% 25 or older. Core. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: electronic application. Required: interview.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Major annual events: quarterly barbecues, Christmas Party, Halloween costume party. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, evening security guard. College housing not available. Webster Tech Library with 2,063 books, 14 serials, and 65 audiovisual materials. 70 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE L-7

5230 West Hwy. 98
Panama City, FL 32401-1058
Tel: (850)769-1551
Free: 800-311-3628
Admissions: (850)872-3891
Fax: (850)913-3308
Web Site: http://www.gulfcoast.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 80-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $13.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4387 per student. Total enrollment: 6,058. Full-time: 2,248 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 3,810 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 28 states and territories, 8 other countries, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 12% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 41% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Placement: CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $1446 full-time, $48.20 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6232 full-time, $207.74 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $309 full-time, $10.30 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 14 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Activities Board, Baptist Campus Ministry, Theater Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Muslim Student Association. Major annual events: homecoming, Spring Luau, Alcohol Awareness Week. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: patrols by trained security personnel during campus hours. College housing not available. Gulf Coast Community College Library with 80,000 books, 435,487 microform titles, 521 serials, 32,041 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $672,655. 850 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Panama City is an urban area with a temperate climate and is recognized as one of the most progressive industrial and resort cities in the state. A municipal marina includes a city hall, an auditorium, a library, and berths for about 400 boats. Community facilities include libraries, churches of major denominations, two hospitals and several clinics; shopping facilities are excellent. Some part-time employment is available. The city's industries include tourism, oil companies, wholesale fisheries, chemical production, boat manufacturing. Outdoor sports include golfing, yachting, sailing, water skiing and swimming. Panama City is a noted sport fishing center for both fresh and salt water fish.

■ HERZING COLLEGE J-13

1595 South Semoran Blvd., Ste. 1501
Winter Park, FL 32792-5509
Tel: (407)380-6315
Admissions: (407)478-0500
Fax: (407)380-0269
Web Site: http://www.herzing.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1989. Total enrollment: 307. Full-time: 243 students, 27% women, 73% men. Part-time: 64 students, 33% women, 67% men. Calendar: semesters.

■ HIGH-TECH INSTITUTE J-13

1000 Woodcock Rd.
Orlando, FL 32803
Tel: (407)895-1985 Free: 800-987-0110
Fax: (407)657-9778
Web Site: http://www.high-techinstitute.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1998.

■ HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE L-10

PO Box 31127
Tampa, FL 33631-3127
Tel: (813)253-7000
Admissions: (813)253-7027
Fax: (813)253-7196
Web Site: http://www.hccfl.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $1.6 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4410 per student. Total enrollment: 22,149. 4,223 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 7,009 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 15,140 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 100 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 19% Hispanic, 19% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 37% 25 or older, 19% transferred in. Retention: 57% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study at University of South Florida, Linkage Program institutions. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: CPT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 40 open to all; national fraternities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Nursing Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Disabled Students Association, Radiography Club. Major annual events: Halloween Fest, Spring Fling, Valentine's Day events. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Main library plus 4 others with 170,615 books, 88,182 microform titles, 1,283 serials, 50,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.8 million. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of South Florida.

■ HOBE SOUND BIBLE COLLEGE O-15

PO Box 1065
Hobe Sound, FL 33475-1065
Tel: (561)546-5534
Free: 800-881-5534
Admissions: (772)546-5534
Fax: (561)545-1422
E-mail: hsbcuwin@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.hsbc.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 84-acre small town campus. Endowment: $433,096. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2829 per student. Total enrollment: 143. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 7:1. 24 applied, 92% were admitted. 17% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 53% from top half. 1 valedictorian. Students come from 23 states and territories, 8 other countries, 45% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 11% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 11% international, 19% 25 or older, 75% live on campus. Retention: 65% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, external degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, 3 recommendations, photograph, medical report. Required for some: SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/30. Preference given to applicants committed to Wesleyan-Armenian theological position.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $7360 includes full-time tuition ($4020), mandatory fees ($100), and college room and board ($3240).

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group. Major annual events: Leadership Conference, Welcome Week. Campus security: student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. College Library with 35,468 books, 11,745 microform titles, 119 serials, 2,646 audiovisual materials, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $32,112. 10 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE N-15

3209 Virginia Ave.
Fort Pierce, FL 34981-5596
Tel: (772)462-4700
Admissions: (772)462-4740
Fax: (772)462-4796
Web Site: http://www.ircc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 133-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 38,464. Students come from 33 states and territories, 2% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 17% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 48% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT, ACT, or CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 31 open to all; local fraternities, local sororities; 50% of eligible men and 50% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Phi Beta Lambda, Distributive Education Club of America, International Club, Cultural Exchange, Human Services Club. Major annual events: United Way Day, Welcome Back Cookout, Valentine's Day Celebration. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Charles S. Miley Learning Resource Center with 58,657 books, 554 serials, and an OPAC. 500 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A midsize city on the east coast of Florida with a subtropical climate, the area is known for citrus fruits and winter vegetables. Florida's Turnpike, I-95, the Florida East Coast Railroad and the Greyhound bus line serve the area. Community facilities include public libraries, YMCA, churches, hospitals, mental health centers, beaches and recreational activities. Part-time employment opportunities are moderate. Swimming from two ocean beaches, golf and sports fishing are the principal outdoor sports.

■ INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY L-10

5225 Memorial Hwy.
Tampa, FL 33634-7350
Tel: (813)881-0007
Free: 800-ACA-DEMY
Fax: (813)881-0008
E-mail: admissions@academy.edu
Web Site: http://www.academy.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Part of Career Education Corporation. Founded 1984. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 2,405. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 962 applied, 46% were admitted. Full-time: 1,702 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 703 students, 68% women, 32% men. Students come from 56 states and territories, 9 other countries, 22% from out-of-state, 0.5% international, 37% 25 or older, 8% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: interview, high school diploma or equivalent. Recommended: essay. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $385 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $100 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 5 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Chapter ASID, Fashion Design International, Computer Animation Club, Marketing Club. Major annual events: Annual Fashion Show/Portfolio Review, Mardi Gras at the Academy. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night patrols by trained security personnel. International Academy Learning Resource Center with 6,000 books, 150 serials, 50 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. 310 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE S-10

2655 Northbrooke Dr.
Naples, FL 34119
Tel: (239)513-1122
Free: 800-466-8017
Fax: (239)513-9071
E-mail: admit@international.edu
Web Site: http://www.internationalcollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1990. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $342,357. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4733 per student. Total enrollment: 1,544. Full-time: 947 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 395 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 8 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 14% Hispanic, 12% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 72% 25 or older, 19% transferred in. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, interview, CPAt. Recommended: SAT, ACT. Required for some: 2 recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Tuition: $9120 full-time, $380 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $380 full-time, $190 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Most popular organizations: Ambassadors, Paralegal Club, Institute of Managerial Accountants, Running Club, Entrepreneurial Club. Major annual events: Student Recognition Banquet, Salvation Army food drive, seasonal socials. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: late night transport-escort service, building security. College housing not available. Information Resource Center plus 1 other with 29,711 books, 230 serials, 356 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $621,323. 500 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FORT LAUDERDALE) S-15

3401 South University Dr.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2021
Tel: (954)476-9300
Fax: (954)476-6889
Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1991. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Core.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available.

■ ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (JACKSONVILLE) D-12

6600-10 Youngerman Circle
Jacksonville, FL 32244-6630
Tel: (904)573-9100
Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1991. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Core.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available.

■ ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (LAKE MARY) I-13

1400 South International Parkway
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Tel: (407)660-2900
Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1989. Setting: 1-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Core.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. College housing not available.

■ ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (MIAMI) T-15

7955 NW 12th St.
Miami, FL 33126
Tel: (305)477-3080
Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1996. Core.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available.

■ ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (TAMPA) L-10

4809 Memorial Hwy.
Tampa, FL 33634-7151
Tel: (813)885-2244
Fax: (813)888-6078
Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of ITT Educational Services, Inc. Awards terminal associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1981. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to St. Petersburg. Core.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available.

■ JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY D-12

2800 University Blvd. North
Jacksonville, FL 32211-3394
Tel: (904)256-8000
Free: 800-225-2027
Admissions: (904)256-7000
Fax: (904)256-7086
E-mail: admissions@junix.ju.edu
Web Site: http://www.ju.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and first professional certificates. Founded 1934. Setting: 260-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $24 million. Total enrollment: 2,948. Faculty: 162 (121 full-time, 41 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 1,902 applied, 72% were admitted. Full-time: 1,877 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 684 students, 81% women, 19% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 61 other countries, 37% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 16% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 15% 25 or older, 59% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Art Institute of Dallas, Art Institute of Houston. Study abroad program. ROTC: Naval.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $26,430 includes full-time tuition ($19,970) and college room and board ($6460). College room only: $3030. Part-time tuition: $666 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 50 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 18% of eligible men and 15% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Baptist Campus Ministry. Major annual events: Homecoming, Senior Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, code lock doors in residence halls, trained security patrols during evening hours. 1,085 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Carl S. Swisher Library with 374,016 books, 312,297 microform titles, 686 serials, 32,887 audiovisual materials, and a Web page. 450 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Jacksonville is located on the St. John's River near the Atlantic Ocean and has a temperate climate characterized by short mild winters and long relatively warm summers with the average temperature being 67.8 degrees. The city functions as the financial, industrial, transportation, and commercial center of Florida. Along with the usual community facilities, there are seven hospitals, churches of almost all denominations, excellent shopping facilities, a civic performing arts center which features the finest of concerts, plays, and ballet, and many little theatre groups. Jacksonville and the surrounding area provide ample beaches and facilities for yachting, swimming, fishing, and golfing. The Friendship Park on the south side of the St. Johns River contains the spectacular Friendship Fountain and marina. A sports complex consists of the Coliseum, Alltell, Stadium, home of the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars; and Wolfson Park, home of the minor league baseball Jacksonville Suns. Part-time employment is available.

■ JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY T-15

1701 Northeast 127th St.
North Miami, FL 33181
Tel: (305)892-7000
Free: 800-232-2433
Admissions: (305)892-7002
Fax: (305)892-7030
E-mail: admissions.mia@jwu.edu
Web Site: http://www.jwu.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Administratively affiliated with Johnson & Wales University (RI). Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1992. Setting: 8-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $168.3 million. Total enrollment: 2,452. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 36:1. 7,628 applied, 73% were admitted. Full-time: 2,317 students, 54% women, 46% men. Part-time: 135 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 44 states and territories, 52 other countries, 45% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 20% Hispanic, 31% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; family and consumer sciences; parks and recreation; personal and culinary services. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, recommendations, interview, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Comprehensive fee: $30,126 includes full-time tuition ($19,875), mandatory fees ($951), and college room and board ($9300). Part-time tuition: $368 per quarter hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 26 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities. Most popular organizations: Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, American Culinary Federation, Collegiate Ambassador Team, New Frontiers, Tasters of the Vine. Major annual events: Family Day, New Frontiers, December Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, video camera surveillance throughout campus. 1,040 college housing spaces available. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Florida Campus Library with 11,642 books, 200 serials, 1,987 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. 100 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ JONES COLLEGE (JACKSONVILLE) D-12

5353 Arlington Expressway
Jacksonville, FL 32211
Tel: (904)743-1122
E-mail: jmccaffe@jones.edu
Web Site: http://www.jones.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1918. Setting: 5-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 623. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 290 applied, 72% were admitted. Full-time: 183 students, 80% women, 20% men. Part-time: 440 students, 79% women, 21% men. Students come from 36 states and territories, 29% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 56% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 79% 25 or older. Retention: 68% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; health professions and related sciences; law/legal studies. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Tuition: $6600 full-time, $275 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $90 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Most popular organization: PBL. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. James V. Forrestal Library plus 2 others with 34,000 books, 161 serials, and a Web page. 80 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Jacksonville University.

■ JONES COLLEGE (MIAMI) T-15

11430 North Kendall Dr., Ste. 200 Miami, FL 33176
Tel: (305)275-9996
Admissions: (904)743-1122
Fax: (305)275-9571
Web Site: http://www.jones.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1987. Setting: suburban campus. Total enrollment: 837. 0.5% Native American, 16% Hispanic, 49% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international. Calendar: trimesters.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (DAYTONA BEACH) H-14

1800 Business Park Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Tel: (904)274-5060
Free: 800-749-4456
Admissions: (386)274-5060
Fax: (904)274-2725
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees (enrollment data reflects all campuses). Founded 1995. Setting: 1-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Total enrollment: 2,434. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, SAT, ACT, or Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: national fraternities. Most popular organization: Phi Beta Lambda. Major annual events: March of Dimes, Strides for Life, Earth Day. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Jim Bishop Memorial Library with 5,000 books and 30 serials.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (FORT LAUDERDALE) S-15

1500 Northwest 49th St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Tel: (954)776-4456
Free: 800-749-4456
Admissions: (954)776-4476
E-mail: admissions@keisercollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees (profile includes data from Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Sarasota, Tallahassee, and Lakeland campuses). Founded 1977. Setting: 4-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 6,121. Full-time: 5,043 students, 72% women, 28% men. Part-time: 1,078 students, 67% women, 33% men. Students come from 25 other countries, 0.5% Native American, 17% Hispanic, 26% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 70% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: 3 semesters per year. Independent study, distance learning, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview, SAT, ACT, or Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Major annual events: March of Dimes, Strides for Life, Earth Day. Campus security: security guard after 8 p.m. College housing not available. Jim Bishop Memorial Library with an OPAC and a Web page.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (LAKELAND) L-12

3515 Aviation Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33811
Tel: (863)701-7789
Fax: (863)701-8758
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Setting: suburban campus. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (MELBOURNE) L-16

900 South Babcock St.
Melbourne, FL 32901-1461
Tel: (321)255-2255
Admissions: (954)776-4456
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees (enrollment data reflects all campuses). Founded 1989. Total enrollment: 3,041. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (MIAMI) T-15

8505 Mills Dr.
Miami, FL 33183
Tel: (305)596-2226
Fax: (305)596-7077
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Total enrollment: 739. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. Full-time: 739 students, 58% women, 42% men. Students come from 3 states and territories, 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 78% Hispanic, 10% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 55% 25 or older. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview. Recommended: SAT or ACT.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. Tuition: $11,032 full-time. Mandatory fees: $400 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Social organizations: 1 open to all. Most popular organization: Student Ambassador Program. Major annual events: Annual Picnic, Student Appreciation Days, Career Fair. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (ORLANDO) J-13

5600 Lake Underhill Rd.
Orlando, FL 32807
Tel: (407)273-5800
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (PEMBROKE PINES) S-15

12520 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33027
Tel: (954)431-4300
Fax: (954)431-2929
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1998. Calendar: semesters.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (PORT ST. LUCIE) N-15

9468 South US Hwy. 1
Port St. Lucie, FL 34952
Tel: (772)398-9990
Fax: (772)335-9619
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1999. Calendar: semesters.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (SARASOTA) N-8

6151 Lake Osprey Dr.
Sarasota, FL 34240
Tel: (941)954-0954; (866)KEI-SER2
Admissions: (941)907-3900
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards terminal associate degrees (enrollment data reflects all campuses). Founded 1995. Setting: small town campus with easy access to Tampa. Total enrollment: 2,434. Core. Calendar: 3 semesters per year. Internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview, SAT, ACT, or Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Major annual events: March of Dimes, Strides for Life, Earth Day. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Jim Bishop Memorial Library with a Web page. 38 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (TALLAHASSEE) C-5

1700 Halstead Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel: (850)906-9494
Fax: (850)906-9497
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1992. Setting: small town campus. Total enrollment: 240. Calendar: 3 semesters per year.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview, SAT, ACT, or Otis-Lennon School Ability Test. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Major annual events: March of Dimes, Strides for Life, Earth Day. College housing not available.

■ KEISER COLLEGE (WEST PALM BEACH) Q-15

2085 Vista Parkway
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Tel: (561)471-6000
Fax: (561)547-6609
Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.edu

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1988. Calendar: semesters.

■ KEY COLLEGE S-15

5225 West Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33317
Tel: (954)581-2223
Free: 800-581-8292
Fax: (954)583-9458
Web Site: http://www.keycollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1881. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3714 per student. Total enrollment: 147. 54 applied, 72% were admitted. Full-time: 147 students, 92% women, 8% men. Students come from 2 states and territories, 0% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 34% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 64% 25 or older, 4% transferred in. Core. Advanced placement, honors program, double major, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview. Required for some: CPAt, SAT, or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Law Library with 3 serials and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2200. 45 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE D-9

Route 19, Box 1030
Lake City, FL 32025-8703
Tel: (386)752-1822
Admissions: (386)754-4288
Fax: (386)755-1521
E-mail: admissions@mail.lakecity.cc.fl.us
Web Site: http://www.lakecity.cc.fl.us/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1962. Setting: 132-acre small town campus with easy access to Jacksonville. Endowment: $3.3 million. Total enrollment: 2,736. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 1,162 applied, 57% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class. Full-time: 1,084 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 1,652 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 18 states and territories, 7 other countries, 0.2% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 11% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 52% 25 or older, 2% live on campus. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, golf course operations, allied health programs. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. State resident tuition: $2037 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $7290 full-time. College room and board: $4535.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 22 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, Florida Turf Grass Association, Florida Student Nurses Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Multicultural Student Union. Major annual events: Fall Fest, Student Government Awards Banquet, Persons with Disabilities Awareness Week. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. 90 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Option: coed housing available. Learning Resources Center with 42,000 books, 180 serials, and an OPAC. 150 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Lake City is the county seat of Columbia County, located midway between Atlanta and Miami. It has a temperate climate. Community facilities include excellent hospital and health facilities and fine motel accommodations. Annual deer and bear hunting is staged in nearby Osceola National Forest. Numerous lakes and streams are well stocked with bass, bream, and speckled perch. Tubing on the nearby Ichetucknee River is popular with students.

■ LAKE-SUMTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE I-12

9501 US Hwy. 441
Leesburg, FL 34788-8751
Tel: (352)787-3747
Admissions: (352)323-3677
Web Site: http://www.lscc.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Department of Education. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1962. Setting: 110-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $3.3 million. Total enrollment: 3,409. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 1,088 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 1,208 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 2,201 students, 68% women, 32% men. Students come from 8 states and territories, 6 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 10% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 39% 25 or older, 28% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing program. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $1932 full-time, $64.40 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7108 full-time, $236.95 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $30 full-time, $1 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 14 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Environmental Society, Nursing Students' Association. Student services: women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Lake-Sumter Community College Library with 69,465 books, 2,822 microform titles, 528 serials, 1,262 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $489,165. 537 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Leesburg is a rapidly growing rural area with a temperate climate, located in central Florida near the shores of Lakes Griffin and Harris, within easy driving distance of metropolitan areas. Community facilities include numerous libraries, churches, general hospitals, active major civic and service groups. Part-time and full-time employment are available. Many forms of recreation are found, including fishing, swimming, golf, tennis, shuffleboard, water skiing and hunting. Lake Griffin State Park nearby provides additional recreational facilities.

■ LYNN UNIVERSITY R-15

3601 North Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33431-5598
Tel: (561)237-7000
Free: 800-888-5966
Admissions: (561)237-7900
Fax: (561)241-3552
E-mail: admission@lynn.edu
Web Site: http://www.lynn.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Administratively affiliated with American College Dublin. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1962. Setting: 123-acre suburban campus with easy access to Fort Lauderdale. Endowment: $5 million. Total enrollment: 2,747. Faculty: 271 (93 full-time, 178 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 2,939 applied, 80% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 33% from top quarter, 65% from top half. 21 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 1,951 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 332 students, 61% women, 39% men. Students come from 44 states and territories, 89 other countries, 56% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 13% international, 14% 25 or older, 45% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 63% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; security and protective services; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters plus 3 summer sessions. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $37,000 includes full-time tuition ($26,200), mandatory fees ($1150), and college room and board ($9650). Part-time tuition: $760 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 25 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities. Most popular organizations: Knights of the Round Table, intramural groups, student newspaper, Residence Hall Council, Activities Board. Major annual events: Fall Fest, Homecoming, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, video monitor at residence entrances. 933 college housing spaces available. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Library with 235,000 books, 32,000 microform titles, 10,450 serials, 2,000 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $592,836. 150 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Florida Atlantic University.

■ MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE N-8

5840 26th St. West, PO Box 1849
Bradenton, FL 34206-7046
Tel: (941)752-5000
Admissions: (941)752-5031
Fax: (941)727-6177
Web Site: http://www.mccfl.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $92,312. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4800 per student. Total enrollment: 9,767. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 23:1. Full-time: 3,855 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 5,912 students, 65% women, 35% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 86 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 10% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 41% 25 or older, 6% transferred in. Retention: 64% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for allied health programs. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/20. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. State resident tuition: $1,983 full-time, $66.11 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7,352 full-time, $245.05 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 36 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa, American Chemical Society Student Affiliate, Campus Ministry, Medical Community Club. Major annual events: Fall Frolic, Spring Fling, Great Safe Holiday Break Campaign. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Sara Harlee Library plus 1 other with 65,386 books, 125,726 microform titles, 378 serials, 14,617 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.1 million. 1,000 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A suburban area with a subtropical climate, Bradenton is located on the west coast and is known as"The Friendly City;" the hub of activities are in Manatee County. Air service at the Bradenton-Sarasota airport are available. Shopping centers, hospital, city parks, theaters and a modern municipal auditorium are part of the community facilities. The city is a rich agricultural area, producing, processing and shipping citrus fruits, winter vegetables and gladiola. Recreational facilities include beaches, a municipal pier, yacht basin, boat launching, and fishing. Points of interest are the South Florida Museum and Planetarium, and the De Soto National Memorial. The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team trains here. A De Soto celebration is an annual event in March. Venice, Florida, is located approximately 42 miles south of the Bradenton campus. Some part-time employment is available.

■ MEDVANCE INSTITUTE T-7

170 JFK Dr.
Atlantis, FL 33462
Tel: (561)304-3466; 888-86-GO-MED
Fax: (561)304-3471
E-mail: bcortez@medvance.org
Web Site: http://www.medvance.org/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1970.

■ MIAMI DADE COLLEGE T-15

300 Northeast Second Ave.
Miami, FL 33132-2296
Tel: (305)237-3131
Admissions: (305)237-0633
Fax: (305)237-3761
E-mail: skelly@mdc.edu
Web Site: http://www.mdc.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $109.2 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4315 per student. Total enrollment: 54,169. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 26:1. 20,445 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 18,836 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 35,333 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 43 states and territories, 160 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 64% Hispanic, 21% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 41% 25 or older, 2% transferred in. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: education. Core. Calendar: 16-16-6-6. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: electronic application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $1620 full-time, $54 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $5997 full-time, $199.90 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $302 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 40 open to all. Most popular organizations: Welcome Back, Hispanic Heritage Month, Black History Month, Paella Festival. Major annual events: Spooky Nights, Graduation. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Main library plus 8 others with 327,417 books, 624,384 microform titles, 4,916 serials, 17,186 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $10 million. 6,750 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Florida International University.

■ MIAMI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN T-15

1501 Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 100
Miami, FL 33132-1418
Tel: (305)428-5700
Free: 800-225-9023
Fax: (305)374-7946
Web Site: http://www.aimiu.aii.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 4-acre urban campus. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2956 per student. Total enrollment: 1,406. Faculty: 110 (45 full-time, 65 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 958 applied, 32% were admitted. Full-time: 1,328 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 51 states and territories, 60 other countries, 32% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 50% Hispanic, 12% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 22% 25 or older, 40% live on campus. Retention: 87% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: visual and performing arts. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, distance learning, summer session for credit, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview, 2 photographs, art portfolio. Recommended: 2 recommendations, SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $18,960 full-time. College room only: $6150.

Collegiate Environment:

Social organizations: local fraternities, local sororities. Most popular organizations: Caribbean Students Association, student government, DECA. Major annual events: Halloween Party, trip to Disney World, Luau Party. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, security service. 200 college housing spaces available. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. 22,000 books and 158 serials. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $98,135. 350 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Barry University.

■ NATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FORT LAUDERDALE) S-15

1040 Bayview Dr.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Tel: (954)630-0066
Fax: (954)630-0076
E-mail: amiller@cci.edu
Web Site: http://www.nst.cc/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 2003. Calendar: continuous.

■ NATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. (HIALEAH) T-15

4410 West 16th Ave., Ste. 52
Hialeah, FL 33012
Tel: (305)558-9500
Fax: (305)558-4419
E-mail: dalonso@cci.edu
Web Site: http://www.nst.cc/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Total enrollment: 675. Calendar: continuous.

■ NATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. (MIAMI) T-15

111 Northwest 183rd St., 2nd Floor
Miami, FL 33169
Tel: (305)386-9900
Fax: (305)388-1740
Web Site: http://www.nst.cc/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Total enrollment: 700. Calendar: continuous.

■ NATIONAL SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. (NORTH MIAMI BEACH) R-15

16150 Northeast 17th Ave.
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-4744
Tel: (305)949-9500
Fax: (305)956-5758
Web Site: http://www.nst.cc/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1977. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 608. Full-time: 608 students, 67% women, 33% men. 0.3% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 70% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international. Calendar: continuous.

Entrance Requirements:

Entrance: minimally difficult.

■ NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA N-8

5700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243-2197
Tel: (941)359-4700
Admissions: (941)359-4269
Fax: (941)359-4435
E-mail: ncadmissions@virtu.sar.usf.edu
Web Site: http://www.ncf.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 4-year, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1960. Setting: 144-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg. Endowment: $32.7 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.4 million. Total enrollment: 761. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 684 applied, 60% were admitted. 44% from top 10% of their high school class, 80% from top quarter, 97% from top half. 14 National Merit Scholars, 2 valedictorians. Full-time: 761 students, 61% women, 39% men. Students come from 38 states and territories, 28 other countries, 20% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 2% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 4% 25 or older, 68% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: interdisciplinary studies; psychology; area and ethnic studies; physical sciences. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Services for LD students, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, internships. Off campus study at National Student Exchange. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview, analytical paper. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadline: 5/1. Notification: continuous until 5/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3797 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $20,345 full-time. College room and board: $6750. College room only: $4170.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 43 open to all. Most popular organizations: Nice Random Acts of Kindness, Interfaith groups, New College Student Alliance, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Sailing Club. Major annual events: Halloween Palm Court Party, Towne Meetings, Dance Tutorial Perfomances. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 460 students; 470 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Jane Bancroft Cook Library with 256,581 books, 539,038 microform titles, 1,925 serials, 4,246 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.1 million. 41 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT PALM BEACH Q-15

2410 Metro Centre Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Tel: (561)842-8324
Free: 800-826-9986
Fax: (561)842-9503
Web Site: http://newenglandtech.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1983. Setting: 7-acre urban campus with easy access to Miami. Total enrollment: 1,200. 450 applied, 100% were admitted. 40% 25 or older. Academic remediation for entering students, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Student services: personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. 58 computers available on campus for general student use.

■ NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS T-15

300 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132
Tel: (305)237-3135
Admissions: (305)237-3472
Fax: (305)237-3794
E-mail: nwsaadm@mdc.edu
Web Site: http://www.mdc.edu/nwsa

Description:

State-supported, 4-year, coed. Administratively affiliated with Miami Dade College and University of Florida. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1984. Setting: 5-acre urban campus. Endowment: $4 million. Total enrollment: 371. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 5:1. 296 applied, 47% were admitted. Full-time: 371 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 34 states and territories, 19 other countries, 22% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 50% Hispanic, 11% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 10% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: visual and performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, interview, audition. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $12,000 full-time, $65.05 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $17,000 full-time, $216.15 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Most popular organization: student government. Major annual event: Rising Stars. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Miami Dade Community College library (Wolfson Campus) plus 1 other with an OPAC and a Web page. 100 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ NORTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE C-7

1000 Turner Davis Dr.
Madison, FL 32340-1602
Tel: (850)973-2288
Admissions: (850)973-1622
Fax: (850)973-1696
Web Site: http://www.nfcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 109-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 1,297. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 80% from top half. Full-time: 593 students, 64% women, 36% men. Part-time: 704 students, 65% women, 35% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 24% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 31% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Placement: SAT or ACT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 7 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Sentinel Ambassadors, Phi Theta Kappa, African-American Student Union, Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Major annual event: Octoberfest. Student services: women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Dr. Marshall Hamilton Library with 30,137 books, 125 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $300,000. 60 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Madison is located in a rural area with a temperate climate. Railroads and buses serve the area along with three highways. Community facilities include a public library, hospital, ten churches, and major civic and fraternal organizations. Within easy reach are large shopping and cultural centers. Recreational facilities include a golf course, recreation center, and many facilities for all water sports. Part-time employment opportunities are limited.

■ NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA CAMPUS Q-15

2600 North Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409-2911
Tel: (561)478-5500
Free: 800-458-8325
Admissions: (989)837-4367
Fax: (561)640-3328
E-mail: admissions@northwood.edu
Web Site: http://www.northwood.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1982. Setting: 90-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. System endowment: $58.2 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3292 per student. Total enrollment: 923. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 25:1. 913 applied, 60% were admitted. 4% from top 10% of their high school class, 13% from top quarter, 58% from top half. Full-time: 794 students, 41% women, 59% men. Part-time: 129 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 35 states and territories, 40 other countries, 43% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 10% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 25% international, 6% 25 or older, 46% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 59% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; parks and recreation; communications/journalism. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $23,316 includes full-time tuition ($15,216), mandatory fees ($585), and college room and board ($7515). College room only: $3870. Part-time tuition: $317 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 24 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, International Club, Auto Show. Major annual events: Homecoming, Auto Show, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols. 400 college housing spaces available; 337 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Peter C. Cook Library with 25,362 books, 152 serials, 525 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $267,895. 89 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY S-15

3301 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796
Tel: (954)262-7300
Free: 800-541-NOVA
Admissions: (954)262-8000
Fax: (954)262-3967
E-mail: nsuinfo@nova.edu
Web Site: http://www.nova.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1964. Setting: 300-acre suburban campus. Total enrollment: 26,334. Faculty: 1,615 (582 full-time, 1,033 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 2,429 applied, 54% were admitted. 17% from top 10% of their high school class, 43% from top quarter, 82% from top half. Full-time: 3,379 students, 72% women, 28% men. Part-time: 2,074 students, 74% women, 26% men. Students come from 53 states and territories, 42 other countries, 20% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 25% Hispanic, 26% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% international, 60% 25 or older, 9% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 63% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; education; psychology. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $24,320 includes full-time tuition ($17,250), mandatory fees ($550), and college room and board ($6520). College room only: $4120. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $575 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to class time, course load, and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 34 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities. Most popular organizations: Pre-Pharmacy Society, Pre-Med Society, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Phi Epsilon, Nova International Muslim Association. Major annual events: Orientation, Homecoming, Got Wood bonfire. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, shuttle bus service. 464 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center plus 4 others with 668,738 books, 601,505 microform titles, 22,837 serials, 5,600 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 2,000 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Nova Southeastern University is located on a 227-acre site west of Fort Lauderdale in the town of Davie, 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean and easily accessible from major U.S. and state highways including the Sunshine State Parkway. The climate is subtropical and the average year-round temperature is 75 degrees. Nova Southeastern University is situated in close proximity to Broward Community College and to the Nova complex of elementary, middle and high schools.

■ OKALOOSA-WALTON COLLEGE K-4

100 College Blvd.
Niceville, FL 32578-1295
Tel: (850)678-5111
Admissions: (850)729-5373
E-mail: registrar@owc.edu
Web Site: http://www.owc.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1963. Setting: 264-acre small town campus. Endowment: $21 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5003 per student. Total enrollment: 8,728. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. Students come from 18 states and territories, 10% black, 49% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters plus summer sessions. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, ACT, SAT I, ACT ASSET, MAPS, or Florida College Entry Placement Test. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $1774 full-time, $55.45 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6661 full-time, $208.15 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 24 open to all. Major annual events: College Night, Drug Prevention Campaign, Student Government Association Picnic. Student services: health clinic. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Okaloosa-Walton Community College Learning Resource Center with 84,991 books, 139,142 microform titles, 365 serials, 10,800 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $928,500. 643 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Twin cities with temperate climate, largely residential in nature. Many residents are military retirees or civil service personnel. Airlines and Greyhound and AmTrak buses serve the area. Large shopping centers are within easy driving distance. Part-time job opportunities for students are limited.

■ ORLANDO CULINARY ACADEMY J-13

8511 Commodity Circle, Ste. 100 Orlando, FL 32819
Tel: (407)888-4000; (866)OCA-CHEF
Fax: (407)888-4019
Web Site: http://www.orlandoculinary.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 2002.

■ PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY Q-15

901 South Flagler Dr, PO Box 24708
West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4708
Tel: (561)803-2000
Free: 800-238-3998
E-mail: admit@pbac.edu
Web Site: http://www.pba.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: 25-acre urban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $53.9 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $31,777. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $15,780 per student. Total enrollment: 3,171. Faculty: 268 (138 full-time, 130 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 2,224 applied, 44% were admitted. 21% from top 10% of their high school class, 47% from top quarter, 82% from top half. Full-time: 2,285 students, 64% women, 36% men. Part-time: 201 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 17 other countries, 27% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 15% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 23% 25 or older, 45% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; communications/journalism; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, interview, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 12/1 for early action. Notification: continuous, 12/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $24,030 includes full-time tuition ($17,130), mandatory fees ($220), and college room and board ($6680). College room only: $3350. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, degree level, program, and reciprocity agreements. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $420 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $85 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, degree level, program, and reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Major annual events: homecoming, Welcome Week, Blitz Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,100 college housing spaces available; 1,025 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. E. C. Blomeyer Library with 140,714 books, 256,205 microform titles, 27,696 serials, 5,213 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $822,523. 147 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

West Palm Beach is the county seat of Palm Beach County, one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida. The campus is minutes away from the Atlantic Ocean and just across the Intracoastal Waterway from Palm Beach. Cultural, athletic and recreational events abound, and a railway system offers easy access to Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

■ PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Q-15

4200 Congress Ave.
Lake Worth, FL 33461-4796
Tel: (561)967-7222
Admissions: (561)868-3032
Web Site: http://www.pbcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1933. Setting: 150-acre urban campus with easy access to West Palm Beach. Endowment: $14.4 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3140 per student. Total enrollment: 22,666. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 27,824 applied, 100% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 60% from top half. Full-time: 6,917 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 15,749 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 49 states and territories, 138 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 15% Hispanic, 22% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 37% 25 or older, 10% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, dental hygiene programs, radiography, respiratory therapy, firefighter, police and corrections. Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/20. Notification: continuous until 8/20. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Area resident tuition: $63 per hour part-time. State resident tuition: $1890 full-time, $63 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6892 full-time, $229.75 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $10 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 27 open to all; national fraternities; 3% of eligible men and 3% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, Phi Theta Kappa, Students for International Understanding, Black Student Union, Drama Club. Major annual event: Graduation. Student services: health clinic, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. Harold C. Manor Library plus 3 others with 151,000 books, 685,608 microform titles, 1,474 serials, 9,700 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.9 million. 2,300 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Located south of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth has an annual average temperature of 75 degrees and an average rainfall of 61.72 inches. All modes of transportation serve the area. Recreational activities are golfing, shuffleboard, polo, tennis, swimming, water skiing, jai alai, deep sea and fresh water fishing. Deep sea fishing for sailfish, surf fishing for pompano and blue fish are excellent; fresh water fishing at Lake Osborne. Points of interest are the Palm Beach Speedway, Kennel Club Race Track, and art galleries.

■ PASCO-HERNANDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE K-9

10230 Ridge Rd.
New Port Richey, FL 34654-5199
Tel: (727)847-2727
Admissions: (727)816-3261
Fax: (727)816-3450
E-mail: bullard@phcc.edu
Web Site: http://www.phcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1972. Setting: 142-acre small town campus with easy access to Tampa. Endowment: $20.3 million. Total enrollment: 7,346. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 25:1. Full-time: 2,670 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 4,676 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 11 states and territories, 10 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 42% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at other members of the Florida Community College System and the State University System of Florida. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $1872 full-time, $62 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7222 full-time, $241 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 26 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Phi Beta Lambda, Human Services, PHCC Cares. Major annual events: fall club carnivals, Welcome Back activities, Spring Fling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Pottberg Library plus 2 others with 67,852 books, 193,442 microform titles, 351 serials, 4,357 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $697,419. 974 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Saint Leo University.

■ PENSACOLA JUNIOR COLLEGE L-2

1000 College Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32504-8998
Tel: (850)484-1000
Admissions: (850)484-1600
Fax: (850)484-1826
Web Site: http://www.pjc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1948. Setting: 160-acre urban campus. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3766 per student. Total enrollment: 11,000. Students come from 37 states and territories, 21 other countries, 2% from out-of-state, 50% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for some health-related programs. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/30. Notification: continuous until 8/30.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $1755 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $6540 full-time. Mandatory fees: $300 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 16 open to all. Most popular organizations: Baptist Student Union, Campus Activities Board, Students for a Multicultural Society, International Council, Engineering Club. Major annual events: spring and fall cookouts, Fall End of Term Party, Spring End of Term Party. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.6 million. 1,200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Pensacola Junior College offers courses at five locations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in northwest Florida. Famous for the white sand beaches of the Emerald Coast, Pensacola is the center of a growing metropolitan area of a third of a million residents. Pensacola is the "Cradle of Naval Aviation" and several Navy bases are located in the area, including the Pensacola Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Corry Field, and Saufley Field. The white beaches of the Gulf of Mexico are a mecca for tourists. The area is served by the University of West Florida as well as Pensacola Junior College. In addition, the city has numerous museums, galleries, and historical areas, including Seville Quarter, a part of Pensacola dating back to the mid 1700s. Florida's First Place City continues to grow and expand.

■ POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE L-12

999 Ave. H, NE
Winter Haven, FL 33881-4299
Tel: (863)297-1000
Admissions: (863)297-1010
Fax: (863)297-1060
E-mail: clyle@polk.edu and rwebb@polk.edu
Web Site: http://www.polk.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1964. Setting: 98-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando and Tampa. Endowment: $11.1 million. Total enrollment: 7,082. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 1,125 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 2,037 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 5,045 students, 70% women, 30% men. Students come from 25 states and territories, 73 other countries, 10% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 13% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 38% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters 16-16-6-6. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $1901 full-time, $63.38 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7044 full-time, $234.79 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 2 open to all. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Polk Community College Library with 181,000 books, 40,208 microform titles, 325 serials, 4,527 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.8 million. 171 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ REMINGTON COLLEGE-JACKSONVILLE CAMPUS D-12

7011 A.C. Skinner Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Tel: (904)296-3435
Fax: (904)296-9097
E-mail: tony.galang@remingtoncollege.edu
Web Site: http://www.remingtoncollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Total enrollment: 368. 122 applied, 100% were admitted. 0% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 40% black, 7% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international.

Entrance Requirements:

Entrance: noncompetitive.

■ REMINGTON COLLEGE-PINELLAS CAMPUS L-9

8550 Ulmerton Rd.
Largo, FL 33771
Tel: (727)532-1999; 888-900-2343
Fax: (727)530-7710
Web Site: http://www.remingtoncollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Setting: suburban campus. Calendar: continuous.

■ REMINGTON COLLEGE-TAMPA CAMPUS L-10

2410 East Busch Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612-8410
Tel: (813)932-0701
Admissions: (813)935-5700
Fax: (813)935-7415
Web Site: http://www.remingtoncollege.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, transfer associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1948. Setting: 10-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 685. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 1% Native American, 18% Hispanic, 36% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 32% 25 or older. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, accelerated degree program, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: national fraternities; 20% of eligible men and 20% of eligible women are members. Campus security: late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Tampa Technical Institute Library with 4,100 books, 124 serials, 340 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ RINGLING SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN N-8

2700 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234-5895
Tel: (941)351-5100
Free: 800-255-7695
Fax: (941)359-7517
E-mail: admissions@rsad.edu
Web Site: http://www.ringling.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1931. Setting: 37-acre small town campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg. Endowment: $13.1 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $9357 per student. Total enrollment: 1,088. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 958 applied, 27% were admitted. Full-time: 1,050 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 38 students, 42% women, 58% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 33 other countries, 45% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 3% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 11% 25 or older, 47% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 86% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: visual and performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, part-time degree program, internships. Off campus study at Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, New York Studio Program. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, portfolio, resume. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $30,565 includes full-time tuition ($21,200), mandatory fees ($200), and college room and board ($9165). College room only: $4917. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, program, and student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $1000 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load, program, and student level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Social organizations: 22 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 3% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: FEWS, Nontraditional Student Group, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Ringling Ambassadors. Major annual events: Welcome Back Beach Party, Activities Fair, coffeehouses. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, lighted campus. 483 college housing spaces available; 476 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library with 46,802 books, 340 serials, 123,891 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $546,540. 640 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ROLLINS COLLEGE J-13

1000 Holt Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789-4499
Tel: (407)646-2000
Admissions: (407)646-2161
Fax: (407)646-2600
E-mail: admission@rollins.edu
Web Site: http://www.rollins.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1885. Setting: 70-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $264.5 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $8692 per student. Total enrollment: 2,493. Faculty: 217 (185 full-time, 32 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 2,958 applied, 53% were admitted. 34% from top 10% of their high school class, 67% from top quarter, 94% from top half. Full-time: 1,719 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 43 other countries, 46% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 5% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 1% 25 or older, 66% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 84% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences; psychology; visual and performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at American University. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum X high school GPA, interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/15, 11/15 for early decision plan 1, 1/15 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/1 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $38,366 includes full-time tuition ($28,390), mandatory fees ($834), and college room and board ($9142). College room only: $5376.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 122 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 75% of eligible men and 75% of eligible women are members. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,250 college housing spaces available; 1,117 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Olin Library with 288,323 books, 86,595 microform titles, 15,749 serials, 5,501 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.1 million. 195 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Within the metropolitan area of which Orlando is the center, Winter Park is a residential area of great beauty. This area of Florida is popularly known as"The Lake Region." Orange groves, subtropical forest, flowering shrubs and trees are the dominant features of the landscape. Scenic boat trips may be taken through a chain of four lakes. Annual events are the Sidewalk Arts Festival and a Bach festival held on the campus of Rollins College.

■ ST. JOHN VIANNEY COLLEGE SEMINARY T-15

2900 Southwest 87th Ave.
Miami, FL 33165-3244
Tel: (305)223-4561
E-mail: noonan@sjvcs.edu
Web Site: http://www.sjvcs.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1959. Setting: 33-acre urban campus. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $5200. Total enrollment: 47. 11 applied, 100% were admitted. 17% from top 10% of their high school class, 33% from top half. Full-time: 47 students, 9% women, 91% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 11 other countries, 17% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 45% Hispanic, 9% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 23% international, 45% 25 or older, 98% live on campus. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, psychological examination. Recommended: interview, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Preference given to candidates for the priesthood.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group. Major annual events: Parents' Weekend, Vocation Awareness, special topics workshops. Student services: legal services, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols. On-campus residence required through senior year. Option: men-only housing available. Maytag Memorial Library with 54,000 books, 150 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $114,934. 16 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ST. JOHNS RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE F-12

5001 Saint Johns Ave.
Palatka, FL 32177-3897
Tel: (386)312-4200
Admissions: (386)312-4032
Fax: (386)312-4292
Web Site: http://www.sjrcc.cc.fl.us/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 105-acre small town campus with easy access to Jacksonville. Total enrollment: 3,459. 1,200 applied, 100% were admitted. 43% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

State resident tuition: $1732 full-time, $66.88 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6348 full-time, $251.14 per semester hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. 56,925 books, 90,725 microform titles, 7,015 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 203 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY K-10

PO Box 6665
St. Leo, FL 33574-6665
Tel: (352)588-8200
Free: 800-334-5532
Admissions: (352)588-8283
Fax: (352)588-8257
E-mail: admissions@saintleo.edu
Web Site: http://www.saintleo.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1889. Setting: 186-acre rural campus with easy access to Tampa and Orlando. Endowment: $10.8 million. Total enrollment: 2,263. Faculty: 122 (66 full-time, 56 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 3,248 applied, 43% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 67% from top half. Full-time: 1,335 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 49 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 35 states and territories, 42 other countries, 33% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 8% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 9% 25 or older, 68% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.3 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/15. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $22,140 includes full-time tuition ($14,250), mandatory fees ($430), and college room and board ($7460). College room only: $3920. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to location. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 43 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 26% of eligible men and 14% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Union, Circle K, Samaritans, American Marketing Association, Campus Activities Board. Major annual events: Fall Festival, Spring Fling, Community Service Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 887 college housing spaces available; 844 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Cannon Memorial Library with 141,521 books, 28,290 microform titles, 700 serials, 6,437 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.1 million. 750 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Saint Leo is located 25 miles north of Tampa, and 38 miles from Tampa International Airport. Semitropical climate. Orlando and Disney World are 65 miles to the east.

■ ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE M-9

PO Box 13489
St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489
Tel: (727)341-3600
Admissions: (727)712-5892
Fax: (727)341-3150
Web Site: http://www.spjc.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1927. Setting: suburban campus. Endowment: $13.4 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $5165 per student. Total enrollment: 24,102. 3,919 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 8,012 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 16,090 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 45 states and territories, 30 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 11% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 46% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. State resident tuition: $1646 full-time, $54.88 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6587 full-time, $219.11 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $337 full-time, $25.17 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to degree level and program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to degree level and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Student services: women's center. Campus security: late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. M. M. Bennett Library plus 5 others with 222,990 books, 79,591 microform titles, 1,393 serials, 16,543 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.4 million. 2,951 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ ST. PETERSBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY M-9

10830 Navajo Dr.
St. Petersburg, FL 33708
Tel: (727)399-0276
Fax: (727)347-3695
E-mail: sptseminary@tampabay.rr.com
Web Site: http://www.sptseminary.edu/

Description:

Independent interdenominational, upper-level, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1983. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $550 per student. Total enrollment: 70. 0% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 17% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international. Core. Calendar: semesters. Advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $3600 full-time, $120 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $30 full-time, $15 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course level and degree level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course level and degree level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. Vern-Roberta Donzero with 25,146 books, 22 serials, 125 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $10,772. 3 computers available on campus for general student use.

■ ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY Q-15

16401 Northwest 37th Ave.
Miami Gardens, FL 33054-6459
Tel: (305)625-6000
Free: 800-367-9010
Admissions: (305)628-6546
Fax: (305)628-6591
Web Site: http://www.stu.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1961. Setting: 140-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $9.1 million. Total enrollment: 2,692. Faculty: 250 (95 full-time, 155 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 551 applied, 91% were admitted. Full-time: 1,096 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 62 students, 52% women, 48% men. Students come from 25 states and territories, 58 other countries, 9% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 44% Hispanic, 27% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 10% international, 36% 25 or older, 10% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 69% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, 1 recommendation, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $23,490 includes full-time tuition ($17,860) and college room and board ($5630). Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $595 per credit.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group. Social organizations: 29 open to all. Most popular organizations: International Student Organization, Pre-Med Club, Hispanic Heritage Club, Inter-Dorm Council, Communicators Club. Major annual events: Homecoming, St. Thomas of Villanova Annual Picnic, Land and Water Olympics. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. St. Thomas University Library plus 1 other with 154,017 books, 319,889 microform titles, 898 serials, 7,894 audiovisual materials, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.6 million. 60 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SANFORD-BROWN INSTITUTE (JACKSONVILLE) D-12

10255 Fortune Parkway, Ste. 501
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Tel: (904)363-6221
Fax: (904)363-6824
Web Site: http://www.sbjacksonville.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Founded 1992.

■ SANFORD-BROWN INSTITUTE (LAUDERDALE LAKES) N-15

4780 N. State Rd., 7 Bldg. E, Ste. 100
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33309
Tel: (954)733-8900
Fax: (954)733-8994
Web Site: http://www.sbftlauderdale.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed.

■ SANFORD-BROWN INSTITUTE(TAMPA) L-10

5701 E. Hillsborough Ave.

Tampa, FL 33610
Tel: (813)621-0072
Fax: (813)626-0392
Web Site: http://www.sbtampa.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed.

■ SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE F-10

3000 Northwest 83rd St.
Gainesville, FL 32606-6200
Tel: (352)395-5000
Admissions: (352)395-5857
Fax: (352)395-5581
E-mail: information@santafe.cc.fl.us
Web Site: http://www.sfcc.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees (offers bachelor's degrees in conjunction with Saint Leo College). Founded 1966. Setting: 175-acre suburban campus with easy access to Jacksonville. Total enrollment: 13,806. 1,796 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 6,560 students, 50% women, 50% men. Part-time: 7,246 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 80 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 12% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 28% 25 or older, 11% transferred in. Retention: 61% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT, ACT, or CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $1755 full-time, $58.50 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6540 full-time, $218 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Most popular organizations: Black Student Union, student government. Major annual events: Student Orientation, College Night, Homecoming. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Lawrence W. Tyree Library with 81,832 books, 624 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 400 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of Florida.

■ SCHILLER INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY L-9

453 Edgewater Dr.
Dunedin, FL 34698-7532
Tel: (727)736-5082
Free: 800-336-4133
Fax: (727)734-0359
E-mail: admissions@schiller.edu
Web Site: http://www.schiller.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Schiller International University. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1991. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Tampa. Total enrollment: 177. Faculty: 34 (4 full-time, 30 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 5:1. Full-time: 103 students, 41% women, 59% men. Part-time: 5 students, 20% women, 80% men. Students come from 60 other countries, 68% from out-of-state, 32% international, 13% 25 or older. Retention: 22% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $24,480 includes full-time tuition ($16,880) and college room and board ($7600). Part-time tuition: $470 per credit.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: student government, student newspaper, yearbook staff, Model United Nations. Major annual event: Formal Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: night patrols. 70 college housing spaces available. Option: coed housing available. SIU Library with 1,918 books and 30 serials. 17 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SEMINOLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE I-14

100 Weldon Blvd.
Sanford, FL 32773-6199
Tel: (407)328-4722
Admissions: (407)708-2380
Fax: (407)328-2395
Web Site: http://www.scc-fl.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 200-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $5.3 million. Total enrollment: 11,682. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. Full-time: 4,079 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 7,603 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 18 states and territories, 123 other countries, 0.4% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 13% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 45% 25 or older, 20% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for physical therapy, respiratory therapy, nursing programs. Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $1592 full-time, $53.08 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6125 full-time, $214.18 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $488 full-time, $16.28 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 17 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Government Association, International Student Organization. Major annual events: Welcome Back, Career Fair. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Seminole Community College Library plus 2 others with 102,744 books, 84,200 microform titles, 353 serials, 8,913 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.7 million. 56 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A residential city with subtropical climate. Sanford is located 20 miles northeast of Orlando. Air service is available through Orlando International Airport, and Amtrak serves the area. Part-time employment for students is available in the metropolitan Orlando Area. Lake Monroe is a recreation area nearby with a municipal zoo, picnic facilities and playground. Other sports include boating, fishing, tennis, and more. The close proximity to Orlando offers many convenient cultural and recreational activities.

■ SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE M-13

600 West College Dr.
Avon Park, FL 33825-9356
Tel: (863)453-6661
Fax: (863)453-0165
Web Site: http://www.sfcc.cc.fl.us/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 80-acre rural campus with easy access to Tampa-St. Petersburg and Orlando. Endowment: $3.3 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $1929 per student. Total enrollment: 2,076. Full-time: 813 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 1,263 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 12 states and territories, 4 other countries, 33% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT, ACT or Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test, CPT required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Student Activities Board, Cheerleaders Club, African-American Association, Future Educators. Major annual events: International Jamboree, Back to School Pool Party, Community College Week. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. Learning Resource Center with 42,000 books, 237 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $376,594. 284 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

An urban area in south central Florida; semitropical climate and a tourist center. Trains and buses serve the area. Citrus production is the main source of income. Part time employment is limited to eating establishments and grocery stores. Recreational activities are numerous; they include golfing, bowling, tennis, shuffleboard, water sports, hunting, fishing and camping. Avon Park has many active civic organizations. The annual International Jamboree and Cultural Series is a special event.

■ SOUTH UNIVERSITY (TAMPA) L-10

4401 N. Himes Ave.
Tampa, FL 33614
Tel: (813)393-3800
Web Site: http://www.southuniversity.edu

Description:

Proprietary, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2857 per student.

Entrance Requirements:

Required for some: SAT or ACT.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $11,475 full-time, $2995 per term part-time.

■ SOUTH UNIVERSITY (WEST PALM BEACH) Q-15

1760 North Congress Ave.
West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Tel: (561)697-9200; (866)629-9200
Admissions: (866)629-2902
Fax: (561)697-9944
E-mail: jrogalski@southuniversity.edu
Web Site: http://www.southuniversity.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation. Awards terminal associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1899. Setting: 1-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2719 per student. Total enrollment: 502. Faculty: 58 (18 full-time, 40 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. Full-time: 347 students, 84% women, 16% men. Part-time: 155 students, 89% women, 11% men. Students come from 4 other countries, 0% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 51% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 38% 25 or older. Retention: 60% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; law/legal studies; business/marketing. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, double major, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript.
Recommended: SAT or ACT. Required for some: recommendations, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $11,475 full-time, $2995 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 3 open to all. Most popular organization: Pro Bono Club. Major annual events: Food Drive, Blood Drive, Clothing Drive. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: evening security personnel. College housing not available. South University Library plus 3 others with 8,400 books and 67 serials. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $116,440. 53 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY L-12

1000 Longfellow Blvd.
Lakeland, FL 33801-6099
Tel: (863)667-5000
Free: 800-500-8760
Fax: (863)667-5200
Web Site: http://www.seuniversity.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed, affiliated with Assemblies of God. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1935. Setting: 62-acre suburban campus with easy access to Tampa and Orlando. Endowment: $1.8 million. Total enrollment: 1,964. 509 applied, 86% were admitted. Students come from 44 states and territories, 40% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 6% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.4% international, 10% 25 or older, 60% live on campus. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, 2 recommendations. Required for some: essay, interview. Placement: SAT or ACT required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous until 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $17,178 includes full-time tuition ($11,040), mandatory fees ($460), and college room and board ($5678). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to degree level, program, and reciprocity agreements. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $460 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to course load, degree level, program, and reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 21 open to all. Most popular organizations: Spanish Club, travel music groups, Impact (cross-cultural awareness), Psyche, Student Broadcast Organization. Major annual events: Homecoming, College Days. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,200 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Steelman Library plus 3 others with 96,000 books, 490 serials, and an OPAC. 40 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COLLEGE (FORT MYERS) Q-10

1685 Medical Ln.
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Tel: (239)939-4766; (866)SWFC-NOW
Fax: (239)936-4040
Web Site: http://www.swfc.edu/

Description:

Independent, primarily 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1940. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 1,263. Academic remediation for entering students, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: Common Application. Recommended: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Campus security: day and evening security guards. College housing not available. Learning Resource Center with 1,000 books, 20 serials, and a Web page. 80 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COLLEGE (TAMPA) L-10

3910 Riga Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33619
Tel: (813)630-4401; 877-907-2456
Web Site: http://www.swfc.edu/

Description:

Independent, 2-year, coed.

■ STETSON UNIVERSITY H-13

421 North Woodland Blvd.
DeLand, FL 32723
Tel: (386)822-7000
Free: 800-688-0101
Admissions: (386)822-7100
Fax: (386)822-8832
E-mail: admissions@stetson.edu
Web Site: http://www.stetson.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1883. Setting: 170-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $114.8 million. Total enrollment: 3,665. Faculty: 268 (186 full-time, 82 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 2,777 applied, 69% were admitted. 14 valedictorians. Full-time: 2,160 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 74 students, 47% women, 53% men. Students come from 41 states and territories, 41 other countries, 21% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 5% 25 or older, 67% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; visual and performing arts; biological/life sciences; social sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at American University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 3/15, 11/1 for early decision. Notification: 11/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $32,725 includes full-time tuition ($23,975), mandatory fees ($1475), and college room and board ($7275). College room only: $4075. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $760 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 93 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 23% of eligible men and 22% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Into the Streets, Multi-Cultural Student Council, Black Student Association, Best Buddies, Habitat For Humanity. Major annual events: Stetson Weekend, Greenfeather, Family Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,547 college housing spaces available; 1,478 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. DuPont-Ball Library plus 2 others with 382,154 books, 404,979 microform titles, 11,833 serials, 17,879 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 400 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE C-5

444 Appleyard Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32304-2895
Tel: (850)201-6200
Web Site: http://www.tcc.fl.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 191-acre suburban campus. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2027 per student. Total enrollment: 11,966. Full-time: 5,533 students, 48% women, 52% men. Part-time: 6,433 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 32 states and territories, 75 other countries, 10% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 31% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 26% 25 or older, 30% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida State University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for allied health programs. Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test required; SAT or ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/1.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, student government, International Student Organization, Black Student Union, Returning Adults Valuing Education. Major annual events: student/faculty days, Turkey Shoot, Eagle Fest. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Tallahassee Community College Library with 84,415 books, 1,073 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.5 million. 170 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Florida State University.

■ TALMUDIC COLLEGE OF FLORIDA T-15

1910 Alton Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: (305)534-7050; 888-825-6834
Fax: (305)534-8444
Web Site: http://www.talmudicu.edu/

Description:

Independent Jewish, comprehensive, men only. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1974. Setting: urban campus with easy access to Miami. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $10,000 per student. Total enrollment: 30. 12 applied, 67% were admitted. Full-time: 15 students. Students come from 4 states and territories, 5 other countries, 95% from out-of-state, 7% Hispanic, 67% international, 0.3% 25 or older, 99% live on campus, 53% transferred in. Retention: 50% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: interview, placement exam. Recommended: essay, 2 recommendations. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $250. Comprehensive fee: $12,500 includes full-time tuition ($7250), mandatory fees ($250), and college room and board ($5000). College room only: $2500. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Student services: personal-psychological counseling. 55 college housing spaces available; 29 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Option: men-only housing available. Beis Medrash plus 1 other with 25,000 books and a Web page.

■ TRINITY BAPTIST COLLEGE D-12

800 Hammond Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32221
Tel: (904)596-2400
Free: 800-786-2206
Admissions: (904)596-2538
Fax: (904)596-2531
E-mail: trinity@tbc.edu
Web Site: http://www.tbc.edu/

Description:

Independent Baptist, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1974. Setting: 148-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 465. Faculty: 50 (12 full-time, 38 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 159 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 294 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 128 students, 40% women, 60% men. Students come from 30 states and territories, 4 other countries, 32% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 13% 25 or older, 57% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 65% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: theology and religious vocations; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: Common Application. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 3 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $10,600. Part-time tuition: $245 per semester hour. Tuition: $245 per semester hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Major annual events: Missions Conference, Bible Conference, Youth Conference. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols, controlled dormitory access, evening security. 230 college housing spaces available; 224 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Travis Hudson Library with 35,070 books and 191 serials. 35 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ TRINITY COLLEGE OF FLORIDA K-9

2430 Welbilt Blvd.
New Port Richey, FL 34655
Tel: (727)376-6911
Free: 800-388-0869
Fax: (727)376-0781
Web Site: http://www.trinitycollege.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1932. Setting: 40-acre small town campus with easy access to Tampa. Endowment: $1.3 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4196 per student. Total enrollment: 203. 61 applied, 100% were admitted. 7% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 59% from top half. Full-time: 138 students, 42% women, 58% men. Part-time: 65 students, 48% women, 52% men. Students come from 15 states and territories, 6 other countries, 9% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 4% black, 0.5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 37% 25 or older, 54% live on campus, 28% transferred in. Retention: 60% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, interview. Recommended: minimum 2.75 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadlines: 7/15, 7/1 for nonresidents. Notification: continuous until 7/31, continuous until 7/15 for nonresidents.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 5 open to all. Most popular organizations: Great Commission Missionary Fellowship, Men's Basketball/Soccer Leagues, Music Club, Bible and Theology Club, Student Government. Major annual events: Trinityfest, Missions Conference, Breakaway. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: controlled dormitory access, on-campus security personnel. 74 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Raymond H. Center, M.D. Library with 40,523 books, 275 serials, 2,300 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $93,172. 16 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Clearwater Christian College.

■ UNIVERSIDAD FLET T-15

14540 SW 136th St., Ste. 200
Miami, FL 33186
Tel: (305)232-5880; 888-376-3538
Admissions: (305)378-8700
Fax: (305)232-3592
Web Site: http://www.flet.edu/

Description:

Independent religious, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1977. Total enrollment: 866. 212 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 75 students, 35% women, 65% men. Part-time: 707 students, 38% women, 62% men. 0% Native American, 99% Hispanic, 0.1% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $30 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $700 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available.

■ UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA J-13

4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816
Tel: (407)823-2000
Admissions: (407)823-3000
Fax: (407)823-3419
E-mail: admission@mail.ucf.edu
Web Site: http://www.ucf.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1963. Setting: 1,415-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $78.8 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $91.4 million. Total enrollment: 44,953. Faculty: 1,637 (1,192 full-time, 445 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 27:1. 20,265 applied, 62% were admitted. 35% from top 10% of their high school class, 75% from top quarter, 91% from top half. 34 National Merit Scholars, 55 valedictorians. Full-time: 28,584 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 9,212 students, 54% women, 46% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 131 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 9% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 18% 25 or older, 20% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; psychology; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous. Preference given to state residents who are designated as Talented 20.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3141 full-time, $105 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,272 full-time, $542 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $198 full-time, $6.60 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $7400. College room only: $4300. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 329 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 11% of eligible men and 9% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, Hispanic American Student Association, Volunteer UCF, Pre-Professional Medical Society and Student Nurses Association, African-American Student Union. Major annual events: homecoming, Spirit Splash, Homecoming Carnival and Job Fair. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 7,940 college housing spaces available; 6,793 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. University Library with 1.2 million books, 2.4 million microform titles, 9,866 serials, 35,233 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $11.1 million. 2,420 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Orlando has become a focal point for business and major industry, easily accessible by major forms of public transportation, and serves as a regional retail market for eight counties and over a million people. The area's reputation as a tourism mecca has brought a resultant surge in the hospitality industry as well. It also is an important agricultural center, noted for citrus and truck gardening. The temperate climate year-round provides ideal conditions for numerous recreational opportunities: fishing, boating, dog and horse racing, Jai-Alai, golf, tennis, and other outdoor activities. Points of interest include Walt Disney World, Epcot Center, MGM Studios, Universal Studios, Sea World, plus such seasonal attractions as the Church Street Station, Citrus Open Golf Tournament, Walt Disney World Golf Classic, Orlando Horse Show, Central Florida Fair, Orlando Magic Pro-Basketball, and Citrus Bowl. Cultural activities are widespread in the Orlando-Winter Park area, and include annual Sidewalk Art Festivals, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, the Florida Symphony Orchestra, Central Florida Civic Theatre, and the John Young Museum and Planetarium, located adjacent to the Loch Haven Art Center.

■ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA F-10

Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352)392-3261
Admissions: (352)392-1365
Web Site: http://www.ufl.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of Board of Trustees. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1853. Setting: 2,000-acre suburban campus with easy access to Jacksonville. Endowment: $670.4 million. Total enrollment: 49,693. Faculty: 2,311 (2,229 full-time, 82 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 21:1. 22,973 applied, 52% were admitted. 85% from top 10% of their high school class, 90% from top quarter, 97% from top half. 130 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 32,006 students, 54% women, 46% men. Part-time: 2,662 students, 49% women, 51% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 114 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 9% black, 7% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 7% 25 or older, 21% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 94% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences; engineering. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Miami New World School of the Arts, Miami-Dade Community College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/17, 10/1 for early decision. Notification: continuous, 12/1 for early decision. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3,094 full-time, $103.12 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $17,222 full-time, $574.08 per credit hour part-time. College room and board: $6260. College room only: $3940. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 525 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 15% of eligible men and 15% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Blue Key Society, student government, Black Student Union, Hispanic Student Association, Reitz Union Program Council. Major annual events: Gator Growl, Celebration, People Awareness Week. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, crime and rape prevention programs. 7,346 college housing spaces available; 7,308 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. George A. Smathers Library plus 8 others with 5 million books, 6.7 million microform titles, 28,103 serials, 36,078 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 472 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County located on the rolling highlands of north-central Florida midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is subtropical with an average mean temperature of 70 degrees. Railroads, buses and airlines serve the area. Gainesville is the focal point of diversified industrial and agricultural activities. The city facilities include churches of many denominations, center for science, education and medicine, medical center with hospital, museum and numerous civic organizations. Recreational facilities include golf courses, swimming at nearby springs, boating and freshwater fishing in surrounding lakes and rivers. Both the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are within a two-hour drive. Off-campus housing is available for over 20,000 students in addition to university housing.

■ UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI U-14

University of Miami Branch
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Tel: (305)284-2211
Admissions: (305)284-4323
Fax: (305)284-2507
Web Site: http://www.miami.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1925. Setting: 260-acre suburban campus with easy access to Miami. Endowment: $526.1 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $11.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $20,778 per student. Total enrollment: 15,674. Faculty: 1,275 (892 full-time, 383 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 18,807 applied, 46% were admitted. 62% from top 10% of their high school class, 89% from top quarter, 98% from top half. Full-time: 9,766 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 771 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 53 states and territories, 89 other countries, 46% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 23% Hispanic, 9% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% international, 7% 25 or older, 42% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 89% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; visual and performing arts; biological/life sciences; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, recommendations, counselor evaluation, SAT or ACT. Required for some: interview, SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/1 for early decision, 11/1 for early action. Notification: 4/15, 12/15 for early decision, 2/1 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $65. Comprehensive fee: $37,926 includes full-time tuition ($29,020) and college room and board ($8906). College room only: $5224. Full-time tuition varies according to course load, location, and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $1208 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to course load, location, and program. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 175 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 12% of eligible men and 14% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, international student organizations, sports and recreation clubs, Association of Commuter Students, United Black Students. Major annual events: Sports Fest, Homecoming, International Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, crime prevention and safety workshops, residential college crime watch. College housing designed to accommodate 4,228 students; 4,356 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Otto G. Richter Library plus 7 others with 1.4 million books, 3.5 million microform titles, 16,305 serials, 109,900 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $11.7 million. 1,800 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

A part of the metropolitan Miami area, Coral Gables is known as"City Beautiful" with the mildest climate in the United States. The Miami International Airport is nearby. The city offers a distinguished retail shopping district, the opera, theatre, ballet, concerts, the Vizcaya Museum, and Lowe Art Gallery. Recreational activities are numerous including swimming, golf, tennis, boating, sport fishing, and snorkeling and scuba diving among the only coral reefs in the continental United States, in the Florida Keys. The Everglades National Park is 1 hour away.

■ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA D-12

4567 St. Johns Bluff Rd. South
Jacksonville, FL 32224-2645
Tel: (904)620-1000
Admissions: (904)620-2624
Fax: (904)620-1040
E-mail: osprey@unfivm.unf.edu
Web Site: http://www.unf.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates (doctoral degree in education only). Founded 1965. Setting: 1,300-acre urban campus. Endowment: $63.8 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $4.7 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $4992 per student. Total enrollment: 15,234. Faculty: 700 (448 full-time, 252 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 9,147 applied, 62% were admitted. 23% from top 10% of their high school class, 55% from top quarter, 87% from top half. Full-time: 9,540 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 3,870 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 49 states and territories, 54 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 10% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 22% 25 or older, 17% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at State University System of Florida. Study abroad program. ROTC: Naval (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Required for some: essay, recommendations. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 7/2, 11/15 for early action. Notification: continuous, 12/2 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3269 full-time, $108.95 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,911 full-time, $497.02 per semester hour part-time. College room and board: $6640. College room only: $3810. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 149 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 8% of eligible men and 6% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: International Student Association, Filipino Student Association, Student Physical Therapy Association, National Education Association, Student Government Association. Major annual events: Earth Music Fest, Toga Party, homecoming. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, electronic parking lot security. College housing designed to accommodate 2,000 students; 2,252 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. Thomas G. Carpenter Library with 746,604 books, 1.3 million microform titles, 3,466 serials, 67,208 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.3 million. 750 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Jacksonville University.

■ UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-CENTRAL FLORIDA CAMPUS D-5

2290 Lucien Way, Ste. 400
Maitland, FL 32751-7057
Tel: (407)667-0555
Free: 800-228-7240
Admissions: (480)557-1712
Web Site: http://www.phoenix.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1996. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 2,267. Faculty: 243 (17 full-time, 226 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 32 applied. Full-time: 1,654 students, 61% women, 39% men. 0.3% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 6% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 26% international, 92% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: continuous. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: 1 recommendation. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $110. Tuition: $9960 full-time, $332 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $560 full-time, $70 per course part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available. University Library with 444 books, 666 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. System-wide operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.2 million.

■ UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-NORTH FLORIDA CAMPUS D-12

4500 Salisbury Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32216-0959
Tel: (904)636-6645
Free: 800-894-1758
Admissions: (480)557-1712
Web Site: http://www.phoenix.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1976. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 2,380. Faculty: 255 (9 full-time, 246 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 42 applied. Full-time: 1,784 students, 59% women, 41% men. 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 12% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 9% international, 94% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: continuous. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: 1 recommendation. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $110. Tuition: $9960 full-time, $332 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $560 full-time, $70 per course part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available. University Library with 444 books, 666 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. System-wide operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.2 million.

■ UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-SOUTH FLORIDA CAMPUS S-15

600 North Pine Island Rd., Ste. 500
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324-1393
Tel: (954)382-5303
Free: 800-228-7240
Admissions: (480)557-1712
Web Site: http://www.phoenix.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 2,791. Faculty: 264 (10 full-time, 254 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 40 applied. Full-time: 2,043 students, 69% women, 31% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 12% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 26% international, 94% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: continuous. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: 1 recommendation. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $110. Tuition: $9960 full-time, $332 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $560 full-time, $70 per course part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available. University Library with an OPAC and a Web page. System-wide operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.2 million.

■ UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-WEST FLORIDA CAMPUS J-5

12802 Tampa Oaks Blvd., Ste. 200
Temple Terrace, FL 33637
Tel: (813)626-7911
Free: 800-228-7240
Admissions: (480)557-1712
Fax: (813)977-1449
Web Site: http://www.phoenix.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Total enrollment: 2,755. Faculty: 234 (18 full-time, 216 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 54 applied. Full-time: 2,064 students, 60% women, 40% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% international, 92% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer and information sciences; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: continuous. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: 1 recommendation. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $110. Tuition: $9960 full-time, $332 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $560 full-time, $70 per course part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

College housing not available. University Library with 444 books, 666 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. System-wide operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3.2 million.

■ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA L-10

4202 East Fowler Ave.
Tampa, FL 33620-9951
Tel: (813)974-2011; 877-USF-BULLS
Admissions: (813)974-3350
Fax: (813)974-9689
E-mail: bullseye@admin.usf.edu
Web Site: http://www.usf.edu

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1956. Setting: 1,913-acre urban campus. Endowment: $298.2 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $135 million. Total enrollment: 42,660. Faculty: 2,429 (1,727 full-time, 702 part-time). 18,307 applied, 58% were admitted. 35% from top 10% of their high school class, 59% from top quarter, 90% from top half. 3 National Merit Scholars, 44 valedictorians, 460 student government officers. Full-time: 23,945 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 9,758 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 133 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 13% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 22% 25 or older, 13% live on campus, 13% transferred in. Retention: 82% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at members of the National Student Exchange, State University System of Florida. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: high school transcript, recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 4/15. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $3310 full-time, $108 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $16,076 full-time, $533 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $74 full-time, $37 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, course load, and location. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, course load, and location. College room and board: $6900. College room only: $3563. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and location.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 200 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities. Most popular organizations: student government, Campus Activities Board, USF Ambassadors, student admissions representatives. Major annual events: homecoming, Welcome Week, University lecture series. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, residence hall lobby personnel 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. 4,176 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Tampa Campus Library plus 2 others with 2 million books, 4.3 million microform titles, 20,571 serials, 154,199 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $14.1 million. 593 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Tampa, located on the west coast of Florida, is the seventh largest port in the nation. It is a significant industrial and commercial center; the second largest city in the state. A fine harbor with a 34 foot channel to the Gulf of Mexico is located here. It is important in trade and travel to and from Central and South America. Annual mean temperature is 72.3 degrees, the average rainfall is 49 inches. All modes of travel serve the area. Industries include cigar manufacturing, phosphate, beer, cement, cans, wire and cable, and canned citrus fruits and vegetables. Tampa is a tourist city with many recreational facilities; yacht basin, golf courses, tennis clubs, saddle clubs, swimming pools, bowling alleys, baseball diamonds, and basketball courts. Salt water fishing is excellent. Swimming is excellent all year in Tampa Bay, and at the municipal beach on Courtney Campell Causeway. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the local NFL team and the Cincinnati Reds make Tampa their spring training quarters. Points of interest are the Busch Gardens, Lowry Park, Tampa Art Institute, and the Tampa Museum.

■ THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA L-10

401 West Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606-1490
Tel: (813)253-3333; 888-MINARET
Admissions: (813)253-6211
Fax: (813)254-4955
E-mail: bstrickler@alpha.utampa.edu
Web Site: http://www.utampa.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1931. Setting: 90-acre urban campus. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $49,738. Total enrollment: 5,202. Faculty: 425 (208 full-time, 217 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 6,365 applied, 50% were admitted. 20% from top 10% of their high school class, 50% from top quarter, 84% from top half. Full-time: 4,169 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 467 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 100 other countries, 54% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 6% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 10% 25 or older, 59% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $25,784 includes full-time tuition ($17,906), mandatory fees ($942), and college room and board ($6936). College room only: $3710. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $380 per hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $35 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 104 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 12% of eligible men and 14% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: PEACE, Kappa Delta Pi, student productions, Minaret. Major annual events: Into the Streets, Homecoming, Leadership Awards Night. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 2,504 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Macdonald Keloe Library with 252,147 books, 16,661 microform titles, 10,854 serials, 4,181 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $1.4 million. 493 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The university is situated along the Hillsborough River adjacent to the downtown area of Tampa, Florida. The city of Tampa (population 300,000) is part of the Tampa Bay metropolitan area of over 2 million. This rapidly growing area is a business and resort center featuring year-round sunshine with school year temperatures averaging 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit and excellent job prospects. Tampa's ultramodern international airport is just 15 minutes from campus. The city is easily accessible by interstate highway, bus or rail. Tampa is 30 minutes from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico and 60 minutes from Central Florida's parks and amusement areas such as Walt Disney World.

■ UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA L-2

11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514-5750
Tel: (850)474-2000
Free: 800-263-1074
Admissions: (850)474-2230
Fax: (850)474-2096
E-mail: admissions@uwf.edu
Web Site: http://uwf.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of State University System of Florida. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees (specialists). Founded 1963. Setting: 1,600-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $53.4 million. Research spending for 2004 fiscal year: $22.4 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $6135 per student. Total enrollment: 9,632. Faculty: 527 (308 full-time, 219 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 3,401 applied, 68% were admitted. Full-time: 5,771 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 2,397 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 49 states and territories, 13% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 9% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 30% 25 or older, 18% live on campus, 16% transferred in. Retention: 73% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; communications/journalism. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other members of the State University System of Florida. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 6/30. Notification: continuous. Preference given to applicants with associate degrees from Florida public junior colleges.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $2147 full-time, $106.59 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,654 full-time, $523.48 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1050 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to location. Part-time tuition varies according to location. College room and board: $6600. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 109 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 5% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Marketing Association, Student Council for Exceptional Children, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Baptist Student Ministry, Golden Key Honor Society. Major annual events: Homecoming, Exam Jam, Love Fest (Valentine's celebration). Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,340 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Option: coed housing available. Pace Library with 414,418 books, 1.6 million microform titles, 3,236 serials, 4,303 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $2.1 million. 900 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Pensacola is Florida's westernmost metropolitan area, situated approximately 50 miles east of Mobile, Alabama. A mild climate and more than 200 miles of Gulf and bay shoreline combine to produce an environment perfect for outdoor recreation. Pensacola is the home of the largest naval air training facility in the United States and of Florida's largest industrial plant. Boating, skin diving, swimming, surfing, and sailing are among the numerous water-related sports enjoyed practically year-round. More than 20 miles of Pensacola Beach are within the confines of the National Seashore, including historic Fort Pickens. Numerous museums and related facilities provide amateur historians with a wealth of exploring. The U.S. Naval Air Training museum provides a historical compendium of naval aviation in the United States. Such annual events as the Fiesta of Five Flags, the Gulf Coast Fine Arts Festival and the West Florida Music Festival draw thousands of people annually.

■ VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE J-13

PO Box 3028
Orlando, FL 32802-3028
Tel: (407)299-5000
Admissions: (407)582-1511
Web Site: http://www.valencia.cc.fl.us/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1967. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $14.4 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2228 per student. Total enrollment: 29,342. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 21:1. 11,409 applied. Students come from 40 states and territories, 92 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 23% Hispanic, 15% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 31% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for health-related programs. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadlines: 8/12, 8/12 for nonresidents. Preference given to local residents for health-related programs.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $1673 full-time, $66.11 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6287 full-time, $248.05 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 55 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Valencia Intercultural Student Association, Student Government Association, Latin American Student Association, Valencia Student Nurses Association. Major annual events: Matador Day, Student Activity Awards Ceremonies, Commencement. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Learning Resources Center plus 3 others with 101,000 books, 138,000 microform titles, 650 serials, 15,500 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $3 million. 1,927 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of Central Florida.

■ WARNER SOUTHERN COLLEGE L-13

13895 US Hwy. 27
Lake Wales, FL 33859
Tel: (863)638-1426
Admissions: (863)638-7212
Web Site: http://www.warner.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Church of God. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: 320-acre rural campus with easy access to Tampa and Orlando. Endowment: $3 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $3468 per student. Total enrollment: 970. Faculty: 99 (35 full-time, 64 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 391 applied, 58% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 66% from top half. 1 National Merit Scholar. Full-time: 778 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 143 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 27 states and territories, 17 other countries, 13% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 21% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 46% 25 or older, 41% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 57% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; theology and religious vocations. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.25 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay. Required for some: interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Comprehensive fee: $18,466 includes full-time tuition ($12,440), mandatory fees ($150), and college room and board ($5876). College room only: $2890. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $320 per hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $25 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 4 open to all. Most popular organizations: concert choir, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Americans, Student Government Association. Major annual events: Spring Banquet, Warner Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 233 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Pontious Learning Resource Center with 56,419 books, 8,140 microform titles, 224 serials, 14,935 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $336,106. 75 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Webber College.

■ WEBBER INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY M-13

PO Box 96, 1200 North Scenic Hwy.
Babson Park, FL 33827-0096
Tel: (863)638-1431
Free: 800-741-1844
Admissions: (863)638-2910
Fax: (863)638-2823
E-mail: admissions@webber.edu
Web Site: http://www.webber.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1927. Setting: 110-acre small town campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $4.9 million. Educational spending for 2005 fiscal year: $2263 per student. Total enrollment: 616. Faculty: 45 (25 full-time, 20 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 396 applied, 66% were admitted. 5 student government officers. Full-time: 506 students, 36% women, 64% men. Part-time: 51 students, 45% women, 55% men. Students come from 19 states and territories, 25 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 23% black, 0.4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 15% international, 18% 25 or older, 37% live on campus, 13% transferred in. Retention: 56% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early action, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay. Required for some: recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 8/1, 4/1 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $19,090 includes full-time tuition ($14,390) and college room and board ($4700).

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 12 open to all; 1% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, PBL, student government, Society of Hosteleurs, Webber Ambassadors. Major annual events: homecoming, beach party, Christmas Party. Student services: health clinic. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 250 college housing spaces available; 217 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Grace and Roger Babson Library plus 1 other with 25,000 books, 300 serials, and 210 audiovisual materials. Operations spending for 2004 fiscal year: $105,960. 110 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ WEBSTER COLLEGE (HOLIDAY) K-9

2127 Grand Blvd.
Holiday, FL 34690
Tel: (727)942-0069; 888-729-7247
Fax: (727)938-5709
Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.com/

Description:

Proprietary, primarily 2-year. Awards diplomas, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees. Total enrollment: 220. 58 applied, 100% were admitted.

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Required for some: essay. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

60 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ WEBSTER COLLEGE (OCALA) H-11

1530 SW Third Ave.
Ocala, FL 34474
Tel: (352)629-1941
Fax: (352)629-0926
Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.com/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards diplomas and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1984. Setting: 3-acre suburban campus with easy access to Orlando. Total enrollment: 375. 2% from top 10% of their high school class, 28% from top quarter, 70% from top half. Students come from 5 states and territories, 70% 25 or older. Retention: 65% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Webster College Library with 2,400 books and 32 serials. 31 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

■ YESHIVA GEDOLAH RABBINICAL COLLEGE T-15

1140 Alton Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tel: (305)673-5664
Fax: (305)532-9820

Description:

Independent Jewish, 4-year.

FLORIDA

STATE EDUCATION OFFICE

David Heron, Project Specialist
Office of Workforce Education
State Department of Education
Turlington Bldg., Rm. 754 325 W. Gaines St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
(850)245-0454

STATE REGULATORY INFORMATION

Effective July 1, 1974, Florida Law Chapter 74-360 established a nine-member State Board of Independent Postsecondary Vocational, Technical, Trade, and Business Schools to "create the means whereby all independent postsecondary vocational, technical, trade and business schools shall satisfactorily meet minimum educational standards."
The law defines a School as "any nongovernmental, postsecondary vocational, technical, trade, or business noncollegiate educational institution, organization program, home study course, or class maintained or conducted in residence or through correspondence for the purpose of offering instruction of any kind leading to occupational objectives or of furnishing a diploma or degree as defined herein in business, management, trade, technical, or other vocational education and professional schools not otherwise regulated." The exceptions to this law are "colleges and universities which award a baccalaureate or higher degree and junior colleges which award an associate degree nonprofit classes provided and operated entirely by an employer, a group of employers in related business or industry, or a labor union solely for its employees or prospective employees or members."
Business, Management, Trade, Technical or Vocational Education is defined as "any instruction which prepares a person for employment in an occupation listed in the latest dictionary of occupational titles issued by the United States Department of Labor or declared by that department to be eligible for such listing, or which is indicated by a school as leading to employment in an occupation."
A proprietary school must hold a valid license from the board. Such licenses are valid for "one year from the date of issuance and subject to renewal annually. Each school and agent shall have a separate license which shall not be transferable." A license is not an accreditation, nor may it be advertised as such.
No proprietary school in Florida will be issued a license unless it meets certain minimum standards of instructional quality and course content; maintains permanent educational records; has adequate placement and counseling services; uses an enrollment agreement (student contract) and makes its terms clear to a student; does not guarantee placement; and the title "counselor" (or modifications thereof) is not used by anyone who solicits or enrolls students. A school must provide "space, heat, light, ventilation, and storage sufficient and reasonable for the purpose of the courses and the student enrollment"; have "adequate library facilities and resources as appropriate to the courses taught"; have "instructional and practice equipment similar to that found in common occupational practice"; and have "sufficient schedule time for practice." However, "If production work is necessary as a part of a school's education program, every effort shall be made to avoid unfair competition with private enterprise and the exploitation of the students. "
Should further detailed information be needed, refer to Sections 246.201-246.231, Florida Statutes and the Rules of the Department of Education State Board of Independent Post-Secondary Vocational, Technical, Trade and Business Schools, Chapter 6F, F.A.C. Write to the Executive Director, State Board of Independent Post-Secondary Vocational, Technical, Trade and Business Schools, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 for information on how to obtain a copy of each.

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS

Golf Academy of the South

1200 E. Altamonte Dr., Altamonte Springs, FL 32701. Trade and Technical. Founded 1986. Contact: Denise Turner, Admissions Dir., (407)699-1990, 800-342-7342, E-mail: sdga@sdgagolf.com, Web Site: http://www.sdgagolf.com; Web Site: http://www.sdgagolf.com/info_form.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $9,563; $700 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 219. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Golf Course Management

Orlando Bartending School

124 Robin Rd., Altamonte Springs, FL 32701. Other. Founded 1998. Contact: Peggy Deviot, Campus Mgr., (407)265-0008, 800-COCKTAIL, E-mail: peggy@bartendingschool.com, jeni@orlandobartendingschool.com, Web Site: http://www.orlando-bartending-school.com/; Web Site: http://www.orlando-bartending-school.com/request_orlando_info.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $506 Course. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Bartending (40 Hr)

AUBURNDALE

Florida Technical College (Auburndale)

298 Havendale Blvd., Auburndale, FL 33823. Two-Year College. Founded 1982. Contact: Rodney Amadori, (941)967-8822, (866)967-8822, Fax: (941)967-4972, E-mail: ramadori@flatech.edu, Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies per course of study. Enrollment: Total 187. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Aided Drafting (9 Mo); Computer Networking (18 Mo); Computer Programming (6 Mo); Computer Technology (18 Mo); Electronics Technology (18 Mo); Medical Administrative Assistant (18 Mo)

AVON PARK

South Florida Community College

600 W. College Dr., Avon Park, FL 33825. Two-Year College. Founded 1966. Contact: Dr. Norm Stephens, Pres., (863)453-6661, Fax: (863)453-9442, E-mail: robemi6611@sfoc.cc.fl.us, Web Site: http://www.sfcc.cc.fl.us; Dr. Deborah Fuschetti, Registrar. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $0 in-state; $4809 out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 2,160. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (1 Yr); Agribusiness (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1 Yr); Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (1 Yr); Automotive Technology (1 Yr); Banking & Finance (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Building Maintenance (1 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Cabinet & Mill Work (1 Yr); Carpentry (1 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (1 Yr); Clerical, General (1 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Correctional Science (1 Yr); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Culinary Arts (2 Yr); Custodial Training (1 Yr); Data Processing - Business (1 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Drafting, Trade (1 Yr); Electronic Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (1 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Yr); Food Service & Management (1 Yr); Hotel & Restaurant Management (2 Yr); Industrial Management & Supervision (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (1 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing & Sales (2 Yr); Metal Trades Technology (1 Yr); Nurse, Assistant (1 Yr); Nursery Management (1 Yr); Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office Technology (1 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (1 Yr)

BABSON PARK

Webber International University

PO Box 96, 1201 North Scenic Hwy., Babson Park, FL 33827. Business. Founded 1927. Contact: Kathy Wilson, Institutional Research, (863)638-1431, 800-741-1844, Fax: (941)638-2823, E-mail: admissions@webber.edu, Web Site: http://www.webber.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $5,750 per semester. Enrollment: Total 560. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: IACBE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (4 Yr); Business (4 Yr); Business Management (4 Yr); Finance (4 Yr); Hospitality (4 Yr); Marketing (4 Yr); Sports Management (4 Yr); Travel & Tourism (4 Yr)

BOCA RATON

Boca Beauty Academy, Inc.

70 S. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton, FL 33432. Cosmetology, Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Jack S. Bragin, Chairman/CEO, (561)487-1191, (561)843-6416, Fax: (561)852-3573, E-mail: jbragin@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.bocabeautyacademy.com; Chris Barry, Admissions Dir.. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $995-$6,359. Enrollment: Total 250. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (240 Hr); Esthetician (260 Hr); Makeup Facial Treatment (20 Hr); Massage Therapy (500 Hr); Microdermabrasion (6 Hr); Nail Technology (240 Hr); Permanent Makeup (50 Hr)

Everglades University

5002 T-Rex Ave., No. 100, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Business, Other. Founded 1990. Contact: Kristy Mollis, Pres., (561)912-1211, 888-772-6077, Fax: (561)912-1191, E-mail: admissions@evergladesuniversity.edu, Web Site: http://www.evergladesuniversity.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $390 per cr. Enrollment: men 313, women 287. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction; Airline Operations; Aviation Management; Business Administration; Information Sciences Technology

Kaplan Colleges Online

6409 Congress Ave., Suite 100, Boca Raton, FL 33487. Correspondence. Founded 1999.(561)981-7200, (866)523-3473, E-mail: info@kaplancollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.kaplancollege.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Enrollment: Total 4,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available.

PC Professor Computer Training Workshops

7056 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, FL 33433. Trade and Technical. Founded 1989. Contact: Carol Millwater, Office Administrator, (561)750-7879, 888-721-2345, Fax: (561)750-9872, Web Site: http://www.pcprofessor.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Operations (40 Hr); Computer Repair (8 Wk)

BONITA SPRINGS

Florida Health Academy

10915 Bonita Beach Rd., Bonita Springs, FL 34135. Allied Medical. Founded 1992. Contact: Clara McElroy, (239)495-8282, Fax: (239)495-7599, E-mail: clara@ceuonline.org, Web Site: http://www.ceuonline.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 25, women 35. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Health Aide (40 Hr); Health Care & Management (340 Hr); Massage Therapy (560 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (120 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (120 Hr)

BOYNTON BEACH

Bethesda Memorial Hospital School of Radiologic Technology

2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33435. Allied Medical. Founded 1968. Contact: Charles E. Lockett, (561)737-7733, Web Site: http://www.bethesdaweb.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $200. Enrollment: Total 14. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; JRCERT. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Radiologic Technology (2 Yr)

BRADENTON

American Red Cross Manatee Chapter

2905 59th St. West, Bradenton, FL 34209. Other. Founded 1992. Contact: Darlene M. Monroe, Dir., (941)792-8686, Fax: (941)792-3680, Web Site: http://www.manateeredcross.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cardio - Pulmonary Technology; Health Aide (28 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (132 Hr)

Bradenton Beauty and Barber Academy, Inc.

5505 Manatee Ave., W., Bradenton, FL 34209-2536. Barber, Cosmetology, Other. Founded 1953. Contact: Christine Roy, (941)761-4400, (941)761-4650, E-mail: bbbacad@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.beauty-academy.us; Web Site: http://www.beauty-academy.us/en/contact.php. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,400-$9,700 plus books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 90. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (500-1500 H); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

Florida College of Natural Health (Bradenton)

616 67th St. Circle East, Bradenton, FL 34208. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Wayne Dawson, (941)744-1244, 800-966-7117, Fax: (941)744-1242, E-mail: sarasota@fcnh.com, Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies by program. Enrollment: Total 125. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT; COMTA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (624 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

Manatee Community College

5840 26th St. W., Bradenton, FL 34207. Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Janet Riggs, Admission, (941)752-5000, Fax: (941)727-6050, E-mail: riggsj@mccfl.edu, admissions@mccfl.edu, Web Site: http://www.mccfl.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 8,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: JRCRTE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Business Management (2 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (1 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Data Processing - Programmer Analyst (2 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Electronic Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Information Sciences Technology (1 Yr); Internet Technologies (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing (1 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Multimedia Design (2 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Occupational Therapy Assistant (2 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Word Processing (1 Yr)

Manatee Technical Institute

5603 34th St. W., Bradenton, FL 34210. Trade and Technical. Founded 1963. Contact: Dr. Mary Cantrell, Dir., (941)751-7900, Fax: (941)751-7927, Web Site: http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/mti/. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1.40 per clock hour. Enrollment: Total 835. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ADA; CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Auto Mechanics (1800 Hr); Business Occupations (1080 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Foods (1440 Hr); Computer Networking (900 Hr); Computer Operations (1650 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (1080 Hr); Dental Assisting (1230 Hr); Electricity, Industrial (1800 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Emergency Medical Technology (250 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Law Enforcement (672 Hr); Manicurist (260 Hr); Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Mechanical Drafting (1900 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (165 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Paramedic (1100 Hr); Travel & Tourism (810 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

CAPE CORAL

Cape Coral Beauty School

1214 Southeast 47th St., Cape Coral, FL 33904. Cosmetology. Founded 1989. Contact: Hector King, (239)549-1819, Fax: (239)541-1819, E-mail: ccbsfields@earthlink.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $9,650 cosmetology, $2,170 manicurist, $2,370 facial. Enrollment: Total 30. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

CASSELBERRY

City College

853 State Rd. 436, Ste. 200, Casselberry, FL 32707. Two-Year College. Founded 1987. Contact: Jeannette Valentin, (407)831-9816, 877-292-9290, Fax: (407)831-1147, Web Site: http://www.citycollegeorlando.edu; Web Site: http://www.citycollegeorlando.edu/CSexpress_online_inquiry_form.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $9,792; $1,500 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 270. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (21 Mo); Investigation (21 Mo); Legal Assistant (21 Mo); Medical Assistant (21 Mo)

Institute of Specialized Training & Management (ISTM)

853 E. Hwy. 436, Ste. 200, Casselberry, FL 32707. Two-Year College, Allied Medical, Business. Founded 1988. Contact: Sunil Wadhwa, (407)831-9816, Fax: (407)831-1147, Web Site: http://www.citycollegeorlando.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $155 per credit hour. Enrollment: Total 206. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (21 Mo); Business Automation (21 Mo); Investigation (21 Mo); Legal Assistant (21 Mo); Medical Assistant (21 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (21 Mo); Medical Office Management (21 Mo)

CHIEFLAND

Health Education Center, Inc.

PO Box 2179 St., Chiefland, FL 32644. Allied Medical. Founded 1995. Contact: Alice Graham, (352)493-7700, Fax: (352)493-4888. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 40. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Health Aide (300 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (150 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (168 Hr)

CHIPLEY

Washington Holmes Technical Center

757 Hoyt St., Chipley, FL 32428. Trade and Technical. Founded 1966. Contact: Bill Gunter, (904)638-1180, 877-638-9482, Fax: (904)638-6177, E-mail: gunter_@popmail.firn.edu, Web Site: http://www.whtc.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $983/semester (in-state); $7.04 per hr. (out-of-state). Enrollment: Total 650. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Refrigeration; Auto Body & Fender Repair; Auto Mechanics; Carpentry; Commercial Foods; Computer Networking; Computer Programming; Computer Repair; Cosmetology; Criminal Justice; Culinary Arts; Diesel Technology; Drafting, Trade; Electrical Technology; Health Aide; Heavy Equipment; Horticulture; Marketing & Sales; Nursing, Practical; Printing; Secretarial, General; Small Engine Repair; Truck Driving; Welding Technology

CLEARWATER

Edu Tech Centers

410 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, FL 33759. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical, Other. Founded 1986. Contact: Nancy Kenny, (727)724-1037, 800-485-0717, Fax: (727)538-5232, E-mail: director@edutechctr.com, Web Site: http://www.edutechctr.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 150, women 200. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Communications Technology (10-24 Mo); Computer Networking (9-14 Mo); Computer Servicing - Theory & Systems (7-12 Mo); Massage Therapy (10-24 Mo); Medical Assistant (10-24 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (6-12 Mo); Medical Transcription (9-24 Mo); Network Security (10-24 Mo); Office Technology (9 Mo); Paralegal (18 Mo)

National Aviation Academy

6225 Ulmerton Rd., Clearwater, FL 33760. Trade and Technical. Founded 1969. Contact: Karen Acker, (727)531-2080, 800-659-2080, Fax: (727)535-8727, E-mail: admissions@naa.edu, Web Site: http://www.naa.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Year. Tuition: $18,490. Enrollment: Total 250. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: FAA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Aviation Maintenance Technology (14 Mo)

Pinellas Technical Education Centers, Clearwater Campus

6100 154th Ave., N, Clearwater, FL 33760. Trade and Technical. Founded 1962. Contact: Vicky Butler, Dean of Counseling, (727)538-7167, Fax: (727)538-7203, Web Site: http://www.ptec.pinellas.k12.fl.us. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $1.40 per hour, resident; about $630 every 15 weeks. Enrollment: Total 2,300. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (9 Mo); Administrative Assistant (11 Mo); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (14 Mo); Architectural Technology (19 Mo); Auto Mechanics (18 Mo); Baking (11 Mo); Cabinet & Mill Work (12 Mo); Commercial Art (15 Mo); Computer Business Systems Technology (12 Mo); Computer Networking (9 Mo); Computer Technology (17 Mo); Cooking, Commercial (14 Mo); Cosmetology (12 Mo); Drafting, Electro-Mechanical (19 Mo); Drafting, Electronic (12 Mo); Drafting, Structural (18 Mo); Electrical Technology (18 Mo); Electro-Mechanical Technology (28 Mo); Electronics, Industrial (14 Mo); Health Aide (3 Mo); Industrial Maintenance (14 Mo); Landscaping (9 Mo); Machine Technology (18 Mo); Marine Technology (14 Mo); Mechanics, Diesel (20 Mo); Nursery Management (9 Mo); Nursing, Practical (14 Mo); Personal Computing (9 Mo); Secretarial, Legal (11 Mo); Secretarial, Medical (11 Mo); Welding Technology (12 Mo)

COCOA

Brevard Community College

1519 Clearlake Rd., Cocoa, FL 32922. Two-Year College. Founded 1960. Contact: Dr. Helen Stewart-Dunham, Dir. Enrollment Svcs., (321)632-1111, (321)433-7314, Fax: (321)433-7525, E-mail: stewart-dunhamh@brevardcc.edu, ibtce@brevardcc.edu, Web Site: http://www.brevardcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Semester. Tuition: $52-$67 per credit in-state; $210-$247 out-of-state. Enrollment: men 5,720, women 7,280. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning; Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (2 Yr); Auto Mechanics (2 Yr); Bank Management (2 Yr); Biomedical Electronics (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (1 Yr); Business Administration; Cabinet & Mill Work; Child Care & Guidance (1 Yr); Clerical, General; Computer Programming; Correctional Science; Cosmetology (1 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Drafting Technology (2 Yr); Electrical Technology; Electricity, Industrial (1 Yr); Electronics & Communication (2 Yr); Electronics, Digital; Electronics, Industrial (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Yr); Fashion Merchandising; Finance (2 Yr); Fire Fighting; Fire Protection Technology; Home Economics; Horticulture, Ornamental; Law Enforcement (400 Hr); Machine Tool & Die (1 Yr); Marine & Small Engine Repair (1 Yr); Marketing; Medical Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Nurse, Assistant (120 Hr); Nursing, Practical (2 Yr); Nursing, Vocational (1 Yr); Office, General (1 Yr); Photography - Photo Equipment Technology (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology; Real Estate, Basic; Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Secretarial, General (1 Yr); Sheet Metal; Small Engine Repair (1 Yr); Technical Illustration; Upholstering (1 Yr); Welding Technology (1 Yr); Writing, Technical

COCONUT CREEK

Atlantic Technical Center

4700 Coconut Creek Pkwy., Coconut Creek, FL 33063. Trade and Technical. Founded 1973. Contact: Gladys Allen, (754)321-5100, Fax: (754)321-5380, Web Site: http://www.atlantictechcenter.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 5,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Administrative Assistant; Agribusiness; Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Automotive Collision Repair; Automotive Service; Commercial Foods; Computer Programming, Business; Computer Support Technology; Computer Technology; Cosmetology; Court Reporting; Culinary Arts; Drafting, Architectural; Early Childhood Education; Electrical Technology; Electronics Technology; Health Care & Management; Machine Technology; Manicurist; Massage Therapy; Medical Insurance Specialist; Medical Transcription; Nursing, Practical; Plumbing; Secretarial, Legal; Secretarial, Medical; Travel & Transportation Management; Web Development; Welding Technology

DANIA BEACH

Key College

225 E. Dania Beach Blvd, Dania Beach, FL 33004. Business. Founded 1881. Contact: Ron Dooley, Pres., (954)923-4440, 800-581-8292, Fax: (954)923-9226, E-mail: admissions@keycollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.keycollege.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $6,700-$17,900. Enrollment: men 29, women 147. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS; NCRA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (12-18 Mo); Computer Aided Drafting (18 Mo); Computer Information Science (21 Mo); Court Reporting (27 Mo); Medical Transcription (12-18 Mo); Paralegal (12-18 Mo)

DAVIE

ASM Beauty World Academy

6423 Stirling Rd., Davie, FL 33314. Barber, Other, Cosmetology. Founded 1987. Contact: Leticia Milazzo, (954)321-8411, (954)966-5998, 877-678-9532, Fax: (954)321-8683, E-mail: asm@bellsouth.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $900-$7,200 plus books and supplies. Enrollment: men 9, women 67. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology - Administration, Management & Supervision (600 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Makeup Facial Treatment (45 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Massage Therapy (650 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

William T. McFatter Technical Center

6500 Nova Dr., Davie, FL 33317. Trade and Technical. Founded 1985. Contact: Iris S. Cohen, (754)321-5700, Fax: (754)321-5980, E-mail: techinfo@mcfattertech.com, Web Site: http://www.mcfattertech.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies with program. Enrollment: Total 5,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ADA; NLNAC; COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Boat Building (1320 Hr); Commercial Art (1500 Hr); Commercial Vehicle (320 Hr); Computer Networking (1080 Hr); Computer Support Technology (900 Hr); Culinary Arts (1440 Hr); Dental Laboratory Technology (2040 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Drafting, Electro-Mechanical (1900 Hr); Fire Fighting (450 Hr); Health Aide (440 Hr); Internet Technologies (900 Hr); Machine Technology (1800 Hr); Marine & Small Engine Repair (1350 Hr); Medical Assistant (1300 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Optometric Assistant (1080 Hr); Pharmacy Technician (1050 Hr); Photography (1650 Hr); Printing Technology (1800 Hr); Television Production (1700 Hr); Welding Technology (1800 Hr)

DAYTONA BEACH

Daytona Beach Community College

1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Two-Year College. Contact: Kent Sharples, Pres., (386)254-3000, E-mail: admissions@dbcc.edu, Web Site: http://www.dbcc.edu. Public. Coed. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,825 in-state; $6,850 out-of-state. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900. Trade and Technical. Founded 1926. Contact: C. Richard Clarke, Dir. of Admissions, (386)226-6000, (386)226-6100, 800-862-2416, Fax: (386)226-7070, E-mail: dbadmit@erau.edu, ecinfo@erau.edu, Web Site: http://www.embryriddle.edu; Web Site: http://www.erau.edu/db/admissions/contact.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 4,445. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ABET; FAA; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aviation Maintenance Technology (16 Mo)

Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.

561 Pearl Harbor Dr., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Flight and Ground. Founded 1963. Contact: Richard T. Trussell, (386)258-0703, 800-868-4359, Fax: (386)254-6842, E-mail: mikek@pea.com, info@pea.com, Web Site: http://www.pea.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 199, women 31. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCET; FAA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Advanced Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Airline Transport Pilot; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Basic Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor Additional Rating; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Instrument Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Multi-Engine Rating - Airplane; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Primary Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Single Engine Rating

WyoTech

3042 W. Int. Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124. Trade and Technical. Founded 1972. Contact: Carey Brown, (386)255-0295, 800-881-2264, Fax: (386)252-3523, Web Site: http://www.wyotech.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $26,500 per year. Enrollment: Total 600. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Marine & Small Engine Repair; Marine Technology; Motorcycle Repair

DEERFIELD BEACH

American Institute of Diamond Cutting

1287 E. Newport Ctr. Dr., Ste. 202, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442-7706. Trade and Technical. Founded 1980. Contact: Nizam Peters, (954)574-0833, 800-831-8470, Fax: (954)574-0833, E-mail: diamondcutting@worldnet.att.net, Web Site: http://www.diamondschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $5,600. Enrollment: men 12, women 4. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Diamond Cutting (3-5 Mo)

DELAND

ELS Language Centers - DeLand

Stetson University, 609 N. Bert Fish Dr., DeLand, FL 32723. Other. Founded 1961. Contact: Mary Ferland, Center Dir., (386)736-6330, Fax: (386)736-6511, E-mail: del@els.edu, Web Site: http://www.els.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $1,395 intensive; $1,045 semi-intensive. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCET. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: English As A Second Language (3-4 Wk)

DELAND

Florida Technical Institute

1199 S. Woodland Blvd., Deland, FL 32720-7415. Trade and Technical. Founded 1982. Contact: Carolyn E. Creeron, (904)851-0882, Fax: (904)851-0885. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: Varies with program. Enrollment: Total 160. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business; Computer Aided Drafting; Computer Programming; Medical Assistant

DUNEDIN

Elite Academy of Skin Care

1559 Main St., Dunedin, FL 34698-4650. Cosmetology. Founded 1994. Contact: Judiann Monaghan, (727)734-3617, 888-459-2610, Fax: (727)733-3495, E-mail: eliteatzen@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.eliteatzen.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $3,950 nails, $2,200 advanced clinical, $3,950 permanent make-up. Enrollment: Total 60. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

Schiller International University

453 Edgewater Dr., Dunedin, FL 34698. Other, Business. Founded 1964. Contact: Christoph Leibrecht, Director of Admissions, (727)736-5082, 800-336-4133, Fax: (727)736-6263, E-mail: markus_leibrecht@schiller.edu, Web Site: http://www.schiller.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $7,400 per semester undergraduate, $7,740 per semester graduate. Enrollment: Total 200. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Advertising; Banking; Financial Planning; Hospitality; Hotel & Restaurant Management; Tourism; Travel & Tourism

EUSTIS

Lake Technical Center

2001 Kurt St., Eustis, FL 32726. Trade and Technical. Founded 1967. Contact: Terry E. Miller, Dir., (352)589-2250, Fax: (352)483-2611, E-mail: millert@lake.k12.fl.us, bordersj@lake.k12.fl.us, Web Site: http://www.laketech.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Other. Tuition: $1.77 to $2.00 per hour. Enrollment: Total 523. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (1200 Hr); Agribusiness (4288 Hr); Air Conditioning (1800 Hr); Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (1800 Hr); Automotive Collision Repair (1800 Hr); Automotive Technology (1975 Hr); Child Care & Guidance (4288 Hr); Computer Business Systems Technology (1200 Hr); Correctional Science (540 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Criminal Justice (540 Hr); Culinary Arts (1200 Hr); Drafting, Aeronautical (1800 Hr); Early Childhood Education (1500 Hr); Electronics Technology (1500 Hr); Emergency Medical Technology (252 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Fire Fighting (440 Hr); Information Sciences Technology (1200 Hr); Landscaping (1200 Hr); Law Enforcement (680 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Marine Technology (1260 Hr); Marketing (1080 Hr); Mechanics, Heavy Equipment (1800 Hr); Nursery Management (900 Hr); Nurses Aide (258 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Office Technology (600 Hr); Paramedic (1020 Hr); Park & Turf Management (900 Hr); Probation and Parole (408 Hr); Welding Technology (840 Hr)

FORT LAUDERDALE

American Yacht Institute, Inc.

1003 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. Other. Founded 1995. Contact: Kristen Cavallini-Soothill, (954)522-1044, Fax: (954)522-0889, E-mail: info@americanyachtinstitute.com, Web Site: http://www.americanyachtinstitute.com; Web Site: http://www.americanyachtinstitute.com/contact/index.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: Varies with program. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Bartending; Management, Operations; Ship Mate, Waterways (4-5 Days); Stewardess Training (3-5 Days)

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale

1799 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. Art, Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Eileen L. Northrop, Dir. Admissions, (954)463-3000, 800-275-7603, Web Site: http://www.aifl.artinstitutes.edu; Web Site: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/getinfo.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $17,375; $6,435 room and board; $4,536 other. Enrollment: men 1,651, women 1,790. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT; ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Advertising (2 Yr); Broadcasting, Nontechnical (18 Mo); Broadcasting Technology (18 Mo); Fashion Design & Illustration (18 Mo); Fashion Merchandising (18 Mo); Interior Design (2 Yr); Photography (2 Yr); Travel & Tourism (18 Mo); Video Production (18 Mo)

ATI Career Training Center (Ft. Lauderdale)

2880 NW 62nd St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-9731. Trade and Technical. Founded 1960. Contact: Cindy Gordon, Dir., (954)973-4760, Fax: (954)973-6422, Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.edu; Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.edu/request.php?campusID=6. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $18,829-$23,140. Enrollment: Total 627. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Allied Health Occupations (1440 Hr); Architectural Technology (1200 Hr); Computer Aided Design; Engineering (1600 Hr); Information Sciences Technology (1200 Hr); Medical Assistant (1440 Hr); Medical Office Management (1200 Hr)

Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, Inc.

100 E. Broward Blvd., Ste. 100, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. Allied Medical. Founded 1994. Contact: Yan Cheng, Adademic Dean, (954)763-9840, Fax: (954)763-9844, E-mail: dean@atom.edu, atom@atom.edu, Web Site: http://www.atom.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $9,500 per year. Enrollment: Total 92. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACAOM. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Oriental Medicine

Broward Community College

111 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. Two-Year College. Founded 1960. Contact: Barbara J. Bryan, (954)201-7400, E-mail: bbryan@broward.edu, dadvise@broward.edu, Web Site: http://www.broward.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $70 per credit hr in-state, $243 per credit hr out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 32,948. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: AAMAE; JRCRTE; APTA; CAAHEP; FAA; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Agricultural Science; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying; Aircraft Powerplant Maintenance (2 Yr); Airline Operations; Air Traffic Control; Architectural Technology; Automotive Service; Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Aviation Management; Aviation Technology (2 Yr); Banking; Building Construction Technology; Business Administration; Child Care & Guidance; Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Clerk, Typist; Commercial Art (2 Yr); Computer Aided Manufacturing; Computer Programming; Contracting (2 Yr); Correctional Science; Court Reporting; Dietetic Technology (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Engineering Technology; Fashion Design & Merchandising; Fire Science; Food Service & Management; Hotel & Motel Management; Income Tax Preparation; Insurance, General; Interior Design; Journalism; Landscaping; Law Enforcement; Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing Management; Medical Assistant; Medical Laboratory Technology; Music; Nursing, Vocational; Occupational Therapy; Police Science; Radiation Therapy Technology; Radio & Television; Radiologic Technology; Real Estate, Basic; Recreation Leadership; Respiratory Therapy; Saving & Loan Management (2 Yr); Secretarial, Advanced; Secretarial, General; Secretarial, Legal; Tourism

Coral Ridge Nurse's Assistant Training School, Inc.

2740 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306. Nursing. Founded 1985. Contact: Ethline Mais, Dir., (954)561-2022, Fax: (954)561-6355. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $300-$3,800 varies with program. Enrollment: men 10, women 80. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Health Aide (150 Hr); Health Technology (750 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (150 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (200 Hr)

Florida Metropolitan University (Fort Lauderdale)

1040 Bayview Dr., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304. Business. Founded 1940. Contact: Glaister D. Wallace II, (954)568-1600, 800-468-0168, Fax: (954)568-2008. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $215 per credit hour. Enrollment: Total 1,400. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Business Administration; Business, International; Computer Information Science; Hospitality; Management; Marketing; Medical Assistant; Paralegal

ITT Technical Institute (Fort Lauderdale)

3401 South University Dr., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328. Trade and Technical. (954)476-9300, 800-488-7797, Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 656. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Aided Drafting & Design (96 Credits); Computer Networking (96 Credits); Criminal Justice (96 Credits); Electrical Engineering Technology (96 Credits); Multimedia Design (96 Credits); Software Development/Engineering (96 Credits); Web Development (96 Credits)

Keiser College

1500 NW 49th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Two-Year College. Founded 1977. Contact: Brian Woods, (954)776-4456, 800-749-4456, Fax: (954)351-4043, Web Site: http://www.keisercollege.cc.fl.us. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $350 per semester hour. Enrollment: men 2,308, women 1,847. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ABHES; JRCERT; NAACLS; NABS; CAAHEP; JRCECT; CAPTE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (2 Yr); Computer Aided Design (2 Yr); Computer Aided Drafting (2 Yr); Computer Graphics (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Computer (2 Yr); Health Care & Management (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Occupational Therapy Assistant (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Ultrasonography (2 Yr)

FORT MYERS

Edison College

8099 College Pkwy., SW, Fort Myers, FL 33919. Two-Year College. Founded 1961. Contact: Billee Silva, Dir. Student Development, (239)489-9300, 800-749-2322, Fax: (239)489-9418, E-mail: bsilva@edison.edu, inquiry@edison.edu, Web Site: http://www.edison.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,600 per year (in-state); $6,100 per year (out-of-state). Enrollment: Total 3,609. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: JRCRTE; CAAHEP; JRCERT; NLNAC; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (64 Hr); Business Administration (64 Hr); Business Management (64 Hr); Cardio - Pulmonary Technology (77 Hr); Computer Aided Design (62 Hr); Computer Networking (63 Hr); Computer Programming (63 Hr); Crime Scene Technology (60 Hr); Criminology - Identification Technology (64 Hr); Dental Hygiene (88 Hr); Drafting & Design Technology (62 Hr); Emergency Medical Technology (73 Hr); Fire Protection Technology (60 Hr); Fire Science (60 Hr); Golf Course Management (69 Hr); Internet Technologies (63 Hr); Nursing, R.N. (72 Hr); Ophthalmic Dispensing Technology (72 Hr); Paralegal (64 Hr); Paramedic (30 Hr); Physical Therapy Aide (74 Hr); Radiologic Technology (77 Hr); Respiratory Therapy (76 Hr); Surveying (62 Hr)

Florida Academy of Massage & Skin Care

8695 College Pkwy., Ste. 110, Fort Myers, FL 33919. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Abby McDonough, Director of Admissions, (239)489-2282, 800-324-9543, Fax: (239)489-4065, E-mail: info@famsc.com, Web Site: http://www.famsc.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $3,900 Massage Therapy; $1,860 Skin Care. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (540 Hr); Skin Care (270 Hr)

Heritage Education-Ft. Myers

6811 Palisades Park Ct., Fort Myers, FL 33912. Trade and Technical, Cosmetology. Contact: Earl Weston, President, (239)936-5822, 888-334-7339, E-mail: info@heritage-education.com, Web Site: http://www.heritageeducation.com; Web Site: http://www.heritage-education.com/requestinfo.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $12,505; $445 books and fees. Enrollment: Total 252. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: NACCAS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Cosmetology; Massage Therapy; Medical Assistant; Pharmacy Technician; Surgical Technology

Lee County High Tech Center (Central)

3800 Michigan Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33916. Trade and Technical. Founded 1967. Contact: Sue Cooley, (813)334-4544, Fax: (813)332-4839. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $100-$3,000. Enrollment: men 508, women 579. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Technology (1800 Hr); Business Management (1400 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Foods (1440 Hr); Computer Business Systems Technology (900 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (1400 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Early Childhood Education (600 Hr); EKG Technician (75 Hr); Electricity, Industrial (1200 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Facial Treatment (270 Hr); Health Aide (50 Hr); Health Occupations (500 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Manicurist (270 Hr); Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Masonry (1650 Hr); Mechanical Drafting (1900 Hr); Mechanics, Heavy Equipment (1680 Hr); Medical Assistant (1300 Hr); Medical Technology Phlebotomy (75 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (165 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Plumbing (960 Hr); Printing (1800 Hr); Surgical Technology (1300 Hr); Tile Setting (500 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

National Bartenders, Casino Games, and Hospitality School

2502 2nd St., No. 201, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Other, Trade and Technical. Founded 1987. Contact: Marilyn Goodman, (941)334-6300, 800-226-2111, E-mail: bargood11@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.bartenderdealer.com/index.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $695. Enrollment: Total 16. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Bartending (2 Wk); Card Dealing, Professional; Dealers, Dice & Blackjack (4 Wk); Waiter (2 Wk)

Southwest Florida College

1685 Medical Ln., Fort Myers, FL 33907. Two-Year College. Founded 1974. Contact: Gregory H. Jones, President, (239)939-4766, 877-492-5174, Fax: (239)939-1332, E-mail: gjones@swfc.edu, Web Site: http://www.swfc.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $215 per credit hour. Enrollment: Total 1,263. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting Technology (2 Yr); Computer Aided Drafting & Design (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Management (2 Yr); Marketing (2 Yr); Medical Administrative Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Transcription (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Pharmacy Technician (2 Yr); Surgical Technology (2 Yr)

Sunstate College of Hair Design

2418 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 33907. Cosmetology. Founded 1988. Contact: Deborah A. Rodriguez, (239)278-1311, Fax: (239)278-1432, E-mail: drodriguez@sunstate.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $8,100 cosmetology or barbering; $1,500 nail technician. Enrollment: men 21, women 124. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

Unity Gain Recording Institute

1953 Ricardo Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901. Trade and Technical. Founded 1989. Contact: Anthony Iannucci, (239)332-4246, Fax: (239)332-4246, E-mail: aiannucci@unitygain.com, Web Site: http://www.unitygain.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $2,942.35 (comprehensive program); $2,910.60 (Advanced Techniques program). Enrollment: Total 26. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Audio Technology (48 Wk)

FORT PIERCE

Fort Pierce Beauty Academy

3028 S. US Hwy. 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34982-6333. Cosmetology, Barber, Trade and Technical. Founded 1972. Contact: Michael Prevette, (772)464-4885, Web Site: http://www.universities.com/Schools/F/Fort_Pierce_Beauty-_Academy.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $5,400 cosmetology or barbering; $4,000 massage therapy (prices do not include books and supplies). Enrollment: men 4, women 24. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Massage Therapy (600 Hr)

Indian River Community College

3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, FL 34981-5596. Two-Year College. Founded 1960. Contact: Steven Payne, Educational Services, (772)462-4722, (561)462-4700, (866)866-4722, Fax: (561)462-4699, E-mail: spayne@ircc.edu, Web Site: http://www.ircc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: SACS; NLNAC; ADA; CARC; NAACLS; CAAHEP; CAPTE; JRCEMT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting Technology (2 Yr); Agriculture - Production (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (2 Yr); Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Automotive Management (2 Yr); Automotive Service (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Business Management (2 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Computer Technology (2 Yr); Construction Technology (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Dental Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Finance (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Golf Course Management (2 Yr); Graphic Design (1 Yr); Health Information Technology (2 Yr); Interior Design (2 Yr); Landscaping (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Medical Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, Vocational (2 Yr); Office Administration (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Restaurant Operations (2 Yr); Theatre, Technical (1 Yr)

GAINESVILLE

Florida School of Massage/Florida Institute of Natural Health

6421 SW 13th St., Gainesville, FL 32608. Other. Founded 1973. Contact: Paul Davenport, Dir., (352)378-7891, 877-589-2713, Fax: (352)376-7218, E-mail: info@floridaschoolofmassage.com, Web Site: http://www.floridaschoolofmassage.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $6,500 plus $100 registration fee (2005); $6,750 (2006). Enrollment: Total 65. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: COMTA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (6 Mo)

Santa Fe Community College

3000 NW 83rd St., Gainesville, FL 32606. Two-Year College. Founded 1966. Contact: Ouida McNeil, Dir. of Enrollment Services, (352)395-7322, 877-258-5474, Fax: (352)395-4118, E-mail: information@sfcc.edu, Web Site: http://www.sfcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $58/credit hr in-state; $218/credit hr out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 6,560. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: JRCRTE; CAAHEP; NLNAC; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (900 Hr); Apparel Arts (10 Mo); Auto Engine Diagnosis (2 Yr); Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Banking (2 Yr); Banking & Finance (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Business, General Office (2 Yr); Business Management (2 Yr); Cardio - Pulmonary Technology (27 Mo); Clerical, General (10 Mo); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Conservation & Environmental Science (2 Yr); Correctional Science (10 Mo); Cosmetology (10 Mo); Data Processing - Business (10 Mo); Dental Assisting (10 Mo); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Drafting Technology (2 Yr); Dressmaking & Design (10 Mo); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Electricity, Apprenticeship (10 Mo); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Audio (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Computer (2 Yr); Environmental Technology (2 Yr); Fashion Design & Illustration (2 Yr); Fire Science (10 Mo); Graphic Arts (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (10 Mo); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing & Sales (10 Mo); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Mechanics, Power Plant (10 Mo); Nuclear Medical Technology (2 Yr); Nurses Aide (3 Mo); Nursing, Practical (10 Mo); Office Machines (10 Mo); Office Technology (10 Mo); Radiation Therapy Technology (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Secretarial, Executive (2 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (2 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (2 Yr); Small Business Management (10 Mo)

HALLANDALE

Academy of Five Element Acupuncture

1170-A E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale, FL 33009. Allied Medical. Founded 1988. Contact: Dorit Reznek, Pres., (954)456-6336, Fax: (954)456-3944, E-mail: info@acupuncturist.edu, Web Site: http://www.acupuncturist.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $36,500 master of acupuncture; $8,200 chinese herbal studies certificate; $44,200 for both. Enrollment: Total 25. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACAOM. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Acupuncture (27-36 Mo)

HIALEAH

Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp.

2900 W. 12th Ave., Ste. 3, Hialeah, FL 33012-4861. Allied Medical. Founded 1989. Contact: Djenane Dupoux, (305)888-9200, (305)888-6507, Fax: (305)888-8222. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Business Systems Technology (720 Hr); Dental Assisting (720 Hr); English As A Second Language (720 Hr); Medical Assistant (840 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (180 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (600 Hr)

Florida National College (Hialeah)

4206 W. 12 Ave., Hialeah, FL 33012. Two-Year College. Founded 1982. Contact: Maria C. Regueiro, (305)821-3333, Fax: (305)362-0595. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $7,800 per school year. Enrollment: men 419, women 933. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (16 Mo); Administrative Assistant (16 Mo); Business Administration (16 Mo); Computer Operations; Computer Programming (16 Mo); Dental Technology (16 Mo); English As A Second Language; Medical Assistant (16 Mo); Nurse, Assistant; Paralegal (16 Mo); Radiologic Technology (16 Mo); Secretarial, Executive; Secretarial, Legal; Secretarial, Medical; Travel & Tourism

La Belle Beauty School

775 W. 49th St., Ste. 5, Hialeah, FL 33012. Cosmetology. Founded 1973. Contact: H. Balboa, Dir., (305)558-0562, Fax: (305)362-0562, E-mail: labellehia@beautyacademy.com, Web Site: http://www.beautyacademy.com. Private. Coed. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $900-$8,995 including books and supplies. Enrollment: men 18, women 408. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: NACCAS. Curriculum: Cosmetology (900-1230Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Nail Technology (240 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

HOLIDAY

Webster College

2127 Grand Blvd., Holiday, FL 34690. Two-Year College. Founded 1984. Contact: Kristi A. Waite, Pres., (727)942-0069, 877-593-2783, Fax: (727)938-5709, Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.edu/; Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.edu/contact_us/frm_sendmeinfo.asp?Source=&kwd=. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 200. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (18 Mo); Medical Assistant (18 Mo); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (150 Hr); Travel & Tourism (12 Mo)

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood Institute

2642 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, FL 33020-4807. Trade and Technical. Founded 1962. Contact: Ann Tosti, Dir., (954)922-5505, Fax: (954)472-5842, E-mail: hibc2642@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.electrolysisschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $995-$5,175. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Electrology (200-600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

Ross Medical Education Center - Hollywood

6847 Taft St., Hollywood, FL 33024. Allied Medical.(954)963-0043, Web Site: http://www.rossmedicaleducation.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Week. Tuition: $8,860 per year; $6,230 room and board. Enrollment: Total 50. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ABHES; ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Medical Assistant (30 Wk)

Sheridan Technical Center

5400 W. Sheridan St., Hollywood, FL 33021. Trade and Technical. Contact: Mariann Jensen, Dir., (754)321-5400, Fax: (754)321-5680, E-mail: sheridan@shericantechnical.com, Web Site: http://www.sheridantechnical.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,900 in-state; $9,300 out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 2,500. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: SACS; CAAHEP; NAACLS; NATEF; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Administrative Assistant; Air Conditioning; Auto Body & Fender Repair; Automotive Technology; Child Care & Guidance; Computer Programming; Cosmetology; Court Reporting; Data Entry; Drafting Technology; Electronics Technology; Food Service & Management; Geriatric Care; Health Aide; Massage Therapy; Medical Laboratory Technology; Medical Transcription; Nursing, Practical; Personal Computing; Secretarial, General; Secretarial, Legal; Secretarial, Medical; Surgical Technology; Teacher Assistant; Welding Technology; Word Processing

HYPOLUXO

Ultrasound Medical & Dental Institute

200 Hypoluxo Rd., Hypoluxo, FL 33462. Allied Medical. Contact: Barbara L. Ferri, (561)585-4625, Fax: (561)585-9583. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Enrollment: men 12, women 38. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Ultrasonography (24 Mo)

INVERNESS

Withlocoochee Technical Institute

1201 W. Main St., Inverness, FL 34450. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical, Business. Founded 1968. Contact: S. A. Stiteler, Dir., (352)726-2430, Fax: (352)726-5842, Web Site: http://www.wtionline.cc. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $910. Enrollment: Total 1,200. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Heating (1350 Hr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (1400 Hr); Auto Mechanics (1800 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Child Care & Guidance (600 Hr); Commercial Foods (1500 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Criminal Justice; Electrical Construction (1200 Hr); Electronics Technology; High School Diploma; Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Nurses Aide (330 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Real Estate, Basic (72 Hr); Secretarial, Legal (1080 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1080 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

JACKSONVILLE

Advanced Career Training

7660 Phillips Hwy. No. 14, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Trade and Technical. Founded 1975. Contact: Thomas M. Barlow, Campus Executive Director, (904)737-6911, 877-417-4ACT, Fax: (904)448-0280, E-mail: barlowt@actglobal.com, Web Site: http://www.actglobal.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 80, women 120. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCET. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Networking (30 Wk); Medical Assistant (30 Wk); Office Technology (30 Wk)

Alpha School of Massage, Inc.

4642 San Juan Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32210. Other, Allied Medical, Trade and Technical. Founded 1993. Contact: Angela Warren, (904)389-9117, (904)389-1616, 888-251-0979, Fax: (904)389-6496. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $3,500, books approx - $280, $100 application fee. Enrollment: Total 100. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (501 Hr)

ConCorde Career Institute (Jacksonville)

7960 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville, FL 32211. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Michael Horne, Dir. of Admissions, (904)725-0525, 800-464-1212, Fax: (904)721-9944, E-mail: info@concordecareercolleges.com, Web Site: http://www.concordecareercolleges.com/jacksonville; Web Site: http://www.concordecareercolleges.com/contact.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $6,537-$16,865; $602 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 397. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Dental Assisting (30 Wk); Massage Therapy (34 Wk); Medical Assistant (30 Wk); Medical Insurance Specialist (30 Wk); Nursing, Practical (50 Wk); Patient Care Technician (24 Wk); Surgical Technology (48 Wk)

Florida Community College at Jacksonville (Downtown Campus)

101 W. State St., Jacksonville, FL 32202. Two-Year College. Founded 1966. Contact: Kevin Cotton, Assoc.Dir. of Admissions, (904)633-8100, (904)633-8240, Fax: (904)632-3109, E-mail: kcotton@fccj.edu, info@fccj.edu, Web Site: http://www.fccj.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies; 63.25/credit hr.; 239.25 non resident; 119.25 GA resident. Enrollment: men 37,975, women 49,908. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: ADA; CAAHEP; NAACLS; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1 Yr); Aircraft Flight Instruction, Personnel Training (2 Yr); Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Arena Management (2 Yr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (1 Yr); Automotive Machine Shop (1 Yr); Automotive Service (2 Yr); Automotive Technology (1 Yr); Aviation Management (2 Yr); Banking (2 Yr); Barbering (1 Yr); Biomedical Technology (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Carpentry (1 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Combustion Engine Technology (1 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Correctional Science (1 Yr); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Credit Union Management (1 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Culinary Arts (2 Yr); Data Entry (1 Yr); Data Processing - Business (1 Yr); Data Processing - Programmer Analyst (2 Yr); Day Care - Nursery School Administration (1 Yr); Deaf Education (2 Yr); Dental Assisting (1 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Desktop Publishing (1 Yr); Dietetic Technology (2 Yr); Dietician Training (1 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Dressmaking & Design (1 Yr); Electricity, Industrial (1 Yr); Electronic Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Electronics & Communication (1 Yr); Electronics, Industrial (1 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Yr); Engineering Technology, Computer (2 Yr); Environmental Technology (1 Yr); Fashion Merchandising (2 Yr); Fire Fighting (1 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Floristry (1 Yr); Food Preparation & Service (1 Yr); Graphic Arts (1 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Histologic Technology (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Human Services (2 Yr); Industrial Management & Supervision (2 Yr); Instrumentation Technology (1 Yr); Insurance, General (1 Yr); Interior Design (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (1 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Machinist, General (1 Yr); Manicurist (1 Yr); Marine Technology (1 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Mechanics, Tractor (1 Yr); Mechanics, Truck (1 Yr); Medical Assistant (1 Yr); Medical Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Medical Transcription (1 Yr); Nurse, Assistant (1 Yr); Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office, General (1 Yr); Office Machines (1 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology (1 Yr); Paramedic (1 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Plumbing (1 Yr); Printing (1 Yr); Public Relations (1 Yr); Radio & Television (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Real Estate Management (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Restaurant Operations (2 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (1 Yr); Security Training (1 Yr); Surgical Technology (1 Yr); Systems Analyst (2 Yr); Teller, Bank (1 Yr); Travel Agents (1 Yr); Ultrasonography (2 Yr); Welding, Arc & Gas (1 Yr); Word Processing (1 Yr)

Florida Community College at Jacksonville (North Campus)

4501 Capper Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32218. Two-Year College, Allied Medical. Contact: Bettie J. Hausman, Dean of Student Success, (904)766-6500, E-mail: bhausman@fccj.edu, info@fccj.edu, Web Site: http://www.fccj.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $63.25/credit resident; $239.25 non resident; $119.25/credit GA resident. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Medical Laboratory Technology

Florida Technical College (Jacksonville)

8711 Lone Star Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32211. Business, Allied Medical, Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Barry Durden, Dir., (904)724-2229, 888-724-1158, Fax: (904)720-0920, E-mail: bdurden@flatech.edu, Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $1,428 per class. Enrollment: men 90, women 90. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Technology (18 Mo); Computer Aided Drafting & Design (18 Mo); Computer Networking (18 Mo); Computer Programming (18 Mo); Computer Technology (18 Mo); Medical Assistant (18 Mo)

Heritage Education-Jacksonville

4130 Salibury Rd. N, Ste. 1100, Jacksonville, FL 32216. Trade and Technical, Cosmetology.(904)332-0910, 888-334-7339, E-mail: info@heritageeducation.com, Web Site: http://www.heritage-education.com; Web Site: http://www.heritage-education.com/requestinfo.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $8,988; $412 books and fees. Enrollment: Total 423. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Cosmetology; Massage Therapy; Medical Assistant; Pharmacy Technician; Surgical Technology

ITT Technical Institute (Jacksonville)

6600 Youngerman Cir., Ste. 10, Jacksonville, FL 32244. Trade and Technical.(904)573-9100, 800-318-1264, Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 747. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Aided Drafting & Design (96 Credits); Computer Networking (96 Credits); Criminal Justice (96 Credits); Electrical Engineering Technology (96 Credits); Multimedia Design (96 Credits); Software Development/Engineering (96 Credits); Web Development (96 Credits)

Jackson School of Massage Therapy

6524 San Juan Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32210. Allied Medical. Founded 1980. Contact: Dr. Mary Cooksey, (904)781-3153. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $2,000. Enrollment: Total 15. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (6 Mo)

Jones College

5353 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville, FL 32211. Other, Business. Founded 1918. Contact: Pui Tang, (904)743-1122, 800-331-0176, Fax: (904)743-4446, E-mail: ptang@jones.edu, admissions@jones.edu, Web Site: http://www.jones.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $250/semester hour. Enrollment: men 233, women 651. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Allied Health Occupations (4 Yr); Business Administration (2-4 Yr); Computer Information Science (2-4 Yr); Legal Assistant (2-4 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr)

Normandy Beauty School of Jacksonville

5373 Lenox Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32205. Cosmetology. Founded 1966. Contact: Louise Hersey, Dir., (904)786-6250, Fax: (904)786-7444. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $5,495. Enrollment: Total 60. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

Remington College (Jacksonville Campus)

7011 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Ste. 140, Jacksonville, FL 32256-6954. Trade and Technical, Two-Year College.(904)296-3435, Fax: (904)296-9097, Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu; Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu/contact2.php4?campus=JAX. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $11,780-$31,540. Enrollment: Total 336. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (24 Mo); Computer Networking (24 Mo); Criminal Justice (24 Mo); Massage Therapy (8 Mo); Medical Assistant (8 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (8 Mo); Operations (18 Mo); Pharmacy Technician (8 Mo)

River Garden Geriatric Training Center

11401 Old St. Augustine Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32258. Allied Medical. Founded 1995. Contact: Linda Shubert, Dir. of Educ., (904)260-1818, Fax: (904)260-9733, E-mail: lshubert@rivergarden.org, rmanjon@rivergarden.org, Web Site: http://www.rivergarden.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Enrollment: Total 15. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Nurse, Assistant (150 Hr)

Riverside Hairstyling Academy

3530 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207-3810. Cosmetology. Founded 1988. Contact: Vicki English, (904)398-0502, Fax: (904)398-7026, E-mail: vickirha@aol.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $7,200 plus $650 books and supplies. Enrollment: men 3, women 79. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr)

Roadmaster Drivers School - Jacksonville

1409 Pickettville Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32220. Trade and Technical. Founded 1997. Contact: Bob Selby, Dir., (904)783-3333, 800-831-1300, Fax: (904)783-3378, E-mail: info@roadmaster.com, Web Site: http://www.roadmaster.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Commercial Vehicle (3 Wk)

Shands Jacksonville School of Radiologic Technology

655 W. 8th St., Jacksonville, FL 32209. Allied Medical. Founded 1942. Contact: Thomas A. Graham, Dir., (904)244-3274, Fax: (904)244-6070, E-mail: thomas.graham@jax.ufl.edu, Web Site: http://www.shandsjacksonville.org/schools/radtech/; Tony Hofmann, E-mail: anthony. hofmann@jax.ufl.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $500 per year. Enrollment: Total 26. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: JRCERT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Radiologic Technology (24 Mo)

Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy, Inc.

9424 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 200, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Kyle C. Wright, (904)448-9499, 800-420-HAND, Fax: (904)448-9270, E-mail: jacksonville@southeasternmassageschools.com, Web Site: http://www.southeasternmassageschools.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $9,100, includes text supplies. Enrollment: men 30, women 30. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (500 Hr)

Ultrasound Diagnostic School of Jacksonville

10255 Fortune Pkwy., Jacksonville, FL 32256. Allied Medical. Founded 1977. (904)363-6221. Fax: (904)363-6824. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies with program. Enrollment: Total 375. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: ABHES. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Health Information Technology (50 Wk); Medical Assistant (36 Wk); Ultrasonography (68 Wk)

JUPITER

Stewart's International School for Jewelers, Inc.

651 W. Indiantown Rd., Jupiter, FL 33458. Trade and Technical. Founded 1975. Contact: Jim Stewart, School Owner, Director and Instructor, (561)746-7586, 800-843-3409, Fax: (561)746-8420, E-mail: jewelschl@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.stewartsintlschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Week. Tuition: $850 per course. Enrollment: men 200, women 100. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Diamond Setting (1 Wk); Jewelry - Casting (1 Wk); Jewelry Design - Repair & Stone Setting (1 Wk)

KEY LARGO

Atlantis Dive Center Instructor Institute

51 Garden Cove Dr., Key Largo, FL 33037. Other. Founded 1978. Contact: Spencer Slate, (305)451-3020, 800-331-3483, Fax: (305)451-9240, E-mail: dive@captainslate.com, Web Site: http://www.captainslate.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies by course and program. Enrollment: Total 26. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Diving, Scuba; Diving, Sea

Ocean Divers Instructor Development Center

522 Caribbean Dr., Key Largo, FL 33037. Other. Founded 1975. Contact: Tom Witmer, (305)451-1113, 800-451-1113, Fax: (305)451-5765, E-mail: cdc@oceandivers.com, Web Site: http://www.oceandivers.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,249-$3,738 per course level; $389-$828 books and supplies. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Diver - Medic; Diving, Scuba; Diving, Sea

KEY WEST

Florida Keys Community College

5901 College Rd, Key West, FL 33040. Two-Year College. Founded 1965. Contact: Cheryl Ann Malshemer, Dir. of Enrollment Svcs., (305)296-9081, Fax: (305)292-5163, E-mail: malsheim_c@firn.edu, Web Site: http://www.fkcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 291. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Computer Technology (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Data Processing - Business (1 Yr); Diving, Scuba (2 Yr); Diving, Sea (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Yr); General Studies (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marine Technology (2 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Small Business Management (1 Yr)

KISSIMMEE

Academy of Cosmetology Training

3501 Vine St., Ste. 111, Kissimmee, FL 34741. Cosmetology, Allied Medical, Barber. Founded 1995. Contact: Elizabeth Petrusa, Founder/Pres., (407)943-8777, Fax: (407)948-8955, E-mail: academy3act@cs.com, Web Site: http://www.academyofcareertraining.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,495-$4,995. Enrollment: Total 120. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Massage Therapy (500 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

LAKE CITY

Lake City Community College

149 S.E. College Pl., Lake City, FL 32025. Two-Year College. Founded 1962. Contact: Vince Rice, Dir. of Admissions, (386)752-1822, Fax: (386)754-4594, E-mail: ricev@lakecitycc.edu, admissions@lakecitycc.edu, Web Site: http://www.lakecitycc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $49.95/semester hour; room $1000/semester; meal plan $1240/semester. Enrollment: Total 2,503. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: APTA; CAAHEP; NAACLS; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (2 Yr); Business Technology (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Correctional Science (4 Mo); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (6 Mo); Forestry Technology (2 Yr); Golf Course Management (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Irrigation Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Landscaping (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (6 Mo); Medical Technology Phlebotomy (16 Wk); Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Paramedic (1 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Small Business Management (1 Yr)

SAGE Technical Services (Lake City)

Lake City Community College, 149 S.E. College Pl., Bldg 17, Lake City, FL 32025-2007. Trade and Technical.(386)754-4405, E-mail: corporate@sageschools.com, Web Site: http://www.sageschools.com; Web Site: http://www.sageschools.com/sage-contact_sage.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $1,925-$4,035. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Heavy Equipment (150 Hr); Tractor Trailer Operators Training (150 Hr)

LAKE MARY

ITT Technical Institute (Lake Mary)

1400 South International Pkwy, Lake Mary, FL 32746. Trade and Technical. (407)660-2900, (866)489-8441, Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 474. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Aided Drafting & Design (96 Credits); Computer Networking (96 Credits); Criminal Justice (96 Credits); Electrical Engineering Technology (96 Credits); Multimedia Design (96 Credits); Software Development/Engineering (96 Credits); Web Development (96 Credits)

LAKE WALES

Warner Southern College

13895 US 27, Lake Wales, FL 33859. Other. Founded 1968. Contact: Jan Robillard, Advisor, (863)638-1426, 800-949-7248, Fax: (863)638-1472, Web Site: http://www.warner.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $16,332 per year (residential); $11,380 per year (off-campus). Enrollment: Total 920. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Advertising; Bible Study; Biological Technology; Business Administration; Christian Service; Minister; Missions; Music; Physical Education; Recreation Administration; Social Services Aide; Teacher Assistant

LAKE WORTH

Academy of Healing Arts Massage

3141 S. Military Trl., Lake Worth, FL 33463-2123. Trade and Technical, Cosmetology, Other. Founded 1983. Contact: Angela K. Artemik, Owner, (561)965-5550, Fax: (561)641-2603, E-mail: academy@ahamassage.com, Web Site: http://www.ahamassage.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,050-$10,250. Enrollment: men 19, women 138. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Beauty (900 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (300 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Massage Therapy (500-624 Hr)

Keiser Career College

1926 10th Ave., N., Lake Worth, FL 33461. Trade and Technical, Two-Year College. Founded 1988. Contact: Colleen M. Rupp, (561)547-5472, 800-848-4045, Fax: (561)547-6609, Web Site: http://www.keisercareer.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 200. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT; ABHES. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (8 Mo); Computer Graphics (12 Mo); Computer Networking (12 Mo); Massage Therapy (10 Mo); Medical Assistant (8 Mo); Pharmacy Technician (10 Mo)

Palm Beach Community College

4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth, FL 33461. Two-Year College. Founded 1933. Contact: Penny Mcissac, Dean of Student Svcs, (561)868-3350, (866)576-7222, Fax: (561)868-3584, E-mail: mcisaacp@pbcc.edu, Web Site: http://www.pbcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,200 in-state; $4,300 out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 18,292. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: JRCRTE; ADA; AOTA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Business, International; Chef Training (32 Wk); Clerical, General (2 Yr); Commercial Art (2 Yr); Computer Aided Manufacturing (2 Yr); Computer Technology (2 Yr); Correctional Science (32 Wk); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Dental Assisting (1 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Dietetic Technology (2 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (32 Wk); Electrical Technology (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Financial Planning; Fire Science (2 Yr); Graphic Arts (2 Yr); Horticulture, Ornamental (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Hotel & Motel Management (2 Yr); Human Services (2 Yr); Interior Design (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (32 Wk); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing (2 Yr); Music (2 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Occupational Therapy Assistant (2 Yr); Paramedic (1 Yr); Postal Service Technology (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Retail Management (2 Yr); Secretarial, Executive (2 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (2 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (1 Yr); Security Training (1 Wk); Stenography, General (32 Wk); Teacher Assistant (2 Yr); Water & Waste Water Pollution Technology (16 Wk)

South Florida School of Floral Design

1612 S. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth, FL 33460-5856. Trade and Technical. Founded 1963. Contact: J.W. Metz, Jr., Dir., (561)585-9491, 800-585-9491, Fax: (561)585-3359, E-mail: floridaconnect@webTV.net, Web Site: http://www.floralinstruction.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,250. Enrollment: men 20, women 80. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Floristry (105 Hr)

LAKELAND

Florida Metropolitan University (Lakeland)

995 E. Memorial Blvd., Ste. 110, Lakeland, FL 33801. Business, Trade and Technical. Founded 1890. Contact: Michael Mattison, Academic Dean, (863)686-1444, 888-741-4270, Fax: (863)688-9881, E-mail: staylor@cci.edu, Web Site: http://fmuonline.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: varies. Enrollment: men 140, women 340. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Business (2 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (2 Yr)

Lakeland Regional Medical Center School of Radiologic

PO Box 95448, Lakeland, FL 33804. Allied Medical. Founded 1965. Contact: L. Cross Sadler, Dir., (863)687-1100, Fax: (863)687-1471, Web Site: http://www.lrmc.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Year. Tuition: $500 per year. Enrollment: Total 24. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: JRCERT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Radiologic Technology (2 Yr)

National Business Institute

Employment & Training Services Office, 742 S. Combee Rd., Lakeland, FL 33801. Trade and Technical. Founded 1984. Contact: Sherry Sapp, (941)665-4609, 888-303-8754, Fax: (941)665-4325. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $3,495. Enrollment: Total 16. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Commercial Vehicle (4-8 Wk)

Roffler Technical Institute

905 E. Memorial Blvd., Lakeland, FL 33801. Art. Contact: Dorothy Boney, (813)686-2224. Private. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Hour. Tuition: $2,745. Enrollment: Total 43. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Barbering

Traviss Vocational Technical Center

3225 Winter Lake Rd., Lakeland, FL 33803. Trade and Technical. Founded 1964. Contact: Dr. Ken James, Dir., (863)499-2700, (863)499-2713, Fax: (863)499-2706, E-mail: bob.hagler@polk.fl.net, Web Site: http://www.travisstech.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment men 1,098, women 2,274. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (900 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Building Construction Technology (1050 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Art (1500 Hr); Commercial Foods (1500 Hr); Computer Electro-Mechanics (1650 Hr); Computer Support Technology (900 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (1500 Hr); Customer Service (450 Hr); Dental Assisting (1230 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Electricity, Industrial (1200 Hr); Heavy Equipment (1680 Hr); Hospital Ward Clerk (500 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Machine Shop (1800 Hr); Massage Therapy (750 Hr); Mechanical Drafting (1900 Hr); Mechanics, Diesel (945 Hr); Network Support (1050 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (120 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Optometric Assistant (1080 Hr); Secretarial, Legal (1050 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1050 Hr); Surgical Technology (1300 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

LANTANA

National Professions

401 W. Lantana Rd., Ste. 10, Lantana, FL 33462. Correspondence. Founded 1995. Contact: Brenda J. McSwigan, (561)585-1400, 800-585-9035, Fax: (561)547-3534, E-mail: homestudy@nationalprofessions.com, Web Site: http://www.nationalprofessions.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $844 per quarter. Enrollment: men 5, women 100. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate, Diploma. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Court Reporting (36 Mo); Medical Transcription (27 Mo); Scoping (9 Mo)

LARGO

Remington College (Largo Campus)

8550 Ulmerton Rd., Unit 100, Largo, FL 33771-3883. Trade and Technical, Two-Year College.(727)532-1999, 888-900-2343, Fax: (727)530-7710, Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu; Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu/contact2.php4?campus=LAR. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $11,780-$31,540. Enrollment: Total 805. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Networking (24 Mo); Criminal Justice (24 Mo); Massage Therapy (8 Mo); Medical Assistant (8 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (8 Mo); Operations (18 Mo); Pharmacy Technician (8 Mo)

LAUDERDALE LAKES

ConCorde Career Institute (Lauderdale Lakes)

4000 N. State Rd. 7, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319. Allied Medical. Founded 1980. Contact: Walter Mcquade, Dir. of Admissions, (954)731-8880, 800-851-0603, Fax: (954)485-2961, E-mail: info@concordecareercolleges.com, Web Site: http://www.concordecareercolleges.com/lauderdale; Web Site: http://www.concordecareercolleges.com/contact.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $6,275 except $9,975 for respiratory therapy technician. Enrollment: Total 367. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Dental Assisting (30-36 Wk); Medical Assistant (30-36 Wk); Medical Insurance Specialist (30-36 Wk); Patient Care Technician (24 Wk); Pharmacy Technician (32 Wk); Surgical Technology (48 Wk)

Ultrasound Diagnostic School

4780 N. State Rd. 7, No. 100-E, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319-5860. Allied Medical. Founded 1977. Contact: Michael LaBelle, Pres., (954)308-7400, Fax: (954)733-8994, Web Site: http://www.sbftland.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $9,000-$16,000. Enrollment: men 65, women 439. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ABHES; ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Cardio - Pulmonary Technology (50 Wk); Medical Assistant (36 Wk); Ultrasonography (60 Wk)

LEESBURG

Lake-Sumter Community College

9501 US Hwy 441, Leesburg, FL 34788-8751. Two-Year College. Founded 1962. Contact: Tabatha Richards, Dir. of Admissions/Registrar, (352)787-3747, Fax: (352)365-3553, E-mail: richardt@lscc.edu, Web Site: http://www.lscc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $61 per semester hour, residents; $223 per semester hour, nonresidents. Enrollment: men 1,012, women 2,122. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Athletic Trainer (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Computer (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Health Information Technology (2 Yr); Internet Technologies (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office Administration (2 Yr); Theatre, Technical (2 Yr)

LIVE OAK

Suwannee Hamilton Vocational Technical Center

415 SW Pinewood Dr., Live Oak, FL 32060. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Lynne E. Roy, (904)362-2798, Fax: (904)364-4698. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $0.46 per hour. Enrollment: men 140, women 310. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (1 Yr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Automotive Collision Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Technology; Carpentry (1 Yr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (600 Hr); Health Aide (600 Hr); Masonry (600 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1344 Hr); Truck Driving (150 Hr); X-Ray Technology (750 Hr)

LONGWOOD

Barbizon of Orlando

555 Winderley Place Ste. 109, Longwood, FL 32712. Trade and Technical. Founded 1939. Contact: Polly Reeve, (407)331-5558, 800-330-8361, Fax: (407)331-0548, E-mail: barbzonorl@aol.com, tampa@barbizonmodeling.com, Web Site: http://www.barbizonmodeling.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 25, women 455. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Acting; Modeling & Charm; Modeling & Personal Improvement; Modeling, Professional

MADISON

North Florida Community College

325 N.W. Turner Davis Dr., Madison, FL 32340. Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Cathy C. Simcox, (850)973-1653, (850)973-1622, Fax: (850)973-1678, E-mail: simeoxc@nfcc.edu, admissions@nfcc.edu, Web Site: http://www.nfcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies; $27-$213/semester hr. Enrollment: Total 2,948. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting Technology (64 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Correctional Science (600 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Drafting Technology (1900 Hr); Emergency Medical Technology (330 Hr); Law Enforcement (830 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Paramedic (1486 Hr)

MAITLAND

Florida College of Natural Health (Maitland)

2600 Lake Lucien Dr., Ste. 140, Maitland, FL 32751. Trade and Technical. Founded 1986. Contact: Kathy Provost, Coord., (407)261-0319, 800-393-7337, Fax: (407)261-0342, E-mail: kprovost@fcnh.com, Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com.Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $3,100-$23,000. Enrollment: Total 235. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT; COMTA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (624 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

ITT Technical Institute - Maitland

2600 Lake Lucien Dr., Ste. 140, Maitland, FL 32751. Trade and Technical. Founded 1989. Contact: Mark Rutledge, (407)660-2900, Fax: (407)660-2566, Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 520. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available.

MARATHON

International Diving Career Institute at Hall's

1994 Overseas Hwy., Marathon, FL 33050. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Bob Brayman, (305)743-5929, 800-331-4255, Fax: (305)743-8168, E-mail: thepros@hallsdiving.com, Web Site: http://www.hallsdiving.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: $1,000-$18,000. Enrollment: men 150, women 20. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Diving, Sea (1-14 Wk)

MARGATE

Margate School of Beauty

5281 Coconut Creek Pkwy., Margate, FL 33063. Cosmetology, Barber, Trade and Technical. Founded 1977. Contact: Stan Barnett, (954)972-9630, Fax: (954)972-1546, E-mail: msbeauty@bellsouth.net, Web Site: http://margatebeautyschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Other. Tuition: $250-$5,995. Enrollment: Total 600. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1 Yr)

MARIANNA

Chipola Junior College

3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, FL 32446. Two-Year College. Founded 1947. Contact: Gene Prough, Pres., (850)526-2761, Fax: (850)718-2344, Web Site: http://www.chipola.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 1,200. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (1 Yr); Appliance Repair (1 Yr); Auto Mechanics (2 Yr); Business Management; Clerical, General (1 Yr); Correctional Science (1 Sm); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Drafting, Engineering (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Sm); Fire Fighting (1 Sm); Health Aide (3 Mo); Law Enforcement (1 Sm); Machine Shop; Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Radio & Television Service & Repair (2 Yr); Real Estate Sales License (1 Sm); Secretarial, General (2 Yr); Welding Technology (2 Yr)

MELBOURNE

ELS Language Centers (Melbourne)

Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901-6988. Other. Founded 1961. Contact: Catherine Flores, Center Dir., (321)727-3990, Fax: (321)727-1044, E-mail: mel@els.edu, Web Site: http://www.els.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $1,395 intensive; $1,045 semi-intensive. Enrollment: Total 90. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCET. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: English As A Second Language (3-4 Wk)

Florida Inst. of Technology, College of Aeronautics

150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901. Flight and Ground. Founded 1957. Contact: Prof. Paul Davis, (321)674-8120, (321)674-7619, 800-888-4348, Fax: (321)674-8059, E-mail: aero@fit.edu, Web Site: http://aero.fit.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 456. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: FAA; SACS; CAA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aeronautics; Airport Management; Aviation Management; Aviation Safety; Aviation Technology; Meteorology

Florida Metropolitan University (Melbourne)

2401 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935. Other. Founded 1986. Contact: Tim Alexander, (321)253-2929, (866)355-2929, Fax: (321)255-2017, E-mail: talexand@cci.edu, Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 281, women 569. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS; CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2-4 Yr); Business Administration (2-4 Yr); Computer Information Science (2-4 Yr); Criminal Justice (2-4 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Pharmacy Technician (2 Yr); Video Production (2 Yr)

Healthcare Dimension, Inc.

4880 Stack Blvd, Ste. E-2, Melbourne, FL 32901. Allied Medical. Founded 1996. Contact: Velina William, (407)984-5100, Fax: (407)984-2768, E-mail: hcd223@hotmail.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 96. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available.

Melbourne Beauty School

686 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne, FL 32935. Cosmetology. Founded 1982. Contact: Jeanne Godbois, (321)259-0001, Fax: (321)259-8683, E-mail: hair@mpinet.net, Web Site: http://www.melbournebeautyschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $7,800 cosmetology; $1,445 nails. Enrollment: Total 35. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

MERRITT ISLAND

Academy of Cosmetology

2088 N. Courtenay Pkwy., Merritt Island, FL 32953. Cosmetology. Contact: Melissa Lynch, Manager/Instructor, (321)452-8490, Fax: (407)453-7552, E-mail: raphadm@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.floridacosmetologyschools.com; Liz Tillis, Office Manager. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $820-$6,475 per course. Enrollment: Total 63. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (600-1200Hr); Cosmetology - Administration, Management & Supervision (1500 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Massage Therapy (600 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

MIAMI

ABC Bartending School

7329 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL 33144. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Jack McKim, (305)267-1446, Fax: (305)267-1436. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $555. Enrollment: men 150, women 75. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Bartending (40 Hr)

Acupuncture and Massage College

10506 N. Kendall Dr., Miami, FL 33176-1509. Trade and Technical. Founded 1983. Contact: Nancy Browne, (305)595-9500, Fax: (305)595-2622, E-mail: admissions@amcollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.amcollege.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $7,500/$30,000. Enrollment: Total 150. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT; ACAOM.Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Acupuncture (36 Mo); Massage Therapy (7 Mo)

ATI Career Training Center (Miami)

7265 NW 25th St., Miami, FL 33132. Trade and Technical. Founded 1956. Contact: Errol Stephenson, Dir., (305)591-3060, Fax: (305)718-4978, E-mail: info@aticareertraining.edu, Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.edu; Web Site: http://www.aticareertraining.edu/request.php?campusID=4. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $11,281; $825 books and supplies. Enrollment: men 546, women 70. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (62 Wk); Automotive Service (62 Wk); Computer Aided Design (62 Wk); Computer Operations (40 Wk); Electronic Engineering Technology (80 Wk); Engineering Technology, Electronic (80 Wk); Graphic Design; Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning

College of Business and Technology

8991 SW 107 Ave., No. 200, Miami, FL 33176. Two-Year College, Trade and Technical, Trade and Technical. Founded 1988. Contact: Luis Llerena, (305)273-4499, Fax: (305)596-3835, E-mail: admissions@cbt.edu, Web Site: http://www.cbt.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 300. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (2 Sem); Business Administration (6 Sem); Computer Networking (3 Sem); Computer Programming (6 Sem); Desktop Publishing (6 Sem); English As A Second Language (3 Sem); Graphic Design (6 Sem); Web Development (6 Sem)

Florida Career College

1321 S.W. 107 Ave. Ste. 201b, Miami, FL 33174. Two-Year College, Trade and Technical. Contact: David Knobel, President/CEO, (305)553-6065, 888-852-7272, E-mail: info@careercollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.careercollege.edu. Private. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $12,240; $900 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 2,461. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available.

Florida College of Natural Health (Miami)

7925 NW 12th St., Ste. 201, Miami, FL 33126-1827. Two-Year College. Founded 1986. Contact: Debra J. Starr, Director, (305)597-9599, 800-599-9599, Fax: (305)597-9110, E-mail: miami@fcnh.com, Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 260. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (624 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

Florida International University College of

Tamiami Trail at SW 107th St., Miami, FL 33199. Allied Medical. Founded 1965. Contact: William J. Keppler, (305)348-2000. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 75, women 425. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: AOTA; APTA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Allied Health Occupations; Dietetic Technology; Medical Laboratory Technology; Medical Technology; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy Technology

Florida National College (Miami)

11865 SW 26th St., Ste. H-3, Miami, FL 33175. Two-Year College. Founded 1982. Contact: Jon Beisenherz, (305)226-9999, Fax: (305)226-4439, E-mail: jbeisenherz@fnc.edu, Web Site: http://www.fnc.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Enrollment: men 220, women 308. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Junior; Business Administration; Computer Programming; Dental Laboratory Technology; Dental Technology; Legal Assistant; Medical Assistant; Secretarial, Medical; Travel & Tourism

George T. Baker Aviation School

3275 NW 42nd Ave., Miami, FL 33143. Trade and Technical. Founded 1942. Contact: Ms. I. Sigillo, Counselor, (305)871-3143, Fax: (305)871-5840, E-mail: isigillo@dadeschools.net, gtba@dadeschools.net, Web Site: http://bakeraviation.dadeschools.net; Ms. C. Whitehead, Day Registrar, E-mail: cwhitehead@dadeschools.net. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $1850 per year. Enrollment: men 312, women 17. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: FAA; COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aircraft Airframe Maintenance (1 1/3 Yr); Aircraft Powerplant Maintenance (1 1/3 Yr); Avionics (2 Tr); Electronics Technology (1 Yr)

George T. Baker Aviation School

3275 N.W. 42nd Ave., Miami, FL 33142. Flight and Ground. Contact: Ruby B. Jones, Principal, (305)871-3143, (305)871-2308, Web Site: http://bakeraviation.dadeschools.net. Public. Coed. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $1,800 in-state; $1,800 out-of-state. Degrees awarded: Associate.

ITT Technical Institute (Miami)

7955 N.W. 12th St., Ste. 119, Miami, FL 33126. Trade and Technical. (305)477-3080, Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itttech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 536. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Networking (96 Credits); Electrical Engineering Technology (96 Credits); Multimedia Design (96 Credits); Software Development/Engineering (96 Credits); Web Development (96 Credits)

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Program in Radiologic Sciences

1611 NW 12th Ave., Miami, FL 33136-1094. Allied Medical. Founded 1952. Contact: Courtney Glenn, (305)585-6811, Fax: (305)585-0023, Web Site: http://www.um-jmh.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Year. Tuition: $1,700 per year. Enrollment: Total 20. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: JRCERT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Radiologic Technology (24 Mo)

Jobs for Miami Training Academy

7900 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 33138. Trade and Technical. Founded 1979. Contact: Charlie Jones, Dir., (305)759-6511, Fax: (305)759-7639, E-mail: jfmiami@jfmiami.org, Web Site: http://www.jfmiami.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Enrollment: Total 408. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Accounting, Clerical (12 Mo); Child Care & Guidance (8 Mo); Clerical, General (4 Mo); Data Processing (5 Mo); Electricity, Apprenticeship (12 Mo); Health Aide (5 Mo); Maintenance, Building (10 Mo); Maintenance Technology (3 Mo); Plumbing (17 Mo); Secretarial, General (9 Mo); Secretarial, Legal (12 Mo); Secretarial, Medical (12 Mo); Word Processing (7.5 Mo)

Key Power Technical Institute

3790 NW 11th St., Miami, FL 33126. Trade and Technical. Founded 1979. Contact: Tania DeLeon, Dir., (305)371-5555, 800-910-TEST, Fax: (305)649-4066, E-mail: info@keypowertech.com, Web Site: http://www.keypowertech.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies with program. Enrollment: Total 109. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Commercial Vehicle (4 Wk); Mechanics, Diesel (6 Wk); Tractor Trailer Operators Training (7 Wk); Truck Driving (4 Wk)

La Belle Beauty Academy

2960 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33135-2827. Cosmetology. Founded 1973. Contact: Millie Castellanos, (305)649-2800, Fax: (305)642-0651, E-mail: labellemia@beautyacademy.com, Web Site: http://www.beautyacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $900-$8,995 including books and supplies. Enrollment: men 25, women 270. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (900-1230Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr)

Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center

750 NW 20 St., Miami, FL 33127. Trade and Technical. Founded 1939. Contact: Dr. Rosa D. Borgen, Principal, (305)324-6070, Fax: (305)545-6397, E-mail: lht@dadeschools.net, Web Site: http://lindsey.dadeschools.net/. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: Nominal. Enrollment: Total 6,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: AAMAE; CAAHEP; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Bartending; Building Maintenance; Business Occupations; Clerical, General; Commercial Art; Communications Technology; Cosmetology; Data Processing; Dental Assisting; Dental Laboratory Technology; Distributive Education; Drafting Technology; Electricity, Industrial; Electronics, Solid State; Electronics Technology; Food Preparation & Service; Food Service & Management; Graphic Arts; Health Aide; Home Economics; Home Furnishings; Hotel & Motel Management; Industrial Technology; Instrumentation Technology; Insurance, General; Massage Therapy; Nurses Aide; Nursing, Practical; Photography; Printing; Secretarial, General; Stenography, General; Surgical Technology; Textile Technology; Upholstering; Waiter; Watchmaking & Repairing

Miami International University of Art & Design

1501 Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 100, Miami, FL 33132-1418. Art, Two-Year College. Founded 1965. Contact: Erika Fleming, Pres., (305)428-5700, 800-225-9023, Fax: (305)374-5933, E-mail: miuadmissions@aii.edu, Web Site: http://www.aimiu.artinstitutes.edu; Web Site: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/miami/requestinfo.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $24,640; $1,500 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 1,311. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: SACS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Fashion Careers (7 Qt); Fashion Design & Merchandising (7 Qt); Interior Design (7 Qt)

National School of Technology, Inc.

111 NW 183 St., 2nd Fl., Miami, FL 33169. Allied Medical, Other. Founded 1975. Contact: John Rios, (305)949-9500, 888-741-4271, Fax: (305)388-1740, Web Site: http://www.nst.cc. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $7,000-$14,500. Enrollment: Total 800. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ABHES; CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cardio - Pulmonary Technology (15 Mo); Health Care & Management (12 Mo); Massage Therapy (6 Mo); Medical Assistant (12 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (9 Mo); Medical Transcription (12 Mo); Pharmacy Technician (12 Mo); Surgical Technology (12 Mo)

New Professions Technical Institute

4000 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL 33134. Business. Founded 1993. Contact: Emilio Jimenez, Admissions/Placement Dir., (305)461-2223, Fax: (305)461-3029, E-mail: emilio@npti.com, Web Site: http://npti.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCET. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Business, International (2 Yr); Computer Business Systems Technology (9 Mo); Computer Programming (2 Yr); English As A Second Language (9 Mo); Import - Export (9 Mo); Marketing (2 Yr); Travel & Tourism (2 Yr)

Stein Gerontological Institute for Nurses Aides

5200 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137. Allied Medical. Contact: Bernard Roos, Dir., (305)762-1465, Fax: (305)754-4530. Private. Coed. Tuition: $475. Enrollment: Total 200. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Geriatric Care; Nurses Aide

Sullivan & Cogliano Training Centers (Miami)

7740 N. Kendall Dr., Miami, FL 33156. Trade and Technical, Business. Founded 1994. Contact: Nancy Rodriquez, (305)279-5877, 888-872-4677, Fax: (305)279-8872, E-mail: nancy.rodriguez@sctrain.com, Web Site: http://www.sullivancogliano.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 260. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Applications (10-600 Hr); Computer Networking (10-600 Hr); Computer Technology (10-600 Hr); Web Development (10-600 Hr)

MIAMI BEACH

International School of Midwifery

1259 Normandy Dr., Miami Beach, FL 33141. Other. Founded 1995. Contact: Shari Daniels, (305)866-1446, (305)866-1095, Fax: (305)866-9446. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Enrollment: women 15. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Midwifery (900 Hr)

Miami Ad School

955 Alton Rd., Miami Beach, FL 33139 Trade and Technical. Contact: Pippa Seichrist, VP, (305)538-3193, 800-858-3190, Fax: (305)538-3724, E-mail: info@miamiadschool.com, Web Site: http://www.miamiadschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,600; $4,000 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 180. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: COE. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Advertising; Design

MIAMI SHORES

ELS Language Centers - Miami Shores

Barry University, 11300 Northeast Second Ave., Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695. Other. Founded 1961. Contact: Margaret Street Germano, Center Dir., (305)899-3390, Fax: (305)892-2229, E-mail: mia@els.edu, Web Site: http://www.els.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $1,395 intensive; $1,045 semi-intensive. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCET. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: English As A Second Language (3-4 Wk)

MIAMI SPRINGS

Technical Career Institute

4299 NW 36th St., Miami Springs, FL 33166. Allied Medical, Business. Founded 1954. Contact: R. J. Zaiden, Jr., (305)863-1818, 888-572-8163, Fax: (305)887-9470, E-mail: tcied@bellsouth.net, Web Site: http://www.technicalcareerinst.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $3,600/semester. Enrollment: men 60, women 305. Degrees awarded: Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Clerical; EKG Technician; Medical Assistant; Medical Insurance Specialist; Medical Office Management; Medical Record Technology; Medical Technology - Phlebotomy; Office Administration; Office, General; Pharmacy Technician; Secretarial, General; Secretarial, Medical; Word Processing

MILTON

Florida's Therapeutic Massage School

4528 Arcadia St., Milton, FL 32583-1769. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992.(850)433-8212, Fax: (850)433-8212. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $3,600; $100 registration; $415 books & supplies. Enrollment: Total 44. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (600 Hr)

NAPLES

Florida Health Academy-Naples

261 Ninth St. S., Naples, FL 34102. Allied Medical. Founded 1990. Contact: Anita Gregg, Pres., (239)263-9391, (239)263-2322, Fax: (239)263-8680, E-mail: fhanaplesinfo@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.floridahealthacademynaples.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Massage $4,750 includes books and supplies; Facials-Skincare $2,750 includes books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 30. Degrees awarded: Certificate.Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Massage Therapy (540 Hr)

International College

2655 Northbrooke Dr., Naples, FL 34119. Other. Founded 1990. Contact: Carol Morrison, (239)513-1122, 800-466-8017, Fax: (239)513-9054, Web Site: http://www.internationalcollege.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $9,020 per year. Enrollment: Total 947. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; IACBE; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business

Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology

3702 Estey Ave., Naples, FL 34104. Trade and Technical. Founded 1974. Contact: Verdell Drayton, (239)430-6900, Fax: (239)430-6912, Web Site: http://www.universities.com/On-Campus/www.Lorenzo_Walker_Institute_Of_Technology.html. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Enrollment: Total 1,261. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ADA; CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (900 Hr); Aircraft Mechanics (2400 Hr); Automotive Technology (1800 Hr); Child Care & Guidance (600 Hr); Clerical, General (600 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Criminal Justice (450 Hr); Dental Assisting (1200 Hr); Electrical Technology; Electronics Technology (1650 Hr); Fire Fighting (450 Hr); Health Aide (165 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Masonry; Medical Assistant (1300 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (165 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1300 Hr); Plumbing; Secretarial, Legal (1050 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1050 Hr); Surgical Technology (1300 Hr)

NEW PORT RICHEY

Bene's International School of Beauty, Inc.

7127 U.S. Hwy. 19, New Port Richey, FL 34652. Trade and Technical, Barber, Cosmetology. Founded 1976. Contact: Vicki L. Bene, VP, (727)848-8415, Fax: (727)846-0269, E-mail: pbene4home@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.isbschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $2,280-$9,800 plus books and supplies. Enrollment: men 16, women 87. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1500); Cosmetology (600-1200); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Manicurist (240-360 Hr); Massage Therapy (600 Hr); Skin Care (360 Hr)

Fred K. Marchman Vocational-Technical Center

7825 Campus Dr., New Port Richey, FL 34653-1211. Trade and Technical. Founded 1984. Contact: John Turner, (727)774-1700, Fax: (727)774-1897, Web Site: http://mtec.pasco.k12.fl.us. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 351, women 242. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (2 Yr); Auto Body & Fender Repair (2 Yr); Auto Mechanics (2 Yr); Auto Painting (2 Yr); Bookkeeping (2 Yr); Business Management (2 Yr); Cabinet & Mill Work (2 Yr); Carpentry (2 Yr); Commercial Art (2 Yr); Commercial Foods (2 Yr); Computer Repair (2 Yr); Cosmetology (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Drafting Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Electricity, Industrial (2 Yr); Hospital Ward Clerk (2 Yr); Marine Technology (2 Yr); Nurses Aide (2 Yr); Printing Technology (2 Yr); Secretarial, General (2 Yr); Technician, Electronic Service (2 Yr); Veterinary Technology (2 Yr); Web Development (2 Yr)

NICEVILLE

Okaloosa-Walton Community College

100 College Blvd., Niceville, FL 32578-1295. Two-Year College. Founded 1963. Contact: Christine Bishop, Assoc. Dean, Student Services/Registrar, (850)678-5111, E-mail: bishopc@owc.edu, registrar@owc.edu, Web Site: http://www.owcc.cc.fl.us/. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $32.95/credit hour, plus lab fees. Enrollment: men 7,082, women 9,215. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (2 Yr); Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Aviation Maintenance Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Electronic Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Manufacturing Technology (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Real Estate Management (2 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (2 Yr)

NORTH MIAMI

Johnson & Wales University

1701 NE 127th St., North Miami, FL 33181. Two-Year College. Founded 1914. Contact: Jeff Greenip, Dir. of Admissions, (305)892-7600, 800-232-2433, Fax: (305)892-7020, E-mail: admissions.mia@jwu.edu, Web Site: http://www.jwu.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $19,200; $900 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 2,389. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Baking (2 Yr); Chef Training (2 Yr); Culinary Arts (1 Yr)

OCALA

Central Florida Community College

PO Box 1388, Ocala, FL 34478. Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Cheryl Fante, Associate VP, (352)837-5800, E-mail: fantec@cf.edu, Web Site: http://www.cfcc.cc.fl.us/. Public. Coed. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Semester. Tuition: $57.58 per semester credit hour. Enrollment: men 3,000, women 5,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting Technology (2 Yr); Air Conditioning & Heating (1 Yr); Automotive Collision Repair (1 Yr); Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Computer Engineering (2 Yr); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Criminology - Identification Technology (2 Yr); Culinary Arts (2 Yr); Dental Assisting (1 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Health Information Technology (2 Yr); Horse Management (2 Yr); Human Services (2 Yr); Internet Technologies (2 Yr); Landscaping (2 Yr); Law Enforcement; Legal Administration (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Office Management (2 Yr); Medical Transcription (2 Yr); Nurses Aide; Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office Technology (2 Yr); Paramedic (1 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Police Science (2 Yr); Surgical Technology (1 Yr); Truck Driving; Welding Technology (1 Yr)

Central Florida Community College of Cosmetology

3001 S.W. College Rd., Ocala, FL 34474. Cosmetology, Barber, Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Delores Hunt, Program Manager, (352)854-2322, (352)873-5816, Fax: (352)873-5894, E-mail: huntdee@cf.edu, Web Site: http://www.gocfcc.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $2,050 for 3 semesters, days; 4 semesters, evenings. Enrollment: Total 5,500. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: APTA; NAACLS; NABS; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

Munroe Vocational Institute

1500 SW First Ave, Ocala, FL 34474. Trade and Technical. Founded 1997. Contact: Valorie Ellspermann, Dir., (352)351-7394, Fax: (352)402-5069, Web Site: http://www.munroeregional.com. Private. Coed. Term: Hour. Enrollment: Total 15. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Placement service available. Curriculum: Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (160 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (160 Hr)

Puttin' on the Tips Nail School

234A SW 10th St., Ocala, FL 34474. Cosmetology. Founded 1994. Contact: Kelly Rogers, (352)351-3606, (352)351-2373, E-mail: puttinonthetips@yahoo.com, Web Site: http://www.puttinonthetips.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,200. Enrollment: Total 76. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Manicurist (15 Wk)

Webster College, Inc.

2221 SW 19th Ave. Rd., Ocala, FL 34474-7051. Two-Year College. Founded 1922. Contact: Greta Ferkel, (352)629-1941, Fax: (352)629-0926, Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $3,395. Enrollment: Total 400. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (18 Mo); Business Administration (18 Mo); Computer Applications (18 Mo); Computer Networking (19 Mo); Medical Assistant (18 Mo); Office Technology (18 Mo)

OPA LOCKA

Vankara Technical Institute

13331 Alexandria Dr., Opa Locka, FL 33054. Trade and Technical. Founded 1990. Contact: Elvira Smith, Exec.Dir, (305)681-6121, Fax: (305)685-7551. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $2,400. Enrollment: Total 17. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available.

ORANGE PARK

National Training

188 College Dr., PO Box 65789, Orange Park, FL 32065-5789. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Larry S. Lark, (904)272-4000, 800-488-7364, Fax: (904)272-6702, E-mail: infoquests@nationaltrainingschools.com, Web Site: http://www.earthmoverschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $2,795 truck, $3,795 truck, $6,795 heavy equipment. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: DETC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Diesel Truck Driving; Heavy Equipment

North Florida Institute

560 Wells Rd., Orange Park, FL 32073. Allied Medical. Founded 1996. Contact: R. Wade Barr, (904)269-7086, Fax: (904)269-6664, Web Site: http://www.northflorida-institute.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies per program. Enrollment: Total 250. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: EKG Technician (150 Hr); Health Information Technology (720 Hr); Medical Assistant (720 Hr); Medical Record Technology (300 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (150 Hr); Medical Transcription (200 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (300 Hr); Office Technology (300 Hr)

Orange Park Beauty Academy

2170 Park Ave., Orange Park, FL 32073. Cosmetology. Founded 1960. Contact: Rnehil Cook, Dir., (904)264-5201. Private. Coed. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,495. Enrollment: Total 30. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (1200 Hr)

ORLANDO

21st Century Education Services

6877/6837 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32818. Business, Trade and Technical. Founded 1996. Contact: Dr. Catherine W. Foulks, (407)578-0246, (407)578-7333, Fax: (407)521-3030. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 48, women 50. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Child Care & Guidance (600 Hr); Computer Operator (700 Hr); Office Technology (900 Hr)

Audio Recording Technology Institute

4525 Vineland Rd., Ste. 201B, Orlando, FL 32811. Trade and Technical. Founded 1990. Contact: Tammy Pietrofesa, (407)423-2784, 888-543-2784, Fax: (407)367-2578, E-mail: info@audiocareer.com, Web Site: http://www.audiocareer.com; Web Site: http://www.arti.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $18,225 plus $75 registration fee for the comprehensive program. Enrollment: men 7, women 132. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Audio Technology (45 Wk)

Career Training Institute

3326 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL 32804. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical, Barber, Cosmetology. Founded 1984. Contact: Roger Bradley, (407)843-3984, Fax: (407)843-9828. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 30, women 180. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Health Information Technology (0720 Hr); Medical Transcription (0300 Hr)

Diesel Institute of America

6000 Cinderlane Parkway, Orlando, FL 32810. Trade and Technical. Founded 1971. Contact: Sue Hollifield, (407)532-3619, 800-831-1300, Fax: (813)247-5612, Web Site: http://www.dieselschool.com; Web Site: http://www.careerpathtraining.com/info.asp?srceid=DSCCEKH7LXXJURWDAQALOP9. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 150. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Automotive Technology (2 Mo); Diesel Technology (6 mo); Truck Driving (2 Mo)

Florida Auctioneer Academy, Inc.

10376 E. Colonial Dr., Ste. 110, Orlando, FL 32817. Trade and Technical. Founded 1984. Contact: Fritz Fedele, Dir., (321)229-0722, 800-422-9155, Fax: (407)866-4916, E-mail: gary@f-a-a.com, info@f-a-a.com, Web Site: http://www.f-a-a.com; Cliff Walker, Dir. of Education, Web Site: http://www.fa-a.com/faa-guest.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Week. Tuition: $995 including fee. Enrollment: men 80, women 21. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Auctioneering (90 Hr)

Florida Diving Institute, Inc

3465 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, FL 32804. Other. Founded 1986. Contact: Keith A Mattson, Pres., (407)843-3483, 800-282-3328, Fax: (407)849-1427, E-mail: kamfdi@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.divestation.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies; $1795 Instructor Training. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Diving, Sea

Florida Metropolitan University (Orlando)

5421 Diplomat Circle, Orlando, FL 32810. Business. Founded 1918. Contact: Dave Ritchie, Dir., (407)628-5870, 800-628-5870, Fax: (407)628-1344, Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Week. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 1,250. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS; NCRA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Allied Health Occupations; Business Management; Commercial Art; Computer Aided Drafting; Computer Programming; Court Reporting; Legal Assistant; Marketing; Paralegal; Video Production

Florida Technical College (Orlando)

12689 Challenger Pkwy., No. 130, Orlando, FL 32826-2707. Two-Year College. Founded 1982. Contact: Mr. Tim Vogeley, (407)678-5600, (407)447-7300, 888-678-2929, Fax: (407)678-1149, E-mail: orlando-admissions@flatech.edu, Web Site: http://www.flatech.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $140 per quarter credit. Enrollment: Total 350. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant; Computer Aided Design; Computer Aided Drafting; Computer Electro-Mechanics; Computer Networking; Computer Operations; Computer Programming; Computer Technology; Drafting & Design Technology; Medical Administrative Assistant

High-Tech Institute

3710 Maguire Blvd, Orlando, FL 32803. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical. (407)893-7400, 888-326-1985, Fax: (407)895-1804, Web Site: http://www.hightechinstitute.edu; Web Site: http://www.hightechinstitute.edu/request.php. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $20,572 - $26,581. Enrollment: men 324, women 721. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Computer Networking; Criminal Justice; Dental Assisting; Graphic Design; Massage Therapy; Medical Assistant; Medical Billing; Pharmacy Technician; Surgical Technology; X-Ray Technology

Joe Blasco Make-Up Center East

5422 Carrier Dr., Ste.304, Orlando, FL 32819. Other. Founded 1976. Contact: Amanda M. Goldman, (407)363-1234, 800-252-7261, Fax: (407)352-5190, E-mail: orlando@joeblasco.com, Web Site: http://www.joeblasco.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $9,168.51 professional, $4,513.21 beauty, $4,600 advanced prosthetics. Enrollment: Total 120. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Makeup, Theatrical

Marine Mechanics Institute

9751 Delegates Dr., Orlando, FL 32837. Trade and Technical. Contact: Kimberly J. McWaters, CEO, (407)240-2422, 800-342-9253, Fax: (407)240-1318, Web Site: http://uticorp.com; Web Site: http://uticorp.com/go/contactus/. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Tuition: $26,300 - $33,650. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Marine Technology

Mid-Florida Technical Institute

2900 W. Oakridge Rd., Orlando, FL 32809. Trade and Technical. Founded 1963. Contact: Valerie Sommerville, (407)855-5880, (407)251-6000, Fax: (407)858-2239, E-mail: sommerv@ocps.k12.fl.us, Web Site: http://mft.ocps.net. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,620. Enrollment: Total 4,364. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (900 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning & Heating (1350 Hr); Appliance Repair (1480 Hr); Automotive Collision Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Carpentry (1800 Hr); Commercial Vehicle (320 Hr); Computer Support Technology (900 Hr); Computer Technology (1650 Hr); Culinary Arts (1440 Hr); Digital Program Design (1200 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Electrical Technology (1500 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Emergency Medical Technology (250 Hr); Fire Fighting (450 Hr); Fire Protection Technology (240 Hr); Heavy Equipment (1050 Hr); Hotel & Motel Management (600 Hr); Manufacturing Technology (1800 Hr); Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Mechanical Drafting (1900 Hr); Mechanics, Heavy Equipment (1680 Hr); Media Technology (600 Hr); Merchandising (1350 Hr); Photography (1650 Hr); Pipefitting (1080 Hr); Plumbing (1800 Hr); Printing Technology (990 Hr); Real Estate Sales License (63 Hr); Security Training (40 Hr); Sheet Metal (1350 Hr); Structural Steel Fabrication (1200 Hr); Travel & Tourism (600 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

Motorcycle Mechanics Institute

9751 Delegates Dr., Orlando, FL 32837.Trade and Technical. Founded 1986. Contact: Jo Nesovsky, (407)240-2422, 800-342-9253, Fax: (407)240-1318, Web Site: http://uticorp.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $17,900-$24,450. Enrollment: Total 1,500. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Motorcycle Repair (57-111 Wk)

Orlando College Medical Education Center

5500 Diplomat Circle, Orlando, FL 32810. Allied Medical. Founded 1976. Contact: Barbara Huybers, (407)628-5870, (407)628-1344. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 1,015. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Medical Assistant (2 Yr)

Orlando College - South

9200 S. Park Center Loop, Orlando, FL 32819-8606. Other. Founded 1953. Contact: Steve Richards, Academic Dean, (407)851-2525, Fax: (407)851-1477, Web Site: http://www.fmu.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 450, women 900. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr)

Orlando Institute of Electrolysis, Inc.

800 Paul St., Ste. B, Orlando, FL 32808. Other. Founded 1982. Contact: Michele J. Williamson, (407)295-2081, Fax: (407)295-3170, E-mail: mjwilliamson@mindspring.com, request@orlandoinstitute.com, Web Site: http://www.orlandoinstitute.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $4,600. Enrollment: men 3, women 15. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Electrology (320 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Laser Technology (30 Hr)

Universal Technical Institute

9751 Delegates Dr, Orlando, FL 32837. Trade and Technical. Contact: Kimberly J. McWaters, CEO, (321)281-9810, (866)821-3810, Web Site: http://uticorp.com; Web Site: http://uticorp.com/go/contactus/. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Tuition: Varies by program. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Auto Mechanics; Auto Mechanics - Diesel; Automotive Collision Repair; Automotive Technology; Diesel Technology

Valencia Community College

PO Box 3028, Orlando, FL 32802. Two-Year College. Founded 1967. Contact: Sanford Shugart, Jr., Pres., (407)299-5000, Fax: (407)582-3970, E-mail: askatlas@valenciacc.edu, Web Site: http://www.valenciacc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1800 in-state; $6810 out-of-state. Enrollment: Total 11,150. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Baking; Clerical, General; Criminal Justice; Data Processing; Fire Science; Graphic Arts; Horticulture, Ornamental; Hotel & Motel Management; Inhalation Therapy Technology; Laboratory Assistant, Certified; Law Enforcement; Medical Laboratory Assistant; Mid-Management; Nursing, R.N.; Police Science; Secretarial, Executive; Secretarial, General; Secretarial, Legal; Secretarial, Medical; Stenography, General

ORMOND BEACH

Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires

88 S. St. Andrews Dr., Ormond Beach, FL 32174. Other. Founded 1955. Contact: Harry Wendelstedt, Jr., (386)672-4879, Fax: (386)672-3212, E-mail: harrywendelstedt@umpireschool.com, admin@umpireschool.com, Web Site: http://www.umpireschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: $2800. Enrollment: men 157, women 2. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Placement service available. Curriculum: Umpiring (5 Wk)

PALATKA

St. John's River Community College

5001 St. John's Ave., Palatka, FL 32177-3897. Two-Year College. Founded 1958. Contact: Susanne Lineberger, (386)312-4200, (386)312-4050, Fax: (386)312-4024, E-mail: susannelineberger@sjrcc.edu, Web Site: http://sjrcc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $52-$156 per credit hour. Enrollment: men 1,250, women 1,850. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Art (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Business Management (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Dance (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Electronic (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Mechanical (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Merchandising, Sales (2 Yr); Music (2 Yr); Office Technology (2 Yr); Paramedic (2 Yr); Postal Service Technology (2 Yr); Systems Analyst (2 Yr); Voice (2 Yr); Word Processing (2 Yr)

PALM BEACH GARDENS

Connecticut School of Broadcasting - Palm Beach Gardens

3450 North Lake Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33403. Trade and Technical. Founded 1964. Contact: David P. Banner, Chief Operating Officer, 800-887-2346, Web Site: http://www.800tvradio.com; Dave Duran, Director. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $9940; $50 in fees. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Broadcasting, Nontechnical (8-16 Wk); Radio & Television (8-16 Wk); Television & Radio Production (8-16 Wk)

Institute of Nail Sculpturing

4101 Burns Rd., Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. Other. Founded 1978. Contact: Paulina Laramee, (561)626-9867, Fax: (561)626-8856. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,300 plus $95 registration fee. Enrollment: Total 75. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Manicurist (240 Hr)

PANAMA CITY

Gulf Coast Community College

5230 W. Hwy. 98, Panama City, FL 32401. Two-Year College.(850)769-1551, 800-311-3685, Fax: (850)872-3836, Web Site: http://www.gulfcoast.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,916 in-state; $6,604 out-of-state; $7,200 room and board. Enrollment: men 2,762, women 3,975. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Airline Operations; Banking; Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Education; Child Care & Guidance (1 Sm-2 Yr); Commercial Art; Criminal Justice; Culinary Occupations; Data Processing; Dental Assisting (1 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Dietary Assistant; Drafting & Design Technology; Drafting Technology; Electronics Technology; Emergency Medical Technology (1 Sem); Engineering Technology; Engineering Technology, Electronic; Fashion Merchandising; Fire Science; Home Economics; Hotel & Motel Management; Human Services (2 Yr); Journalism; Legal Assistant; Marine Technology; Marketing Management; Mental Retardation Assistant; Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office Technology; Paramedic (1 Yr); Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Postal Service Technology; Radio & Television; Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Real Estate, Basic; Respiratory Therapy (1 Yr); Restaurant Operations

Haney Technical Center

3016 Hwy 77, Panama City, FL 32405. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Susie Garcia, Occ. Specialist, (850)747-5500, (850)914-6248, Fax: (850)747-5555, E-mail: garcise@mail.bay.k12.fl.us, Web Site: http://www.bayschools.com/htc/. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Other. Tuition: Varies; $.76 to $6.09 per contact hr. Enrollment: men 1,500, women 400. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (11 Mo); Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (24 Mo); Auto Body & Fender Repair (11 Mo); Auto Mechanics (11 Mo); Carpentry (11 Mo); Child Care & Guidance (11 Mo); Clerical, General (9 Mo); Commercial Art (11 Mo); Computer Electro-Mechanics (18 Mo); Computer Technology (18 Mo); Cosmetology (10 Mo); Court Reporting (18 Mo); Drafting & Design Technology (14 Mo); Electricity, Industrial (11 Mo); Electricity - Master Electrician (11 Mo); Electronics Technology (18 Mo); Machine Shop (11 Mo); Marine & Small Engine Repair (11 Mo); Medical Assistant (11 Mo); Nurse, Assistant (4 Mo); Nursing, Practical (11 Mo); Secretarial, Administrative (15 Mo); Secretarial, General (11 Mo); Secretarial, Legal (15 Mo); Secretarial, Medical (15 Mo); Teller, Bank (2 Mo); Welding Technology (11 Mo); Word Processing (11 Mo)

PEMBROKE PINES

Ambiance Nail Academy

10424 Taft St., Pembroke Pines, FL 33026. Cosmetology, Trade and Technical. Founded 1997. Contact: Stephanie Foster, (954)442-9200, (866)442-9299, Fax: (954)442-9299, E-mail: ambiance2030@aol.com, Web Site: http://ambiencenailacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,150 Nail Technology; $425 Make-up Artistry; $1,895 Skin Care Specialty; $2,995 Full Specialty; $200 Microdermabrasion. Enrollment: Total 30. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Makeup Facial Treatment (24 Hr); Nail Technology (240 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

Divers Unlimited/Underwater Careers International

10191 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33026-3978. Trade and Technical. Founded 1972. Contact: Raul R. Loredo, (954)981-0156, Fax: (954)963-5255. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $5,600. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Diver - Medic; Diving, Scuba

PENSACOLA

Florida Institute of Ultrasound

8800 University Place, Ste. A-4, Pensacola, FL 32514. Allied Medical. Founded 1976. Contact: Polly Christensen, (850)478-7300, (850)478-7611, Fax: (850)478-3727, E-mail: fiupcola@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.fiuonline.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Year. Tuition: $13,500. Enrollment: Total 28. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ABHES. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Ultrasonography (12 Mo)

George Stone Career Center

2400 Longleaf Dr., Pensacola, FL 32526. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Bill Slayton, Principal, (850)941-6200, Fax: (850)941-6215, Web Site: http://www.georgestonecenter.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,440; $6132 room and board. Enrollment: Total 697. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (900 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Appliance Repair (1500 Hr); Automotive Collision Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Technology (1800 Hr); Avionics (720 Hr); Building Construction Technology (1050 Hr); Cabinet & Mill Work (1200 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Foods (1500 Hr); Computer Support Technology (900 Hr); Correctional Science (530 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (1500 Hr); Customer Service (600 Hr); Digital Program Design (1200 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Electricity, Apprenticeship (1200 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Hotel & Motel Management (600 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Law Enforcement (760 Hr); Marine Technology (1350 Hr); Network Support (1050 Hr); Nursery Management (900 Hr); Patient Care Technician (215 Hr); Plumbing (900 Hr); Web Development (1050 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

Med Tran School

6400 N. Davis Hwy., Ste. 6, Pensacola, FL 32504-6968. Correspondence, Allied Medical. Founded 1995. Contact: Joanne Griffin, CMT, BA, (850)857-0087, Fax: (850)857-0087, E-mail: medtranschool@yahoo.com, Web Site: http://www.medtranschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $2,800 correspondence; $2,800 on-site correspondence. Enrollment: women 24. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available.

Naval Air Technical Training Center

Naval Air Station Pensacola, 230 Chevalier Field Ave., Pensacola, FL 32508-5113. Other. Founded 1942. Contact: Steve Fraser, (850)452-7212, Fax: (850)452-3355, Web Site: http://www.npdc.navy.mil/cnatt/nattc/index.htm. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Enrollment: Total 5,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE. Placement service available. Curriculum: Aeronautics; Air Traffic Control; Avionics; Electronics Technology; Fire Fighting

Pensacola Aviation Center, L.L.C.

4145 Jerry Maygarden Rd., Pensacola, FL 32504. Flight and Ground. Founded 1977. Contact: Skip Giles, (850)434-0636, 800-874-6580, Fax: (850)434-8357, E-mail: wandan@pensacolaaviation.com, Web Site: http://www.pensacolaaviation.com. Private. Coed. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: FAA. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Advanced Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Airline Transport Pilot; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Basic Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor Additional Rating; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Instrument Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Multi-Engine Rating - Airplane; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Primary Flying

Pensacola Junior College

1000 College Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32504. Two-Year College. Founded 1948. Contact: Dr. Ann Southerland, Dean of Voc. Student Svcs., (850)484-1000, (850)484-1764, 888-897-3605, E-mail: asoutherland@pjc.edu, Web Site: http://www.pjc.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $16.55-$40.20/credit hour. Enrollment: Total 21,620. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: AAMAE; JRCRTE; APTA; CAAHEP; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (2 Yr); Administrative Assistant (2 Yr); Animal Science, General (2 Yr); Automotive Service (2 Yr); Banking & Finance (2 Yr); Biomedical Electronics (2 Yr); Building Construction Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Chemical Technology (2 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (2 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Cosmetology; Court Reporting (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Culinary Occupations (2 Yr); Dental Assisting; Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Dietetic Technology (2 Yr); Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Environmental Technology (2 Yr); Facial Treatment; Fire Fighting; Fire Science (2 Yr); Forestry Technology (2 Yr); Graphic Design (2 Yr); Hazardous Waste Technology (2 Yr); Health Care & Management (2 Yr); Horticulture, Ornamental (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Industrial Management & Supervision (2 Yr); Instrumentation Technology (2 Yr); Landscaping (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Machinist, General; Management (2 Yr); Manicurist; Manufacturing Technology (2 Yr); Media Technology (2 Yr); Medical Assistant; Medical Record Technology (2 Yr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy; Nurses Aide; Nursing, Practical; Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology; Paramedic; Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (2 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (2 Yr); Teacher Assistant; Welding Technology

Pensacola School for Massage Therapy and Health Careers

1730 Creighton Rd., Pensacola, FL 32504. Other, Allied Medical. Founded 1995. Contact: Theresa Norris, (850)474-1330, Fax: (850)475-4294, E-mail: psmassagetherapy@aol.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $4,900. Enrollment: Total 25. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (600 Hr)

Virginia College at Pensacola

19 West Garden St., Pensacola, FL 32502. Two-Year College.(850)436-8444, 888-208-6932, Fax: (850)436-8470, Web Site: http://www.vc.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $255-285 per credit hour, including books and fees. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Clerical (1 Yr); Computer Aided Design (2 Yr); Computer Aided Drafting (2 Yr); Computer Engineering (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Cosmetology Administration, Management & Supervision (2 Yr); Digital Program Design (2 Yr); Human Services (2 Yr); Massage Therapy (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (1 Yr); Medical Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology (2 Yr); Orthopedic Assistant (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr); Pharmacy Technician (1 Yr); Secretarial, General (1 Yr); Web Development (2 Yr)

PERRY

Taylor Technical Institute

3233 Hwy. 19 S, Perry, FL 32347. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: Ken A. Olsen, Director, (850)838-2545, Fax: (850)838-2546. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 344, women 419. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Automotive Technology (1800 Hr); Carpentry (1800 Hr); Computer Literacy (600 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Electronics Technology (1200 Hr); Health Occupations (450 Hr); Instrumentation Technology (3000 Hr); Maintenance, Machine Tool (1800 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (146 Hr); Secretarial, General (700 Hr); Welding Technology (1600 Hr)

PINELLAS PARK

Dotolo Institute, Inc.

2875 MCI Dr., Pinellas Park, FL 33782. Allied Medical. Founded 1989. Contact: Raymond Dotolo, (727)217-9300, 800-237-8458, Fax: (727)217-9500, E-mail: www.rdotolo@dotoloresearch.com, Web Site: http://www.dotoloresearch.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: $2,500. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Hydrotherapy (100 Hr)

Humanities Center School of Massage (Cortiva Institute)

4045 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park, FL 33781. Trade and Technical. Founded 1981. Contact: Lynn Otterbeck, Dir. of Admissions, (727)541-5200, (866)COR-TIVA, Fax: (727)545-0053, E-mail: info@cortiva.edu, Web Site: http://www.cortiva.edu; Erika Bryant, Admissions Specialist, Web Site: http://www.cortiva.com/locations/tampa/about/RequestInfo.html?SchoolId=8. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $7,969. Enrollment: Total 264. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (12-17 Mo)

POMPANO BEACH

American Institute of Massage Therapy

416 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 33060. Trade and Technical. Founded 1982. Contact: Lexa Allin Sutherland, (954)781-2468, (954)410-3273, 800-752-2793, Fax: (954)946-0924, E-mail: info@aimt.com, Web Site: http://www.aimt.com; Web Site: http://www.aimt.com/support_pages/contact_us.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Other. Tuition: $5,500; $250 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 160. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCET. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (600 Hr)

Florida College of Natural Health (Pompano Beach)

2001 W. Sample Rd., Ste. 100, Pompano Beach, FL 33064. Two-Year College. Founded 1986. Contact: Sherry Parker, (954)975-6400, 800-541-9299, Fax: (954)975-9633, E-mail: ftlauderdale@fcnh.com, Web Site: http://www.fcnh.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies by program. Enrollment: Total 250. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (6 Mo); Skin Care (6 Mo)

PORT CHARLOTTE

Charlotte Technical Center

18300 Toledo Blade Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL 33948-3375. Trade and Technical. Founded 1980. Contact: Carolyn Gorton, (941)255-7500, Fax: (941)255-7509, E-mail: carolyn_gorton@carolyn_gortonccps.k12.fl.us. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $1.79 per hour. Enrollment: men 287, women 738. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (900 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Foods (1500 Hr); Computer Networking (1050 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Dental Assisting (1230 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Drafting, Structural (1800 Hr); Early Childhood Education (600 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Mechanical Drafting (1900 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (75 Hr); Nurse, Assistant (165 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1050 Hr); Telecommunications Technology (1500 Hr); Web Development (1050 Hr)

Florida School of Electrolysis, Inc.

1720 El Jobean Rd., Port Charlotte, FL 33948. Trade and Technical. Founded 1994. Contact: Christine Brunette, Pres., (941)255-0006, (941)764-7000, Fax: (941)423-5672, E-mail: fsoe@comcast.net, Web Site: http://www.flaelectrolysis.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $3,250 for 320 hours; $4,550 for 600 hours. Enrollment: Total 6. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Electrology (320-600 Hr)

Port Charlotte School of Massage Therapy, Inc.

1057 Collingswood Blvd., Ste. A, Port Charlotte, FL 33953. Trade and Technical. Founded 1991. Contact: Jacqueline DeTurk, (813)255-1966, E-mail: massagewellness@hotmail.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $3,800; $50 registration; $250 texts; $75 supplies (estimate). Degrees awarded: Certificate. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (6 Mo)

RIVIERA BEACH

North Technical Education Center

7071 Garden Rd., Riviera Beach, FL 33404. Trade and Technical. Founded 1968. Contact: P. Barnes, (561)881-4600, Fax: (407)881-4669. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 536, women 289. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Auto Body & Fender Repair; Auto Mechanics - Tune Up; Automotive Technology; Auto Parts Management; Bookkeeping; Building Maintenance; Cabinet & Mill Work; Carpentry; Clerical, General; Clerk, Typist; Commercial Art; Computer Programming; Cooking, Commercial; Cosmetology; Drafting Technology; Electrical Technology; Electronics Assembly; Electronics Technology; Emergency Medical Technology; Gas Technology; Graphic Arts; Health Aide; Hospital Admitting Clerk; Hospital Ward Clerk; Machine Shop; Machine Tool & Die; Masonry; Medical Assistant; Merchandising, Sales; Numerical Control; Nurses Aide; Nursing, Practical; Printing Technology; Sheet Metal; Small Engine Repair; Stenography, General; Tailoring; Welding, Arc & Gas; Welding Technology

SAGE Technical Services (Riviera Beach)

Palm Beach Community College, 4152 W. Blue Heron Blvd., Ste. 105, Riviera Beach, FL 33404. Trade and Technical.(866)832-7243, E-mail: corporate@sageschools.com, Web Site: http://www.sageschools.com; Web Site: http://www.sageschools.com/sage-contact_sage.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $1,925-$4,035. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Heavy Equipment (150 Hr); Tractor Trailer Operators Training (150 Hr)

SAFETY HARBOR

Bhakti Academe, School of Intuitive Massage and Healing

146 4th Ave. N., Safety Harbor, FL 34695. Trade and Technical. Founded 1996. Contact: Dale McNitt, (727)724-9727, Web Site: http://www.bhaktiacademe.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $3,500. Enrollment: Total 80. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (6 Mo)

ST. AUGUSTINE

First Coast Technical Institute

2980 Collins Ave., St. Augustine, FL 32084-1921. Trade and Technical. Founded 1965. Contact: Dennis Baker, Assistant Principal for Admissions, (904)824-4401, (904)325-2512, (866)462-3284, Fax: (904)824-6750, E-mail: infoplz@fcti.org, Web Site: http://www.fcti.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $1,250 per year for most programs (state resident). Enrollment: Total 3,464. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: SACS; COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning (1.5 Yr); Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (2 Yr); Commercial Art (1.5 Yr); Computer Electro-Mechanics (2 Yr); Cosmetology (1.25 Yr); Culinary Arts (1.5 Yr); Drafting, Architectural (2 Yr); Drafting, Electrical (1.25 Yr); Drafting, Electro-Mechanical (1.25 Yr); Drafting, Structural (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (3.5 Mo); Fire Fighting (4 Mo); Floriculture (1 Yr); Horticulture, Ornamental (1 Yr); Landscaping (1 Yr); Mechanical Drafting (2 Yr); Mechanics, Heavy Equipment (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (1.5 Yr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (3 Mo); Nurse, Assistant (3 Mo); Nursery Management (1 Yr); Nursing, Practical (1.5 Yr); Paramedic (10 Mo); Park & Turf Management (1 Yr); Printing (2 Yr); Refrigeration Technology (1.5 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (1 Yr); Welding Technology (1.25 Yr)

ST. PETERSBURG

Academy of Beauty & Business

3301 3rd Ave., N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713. Cosmetology. Founded 1996. Contact: Mado Jaimangal, (727)327-2607, Fax: (727)328-2297, E-mail: sakeemj@verizon.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Enrollment: men 40, women 150. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

ELS Language Centers (St. Petersburg)

Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave., S., St. Petersburg, FL 33711-4700. Other. Founded 1961. Contact: Alan Gilliland, Center Dir., (727)864-7820, Fax: (727)867-5345, E-mail: spe@els.com, Web Site: http://www.els.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Month. Tuition: $1,395 intensive; $1,045 semi-intensive. Enrollment: Total 60. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCET. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: English As A Second Language (3-4 Wk)

Galen College of Nursing (Tampa)

Gadsden Bldg., 9549 Koger Blvd., Ste. 100, St. Petersburg, FL 33702. Nursing.(727)577-1497, (866)248-6023, Web Site: http://galened.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: COE; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Curriculum: Nursing, L.P.N. (1-2 Yr)

Galen Health Institutes

Gadsden Bldg., 9549 Koger Blvd., Ste. 100, St. Petersburg, FL 33702. Nursing. Founded 1989. Contact: Sharon A. Roberts, (866)248-6023, E-mail: bpotten@galened.com, Web Site: http://galened.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Year. Tuition: $12,900 plus books and fees. Enrollment: Total 45. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Nursing, Practical (12-24 Mo)

H.C.R. Training Center

4145 66th St., N., St. Petersburg, FL 33709. Allied Medical. Founded 1991. Contact: Paul A. Burns, Ph.D., (813)456-2405, Fax: (813)546-1288, E-mail: 4225-inservice@hcr-manorcare.com, Web Site: http://www.hcr-manorcare.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $4,500 includes textbooks. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Nurse, Assistant (6 Wk)

Loraine's Academy, Inc.

1012 58th St., N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710. Cosmetology, Other. Founded 1966. Contact: Nancy Fordham, (727)347-4247, 888-393-5015, Fax: (727)347-6491, E-mail: info@lorainesacademy.com, Web Site: http://www.lorainesacademy.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: Varies with program. Enrollment: Total 240. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Cosmetology - Refresher (40 Hr); Facial Technology (1500 Hr); Manicurist (300 Hr); Massage Therapy (600 Hr); Nail Technology (1500 Hr); Skin Care (300 Hr); Spa Therapy (900 Hr)

Pinellas Technical Education Centers, St. Petersburg Campus

901 34th St. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33711. Trade and Technical. Founded 1975. Contact: Clayton Snare, Director, (727)893-2500, Fax: (727)893-2776. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1.50 per class hour plus book, supplies & uniforms if required. Enrollment: men 500, women 500. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: JRCRTE; CAAHEP. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning & Heating (1350 Hr); Art, Advertising - Commercial (1500 Hr); Automotive Collision Repair (1400 Hr); Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Automotive Technology (2250 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Art (1500 Hr); Commercial Vehicle (320 Hr); Computer Electro-Mechanics (1650 Hr); Computer Support Technology (900 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Dental Assisting (1350 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Fire Fighting (405 Hr); Irrigation Engineering Technology (300 Hr); Jewelry Design - Repair & Stone Setting (1650 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Medical Assistant (1300 Hr); Nursery Management (900 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Pharmacy Technician (1050 Hr); Photography (1650 Hr); Plumbing (960 Hr); Television Production (1700 Hr)

Poynter Institute for Media Studies

801 3rd St., S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Other. Founded 1975. Contact: Dr. Karen Brown Dunlap, Pres., (727)821-9494, 888-769-6837, Fax: (727)821-0583, E-mail: kdunlap@poynter.org, Web Site: http://www.poynter.org. Private. Coed. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $575. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Journalism (1 WK)

St. Petersburg College

PO Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733. Two-Year College. Founded 1927. Contact: Carch Cepenhaver, (727)341-4772, Fax: (727)341-3318, E-mail: information@spcollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.spcollege.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 8,391, women 12,122. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: ABET; ADA; APTA; CAAHEP; NAACLS; NLNAC; ABA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Architectural Technology; Automotive Technology; Aviation Maintenance Technology; Building Construction Technology; Business Administration; Community Aid; Computer Applications; Computer Engineering; Computer Networking; Computer Operations; Computer Programming; Computer Servicing Theory & Systems; Crime Scene Technology; Criminal Justice; Deaf Education; Dental Hygiene; Early Childhood Education; Electronics Technology; Emergency Administration; Emergency Management; Emergency Medical Technology; Engineering; Fire Science; Funeral Service Education; Graphic Design; Health Information Technology; Hospitality; Human Services; Industrial Management & Supervision; Information Sciences Technology; Legal Assistant; Manufacturing Technology; Marketing Management; Media Technology; Medical Laboratory Technology; Microsoft Certified Specialist; Nursing, R.N.; Paramedic; Physical Therapy Aide; Radiologic Technology; Respiratory Therapy; Telecommunications Technology; Veterinary Technology; Web Development

Sea School

8440 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702. Trade and Technical. Founded 1977. Contact: Cindy Deal, 800-237-8663, (727)527-9104, 800-237-8663, Fax: (727)522-3155, E-mail: hqstaff@seaschool.com, Web Site: http://www.seaschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Seaman (5 Days); Ship Master, Waterways; Ship Mate, Waterways; Ship Pilot, Waterways (9 Days)

SANFORD

Delta Connection Academy

2700 Flight Line Ave., Sanford, FL 32773. Flight and Ground. Founded 1986. Contact: Colleen Cunningham, (407)330-7020, 800-822-6359, Fax: (407)323-3817, E-mail: colleen.cunningham@deltaconnectionacademy.com, info@deltaconnectionacademy.com, Web Site: http://www.deltaconnectionacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $6,000-$52,592. Enrollment: men 273, women 28. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Primary Flying (52 Wk)

Seminole Community College

100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773-6199. Two-Year College. Founded 1965. Contact: Debbie Bingham, (407)328-4722, (407)328-2050, Fax: (407)328-2395, E-mail: binghamd@scc-fl.edu, Web Site: http://www.scc-fl.edu. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 4,407. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aeronautics (2 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Automotive Service; Automotive Technology (2 Yr); Child Care & Guidance (2 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Communications, Telephone (2 Yr); Computer Electro-Mechanics; Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Computer Programming, Business (2 Yr); Construction Technology; Correctional Science; Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Data Processing; Drafting & Design Technology (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education; Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Environmental Technology (2 Yr); Finance (2 Yr); Financial Planning (2 Yr); Fire Fighting; Fire Science (2 Yr); Health Aide; Insurance, Fire & Casualty; Interior Design (2 Yr); Law Enforcement; Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Medical Assistant; Medical Record Technology; Nurse, Assistant; Nursing, Practical; Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Nursing, Vocational (2 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology; Paramedic; Physical Therapy Aide (2 Yr); Police Science; Probation and Parole; Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (2 Yr)

SARASOTA

East West College of Natural Medicine

3808 N. Tamiami Trl., Sarasota, FL 34234. Allied Medical. Founded 1994. Contact: Meredith McKay, (941)355-9080, 800-883-5528, Fax: (941)355-3243, E-mail: registrar@ewcollege.org, Web Site: http://www.ewcollege.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Trisemester. Tuition: $32,747.55. Enrollment: men 39, women 81. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACAOM. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Acupuncture (2977 Hr)

Fashion Focus Hair Academy

2184 Gulf Gate Dr., Sarasota, FL 34231-4813. Cosmetology. Founded 1988. Contact: Byron Weintraub, Dir./CEO, (941)921-4877, Fax: (941)922-1940, E-mail: ffha88@verizon.net, Web Site: http://www.fashionfocusacad.com; Richard Weintraub, Dir. of Education. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $7,600 cosmetology; $1,800 skin care; $2,300 nail technology (prices do not include books and supplies). Enrollment: men 8, women 70. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1500 Hr); Facial Technology (260 Hr); Nail Technology (240 Hr)

Sarasota County Technical Center

4748 Beneva Rd., Sarasota, FL 34233. Trade and Technical. Founded 1967. Contact: Maria R. Kirlangitis, (813)924-1365, Fax: (813)921-7902, Web Site: http://www.sarasotatech.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 1,624, women 1,539. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; NLNAC; NCRA; SACS; COE. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (1 Yr); Administrative Assistant (1 Yr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (3 Yr); Auto Mechanics (2 Yr); Clerical, Medical (1 Yr); Computer Aided Design (2 Yr); Computer Networking (1 Yr); Computer Support Technology (1 Yr); Cosmetology (1 Yr); Court Reporting (2 Yr); Culinary Arts (18 Mo); Customer Service (1-2 Yr); Drafting, Architectural (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (1 Yr); Electricity, Apprenticeship (4 Yr); Electronics Technology (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (250 Hr); Fire Science (450 Hr); Health Aide (450 Hr); Law Enforcement (672 Hr); Legal Assistant (1 Yr); Marine Technology (18 Mo); Medical Assistant (1 Yr); Nursing, Practical (1 Yr); Paramedic (1100 Hr); Surgical Technology (1300 Hr)

Sunstate Academy of Hair Design

4424 Bee Ridge Rd., Sarasota, FL 34233. Barber, Cosmetology. Founded 1982. Contact: Jim Stone, (941)377-4800, Fax: (941)378-2842, E-mail: sunstatehair@earthlink.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $6,600 Barbering or Cosmetology; combination course available. Enrollment: men 8, women 35. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

SHALIMAR

TAI Travel Academy

122 Pcquito Rd., Shalimar, FL 32579-1154. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Stephanie Rivera, (904)863-4844, 800-229-4844, Fax: (904)863-8847. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,995. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Travel Agents (14 Wk)

SOUTH DAYTONA

International Academy

2550 S. Ridgewood Ave., South Daytona, FL 32119. Cosmetology. Founded 1981. Contact: Jose Artigas, (386)767-4600, (386)872-4247, 888-893-3636, Fax: (386)756-4447, E-mail: jose@iahd.net, enroll@intl-academy.com, Web Site: http://www.iahd.net. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $2,000-$10,800. Enrollment: men 15, women 155. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (310 Hr)

STARKE

Bradford-Union Area Vocational-Technical Center

609 N. Orange St., Starke, FL 32091. Trade and Technical. Founded 1965. Contact: Lisa Graham, (904)966-6776, (904)966-6764, Fax: (904)966-6786, E-mail: lisagram_2000@desue_cefira.edu, Web Site: http://bradfordvotech.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 600, women 800. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Clerical (750 Hr); Agribusiness; Agriculture, General; Agriculture - Production; Agri-Engineering & Mechanics; Auto Mechanics; Automotive Service; Business Education; Business, General Office (450 Hr); Child Care & Guidance (3 Mo); Clerical, General; Clerk, Typist (3 Mo); Commercial Vehicle (320 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Crafts (1 Mo); Criminal Justice; Data Entry (300 Hr); English As A Second Language (4 Mo); Health Aide (50 Hr); Health Occupations (165 Hr); Heavy Equipment; High School Diploma; Horticulture; Manicurist (120 Hr); Mechanics, Diesel; Mechanics, Truck; Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (160 Hr); Nursery Management; Nursing, Vocational (150 Hr); Office, General; Paperhanging; Secretarial, General; Truck Driving (320 Hr); Typing (1 Mo); Welding, Arc & Gas; Welding Technology (1600 Hr); Word Processing (1 Mo)

STUART

Charles F. Chapman School of Seamanship, Inc.

4343 SE St. Lucie Blvd., Stuart, FL 34997. Trade and Technical. Founded 1971. Contact: Jennifer Castle Field, Pres., (772)283-8130, 800-225-2841, Fax: (772)283-2019, E-mail: info@chapman.org, Web Site: http://www.chapman.org. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $3,770-$5,950 career courses. Enrollment: Total 1,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Marine Technology (6 Wk); Ship Master, Waterways (12 Wk); Ship Mate, Waterways (12 Wk)

Martin County Academy of Cosmetology - Indian River Community College Branch

1998 SE U.S. Hwy. 1, Stuart, FL 34994. Cosmetology, Trade and Technical. Founded 1987. Contact: Lou Grekila, (772)219-1878, Fax: (772)283-5041. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $560-$1,750. Enrollment: Total 80. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

New Horizons School of Travel

6019 SE Federal Hwy., Stuart, FL 34997. Trade and Technical. Founded 1987. Contact: David S. Carman, Administrative Assistant, (772)283-7117, 800-329-6116, Fax: (772)286-8478. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $1,245. Enrollment: Total 100. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Travel & Tourism (11 Wk)

Port St. Lucie School of Practical Nursing

851 SE Johnson Ave., Stuart, FL 34994-3000. Nursing. Founded 1990. Contact: Mabel Smith-Duffus, (407)398-0102. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $988/semester, practical nursing; $585 certified nurse assistant; $295 home health aide. Enrollment: men 6, women 42. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: NLNAC. Placement service available. Curriculum: Health Aide (2 Mo); Nurse, Assistant (4 Mo); Nursing, Practical (12 Mo)

TALLAHASSEE

CORE Institute, School of Massage Therapy and Structural Bodywork

223 W. Carolina St., Tallahassee, FL 32301. Trade and Technical. Founded 1985. Contact: George P. Kousaleos, Owner/Dir., (850)222-8673, (866)830-0108, Fax: (850)561-6160, E-mail: pat@coreinstitute.com, Web Site: http://www.coreinstitute.com; Peggy Jenkins, Office Manager/Continuing Ed., Web Site: http://www.coreinstitute.com/about/contact.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Semester. Tuition: $7,700 plus books, registraton fee, student liability insurance and supplies. Enrollment: men 20, women 50. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: COMTA; AMTA; SAF. Approved: Vet. Admin. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (650 Hr)

Lively Technical Center

500 Appleyard Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32304. Trade and Technical. Founded 1937. Contact: Margaret Jackson, Registrar, (904)487-7555, (904)487-7473, 800-499-5452, Fax: (904)487-7416, E-mail: jacksonma@mail.lively. leon.k12.fl.us, Web Site: http://www.livelytech.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1.84-$7.33 per clock hr. Enrollment: Total 4,500. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: COE; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting Technology (900 Hr); Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Aircraft Mechanics (1080 Hr); Aircraft Powerplant Maintenance (1080 Hr); Automotive Service (1800 Hr); Barbering (1200 Hr); Bus Driving (40 Hr); Business Education; Cabinet & Mill Work (1200 Hr); Carpentry (1200 Hr); Commercial Art (1500 Hr); Commercial Foods (1500 Hr); Computer Electro-Mechanics (1650 Hr); Computer Programming (1200 Hr); Computer Support Technology (1050 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Culinary Arts (1500 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Drafting, Structural (1800 Hr); Early Childhood Education (600 Hr); Electricity, Industrial (1200 Hr); Electronics Technology (1400 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Medical Assistant (1060 Hr); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (165 Hr); Nursery Management (900 Hr); Nursing, Practical (1350 Hr); Photography (1650 Hr); Real Estate, Basic (63 Hr); Sales (45 Hr); Secretarial, Legal (1050 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1050 Hr); Television & Radio Production (1650 Hr); Web Development (1050 Hr)

Tallahassee Community College

444 Appleyard Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32304-2895. Two-Year College. Founded 1966. Contact: Sheri Rowland, Dir. of Enrollment Services & Testing, (850)201-6200, Fax: (850)921-5722, E-mail: rowlands@tcc.fl.edu, enrollment@tcc.fl.edu, Web Site: http://www.tcc.cc.fl.us/. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 8,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Management (2 Yr); Civil Engineering Technology (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Data Processing (2 Yr); Dental Hygiene (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (1 Yr); Fire Protection Technology (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Transcription; Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Office, General (1 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr); Secretarial, Executive (2 Yr); Word Processing (1 Yr)

TAMPA

American Bartending School

3310 W. Cypress St., Ste. 203, Tampa, FL 33607. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Patricia Baird, Dir., (813)876-1616, 800-BARTEND, Fax: (813)875-7768, Web Site: http://www.americanbartending.com; Web Site: http://www.americanbartending.com/contact.html. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $640. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Bartending (40 Hr)

Art Institute of Tampa

4401 North Himes Ave., Ste. 150, Tampa, FL 33614. Art, Trade and Technical.(866)703-3277, Fax: (813)873-2171, Web Site: http://www.aita.artinstitutes.edu; Web Site: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/getinfo.asp. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $6,480.00 per quarter. Degrees awarded: Associate, Certificate. Accreditation: SACS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Programming, Games (12 Qt); Culinary Arts (7 Qt); Graphic Design (7-12 Qt); Interactive Media (7-12 Qt); Interior Design (12 Qt)

Artistic Nails and Beauty Academy

4951-A Adamo Dr., Tampa, FL 33605. Cosmetology. Founded 1986. Contact: Robert Rosenberg, Dir., (813)654-4529, Fax: (813)653-1728, E-mail: nailschool@aol.com, Web Site: http://www.artisticbeautyschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,800-$10,275 plus books and supplies. Enrollment: men 7, women 41. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

Atlas Aviation Tampa

Peter O. Knight Airport, 825 Severn Ave., Tampa, FL 33606. Flight and Ground. Founded 1945. Contact: Deric Dymerski, Owner, (813)251-1752, Fax: (813)251-0731, E-mail: deric@atlasaviationinc.com, Web Site: http://www.atlasaviationinc.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies with program. Accreditation: FAA. Financial aid not available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Advanced Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Basic Ground; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor Additional Rating; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Instrument Flying; Aircraft Flight Instruction, Primary Flying

Connecticut School of Broadcasting - Tampa

3901 Coconut Palm Dr., Ste. 105, Tampa, FL 33619. Trade and Technical. Founded 1964. Contact: Steve Clark, Dir., 800-887-2346, Web Site: http://www.800tvradio.com; Colleen Scott, Office Manager. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $9940; $50 in fees. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Broadcasting, Nontechnical (8-16 Wk); Radio & Television (8-16 Wk); Television & Radio Production (8-16 Wk)

Erwin Technical Center

2010 E. Hillsborough, Tampa, FL 33610. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical, Business. Founded 1979. Contact: Mike Donohue, Principal, (813)231-1815, 877-231-1815, Fax: (813)231-1918, Web Site: http://www.erwintech.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $363 per quinmester (Florida residents); $1375 per quinmester (nonresidents). Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NCRA; COE; CAAHEP; NAACLS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (12 Mo); Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (14 Mo); Auto Mechanics (19 Mo); Building Maintenance (12 Mo); Business Machine Repair (19 Mo); Carpentry (14 Mo); Computer Programming (9 Mo); Cosmetology (12 Mo); Court Reporting (36 Mo); Culinary Arts (15 Mo); Dental Assisting (12 Mo); Desktop Publishing (9 Mo); Electrical Technology (13 Mo); Electro-Encephalograph Technology (12 Mo); Floriculture (12 Mo); Interior Design (12 Mo); Massage Therapy (6 Mo); Medical Assistant (14 Mo); Medical Laboratory Technology (12 Mo); Medical Transcription (10 Mo); Nursing, Practical (12 Mo); Office Technology (9 Mo); Printing (12 Mo); Secretarial, Legal (14 Mo); Surgical Technology (12 Mo); Telecommunications Technology (19 Mo); Welding, Arc & Gas (12 Mo); Word Processing (14 Mo)

Erwin Technical Center Practical School of Nursing

2010 E. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa, FL 33610. Nursing, Trade and Technical. Founded 1951. Contact: Sister Ann Wiesen, (813)231-1800, Fax: (813)231-1820, E-mail: wiesen_a@popmail.firn.edu, Web Site: http://www.erwintech.org. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $1,815 per year. Enrollment: Total 209. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Nursing, Practical (12 Mo)

Hillsborough Community College

10414 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, FL 33619-7850. Two-Year College. Founded 1968. Contact: Dr. Brian W. Mann, Dir., Tech. Programs, (813)253-7802, Fax: (813)253-7196, E-mail: bmann@hccfl.edu, Web Site: http://www.hccfl.edu/. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $48.06/credit hr., in-state; $177.61/credit hr., out-of-state. Enrollment: men 7,197, women 10,315. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; COA. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (2 Yr); Accounting Technology (2 Yr); Architectural Design Technology (2 Yr); Biomedical Technology (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Computer Engineering (2 Yr); Computer Information Science (2 Yr); Computer Networking (2 Yr); Computer Programming (2 Yr); Correctional Science (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Culinary Occupations (2 Yr); Customer Service (2 Yr); Deaf Education (2 Yr); Early Childhood Education (2 Yr); Early Childhood Specialist (2 Yr); Emergency Medical Technology (2 Yr); Engineering Technology, Electronic (2 Yr); Environmental Technology (2 Yr); Fire Protection Technology (2 Yr); Fire Science (2 Yr); Horticulture, Ornamental (2 Yr); Hospitality (2 Yr); Human Services (2 Yr); Industrial Technology (2 Yr); Internet Technologies (2 Yr); Interior Design (2 Yr); Law Enforcement (2 Yr); Legal Assistant (2 Yr); Medical Laboratory Technology (2 Yr); Nuclear Medical Technology (2 Yr); Nursing, R.N. (2 Yr); Occupational Therapy Assistant (2 Yr); Office Management (2 Yr); Office Technology (2 Yr); Ophthalmic Assistant (2 Yr); Ophthalmic Dispensing Technology (2 Yr); Paramedic (2 Yr); Radiation Therapy Technology (2 Yr); Radio & Television (2 Yr); Radiologic Technology (2 Yr); Respiratory Therapy (2 Yr)

International Academy of Design and Technology

5104 Eisenhower Blvd., Tampa, FL 33634. Other, Art, Trade and Technical. Founded 1984. Contact: Brandon Barnhill, (813)881-0007, 800-ACA-DEMY, Fax: (813)881-0008, E-mail: leads@academy.edu, Web Site: http://www.academy.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $285/cr.hr. Enrollment: Total 1,800. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS; FIDER. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Graphics (36 Mo); Computer Networking (18 Mo); Fashion Design & Merchandising (18-36 Mo); Graphic Design (18-36 Mo); Interior Design (18 Mo); Photography (18 Mo); Web Development (18-36 Mo)

ITT Technical Institute (Tampa)

4809 Memorial Hwy., Tampa, FL 33634. Trade and Technical, Business, Other. Founded 1981. Contact: Marty Baca, Director of Education, (813)885-2244, 800-825-2831, Fax: (813)888-8451, Web Site: http://www.itttech.edu; Web Site: http://www.itt-tech.edu/contact/form.cfm. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $14,196 per year. Enrollment: Total 649. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Computer Aided Drafting & Design (96 Credits); Computer Networking (96 Credits); Criminal Justice (96 Credits); Electrical Engineering Technology (96 Credits); Multimedia Design (96 Credits); Software Development/Engineering (96 Credits); Web Development (96 Credits)

Manhattan Hair Styling Academy

4315 S. Manhattan Ave., Tampa, FL 33611-1303. Cosmetology. Founded 1960. Contact: Robert Valdez, Sr., Pres., (813)837-2525, Fax: (813)831-2658, Web Site: http://www.manhattanhairstylingacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1,295-$5,900. Enrollment: Total 280. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: NACCAS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Facial Treatment (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr)

Remington College, Tampa Campus

2410 E. Busch Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612-8410. Trade and Technical, Two-Year College. Founded 1948. Contact: William D. Polmear, (813)935-5700, Fax: (813)935-7415, Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu; Web Site: http://remingtoncollege.edu/contact2.php4?campus=TAM. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Month. Tuition: $11,780-$31,540. Enrollment: Total 685. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (24 Mo); Computer Networking (24 Mo); Criminal Justice (24 Mo); Electronics & Computer Technology (24 Mo); Massage Therapy (8 Mo); Medical Assistant (8 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (8 Mo); Operations (18 Mo); Pharmacy Technician (8 Mo)

Roadmaster Drivers School - Tampa

Orient Road Ent., Tampa, FL 33610-3613. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Alfred A. McCloy, President & CEO, (813)626-2400, 800-831-1300, Fax: (813)626-6302, E-mail: info@roadmaster.com, Web Site: http://www.roadmaster.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $5,995 full program. Enrollment: men 440, women 60. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Commercial Vehicle (3 Wk)

Suncoast II The Tampa Bay School of Massage

2005 Pan AM Circle, Ste. 100, Tampa, FL 33607. Other. Founded 1982. Contact: Dan Seguin, Dean of Faculty, (813)879-1500, Fax: (813)879-0860, E-mail: info@suncoastii.com, Web Site: http://www.suncoastii.com; Jim Saunders, Gen. Man.. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $3,500 for 300 hr. program; $6,200 for 605 hr. program. Enrollment: Total 50. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service not available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Massage Therapy (500-600 Hr)

Tampa Bay Area Vocational Technical Center

6410 Orient Rd., Tampa, FL 33610. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical. Contact: William Person, Principal, (813)744-8360, Fax: (813)744-8368, Web Site: http://mytbt.com. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Term: Other. Tuition: None required. Enrollment: men 1,200, women 1,100. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Placement service available. Curriculum: Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Auto Body & Fender Repair; Auto Mechanics; Business Education; Carpentry; Child Care & Guidance; Commercial Art; Cosmetology; Dental Laboratory Technology; Electricity, Industrial; Electronics Technology; Food Preparation & Service; Journalism; Landscape Architecture; Mechanics, Diesel; Medical Laboratory Assistant; Nurse, Assistant; Optometric Assistant; Pharmacy Technician; Physical Therapy Technology; Radiologic Technology; Veterinary Assistant; Welding Technology

Tampa College

3319 W. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa, FL 33614. Business. Founded 1890. Contact: Cindy Mina, Asst. to Pres., (813)879-6000, Fax: (813)871-2483. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $114 per credit hour. Enrollment: men 540, women 635. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General (4 Yr); Business (2 Yr); Business Administration (2 Yr); Commercial Art (2 Yr); Computer Science (2 Yr); Criminal Justice (2 Yr); Marketing Management (2 Yr); Medical Assistant (2 Yr); Paralegal (2 Yr)

Tampa College - Brandon Campus

3924 Coconut Palm Dr., Tampa, FL 33619. Business. Founded 1890. (813)621-0041. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 700. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Business; Computer Information Science; Criminal Justice; Data Entry; Marketing Management; Medical Receptionist; Office Management; Paralegal

Webster Institute of Technology

3910 U.S. Hwy 301 N., Ste. 200, Tampa, FL 33619. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Todd Matthews, Pres., (813)620-1446, Fax: (813)620-1641, Web Site: http://www.webstercollege.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Quarter. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 240. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Airline & Travel Careers (18 Mo); Medical Assistant; Medical Office Management (18 Mo); Tourism (9 Mo); Travel & Tourism (9 Mo)

TEMPLE TERRACE

Florida College

119 N. Glen Arven Ave., Temple Terrace, FL 33617-5578. Two-Year College, Other. Founded 1946. Contact: Dr. Douglas Barlar, Dean of Student Services, (813)988-5131, Fax: (813)899-6772, E-mail: barlard@floridacollege.edu, admissions@floridacollege.edu, Web Site: http://www.flcoll.edu/. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 500. Degrees awarded: Associate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Curriculum: Business Occupations; Clerical, General; Food Preparation & Service; Home Economics; Secretarial, General; Stenography, General; Textile Technology

VERO BEACH

Eastern Academy of Scuba Education

416 Miracle Mile Plaza, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Trade and Technical. Founded 1992. Contact: Philippe Yersinen, Course Dir., (772)562-8338, 800-732-9685, Fax: (772)562-3028, E-mail: phil@easedivepro.com, Web Site: http://www.easedivepro.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Day. Tuition: $95-$2595 per course. Enrollment: Total 10. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Diver Medic (2 Days); Diving, Sea (3 Days)

Flight Safety International, Inc.

Municipal Airport, PO Box 2708, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Flight and Ground. Founded 1966. Contact: Jacqueline Gauger-Carlon, (772)564-7600, (772)564-7650, 800-800-1411, Fax: (772)564-7660, E-mail: academy@flightsafety.com, Web Site: http://www.flightsafetyacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 400. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: FAA; ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Aircraft Flight Instruction, Airline Transport Pilot (6 Wk); Aircraft Flight Instruction, Commercial Flying (34 Wk); Aircraft Flight Instruction, Flight Instructor (10 Wk); Aircraft Flight Instruction, Instrument Flying (7 Wk); Aircraft Flight Instruction, Multi-Engine Rating - Airplane (3 Wk)

International Academy of Hairstyling

435 Old Dixie Hwy. SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962-4524. Cosmetology. Contact: Dina Blades Klaben, (561)569-1879, Fax: (561)569-7475. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $3,600 cosmetology plus $395 registration and books; $4,000 barbering plus $495. Enrollment: men 2, women 9. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Barbering (1200 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Cosmetology Instructor (600 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Skin Care (260 Hr)

WEST PALM BEACH

A Bartenders Academy

1665 Palm Beaches Lakes Blvd., Ste. 805, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Trade and Technical. Founded 1991. Contact: Wayne W. P. Radomski, Pres., (561)640-0020, (561)635-2300, 800-755-5528, Fax: (561)682-1220, E-mail: bartend1@bellsouth.net, Web Site: http://www.abartendersacademy.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: Varies. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Bartending (40 Hr)

Cooper Career Institute

2247 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33409. Business, Trade and Technical. Founded 1987. Contact: Charlene Young, (561)640-6999, 800-588-4401, Fax: (561)686-8778, E-mail: cyoung@ccimail. coopercareer.com, Web Site: http://www.coopercareer.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Enrollment: men 45, women 105. Degrees awarded: Diploma, Associate. Accreditation: ACICS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business; Computer Operator (10-15 Mo); Medical Assistant (15-22 Mo); Medical Insurance Specialist (10-16 Mo); Paralegal (18-25 Mo)

Institute of Career Education

1750 45th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33407. Trade and Technical. Founded 1976. Contact: Mark Proefrock, (561)881-0220, Fax: (561)881-3831, E-mail: ice@vocedu.com, Web Site: http://www.vocedu.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $5,800 per year. Enrollment: men 20, women 210. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: ABHES; ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated (9 Mo); Computer Applications (6 Mo); Insurance, General (9 Mo); Medical Assistant (9 Mo); Medical Office Management (6 Mo); Travel & Transportation Management (6 Mo)

New England Institute of Technology at Palm Beach, Florida Culinary Institute

2410 Metrocentre Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33407-3105. Trade and Technical, Allied Medical, Business, Cosmetology. Founded 1982. Contact: Robert Laquerre, (561)842-8324, 877-703-1568, Fax: (561)842-9503, E-mail: rlaquerre@newenglandtech.com, Web Site: http://www.newenglandtech.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing available. Term: Quarter. Tuition: $9,900-$24,300. Enrollment: Total 1,200. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma, Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (66 Wk); Air Conditioning & Heating (66 Wk); Automotive Technology (66 Wk); Baking (66 Wk); Computer Networking (66 Wk); Cosmetology (44 Wk); Culinary Arts (66 Wk); Dental Assisting (33 Wk); Drafting, Architectural (66 Wk); Electronics Technology (66 Wk); Food Service & Management (66 Wk); Mechanical Drafting (66 Wk); Medical Assistant (33 Wk); Paralegal (66 Wk); Web Development (66 Wk)

Palm Beach Nail School

740 East South Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415. Other. Founded 1995. Contact: Muriel Whelan, (561)683-5454, Fax: (561)712-0055, E-mail: murielbuns@msn.com, Web Site: http://palmbeachnailschool.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $1,350 - nails; $1,800 - skin. Enrollment: Total 30. Degrees awarded: Diploma. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Facial Technology (260 Hr); Manicurist (240 Hr); Nail Technology (260 Hr)

Ross Medical Education Center - West Palm Beach

2601 S. Military Tr., Ste. 29, West Palm Beach, FL 33415-9141. Allied Medical. Founded 1969. Contact: Linda Materazzi, Dir., (561)433-1288, 800-833-7677, Fax: (561)641-8477, Web Site: http://www.rossmedicaleducation.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Term: Week. Tuition: $8,860 per year; $6,230 room and board. Enrollment: Total 76. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ABHES; ACCSCT. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Medical Assistant (30 Wk)

School of Health Careers

4047 Ochochobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33409. Nursing. Founded 1992. Contact: Lorna Salkey, (561)615-9901, Fax: (561)615-9901. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students not accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: $160-$2,000. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Health Aide (7-10 Days); Medical Technology - Phlebotomy (10 Wk); Nurses Aide (4-7.5 Wk)

Total Nails and Hair Academy

2601 S. Military Trail, Ste. 30A, West Palm Beach, FL 33415. Cosmetology. Founded 1986. Contact: Gil Levin, Dir., (561)969-9441, Fax: (561)969-7805, E-mail: totalnailshair@aol.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $4,795 (cosmetology), $1,075 (nail technology). Enrollment: Total 70. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Cosmetology (9 Mo); Facial Treatment (4 Mo); Manicurist (2 Mo)

WINTER GARDEN

Westside Vocational Technical Center of the Orange County Public School System

955 E. Story Rd., Winter Garden, FL 34787. Trade and Technical. Founded 1974. Contact: Walt Cobb, (407)905-2000, (407)905-2018, Fax: (407)656-3970, (407)905-2029. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: men 550, women 600. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (1050 Hr); Air Conditioning & Refrigeration (1350 Hr); Commercial Foods (1440 Hr); Computer Networking (900 Hr); Construction Technology (1050 Hr); Cosmetology (1200 Hr); Digital Program Design (1200 Hr); Drafting, Architectural (1900 Hr); Electrical Technology (1200 Hr); Floristry (900 Hr); Landscaping (900 Hr); Massage Therapy (850 Hr); Park & Turf Management (900 Hr); Pharmacy Technician (1050 Hr); Secretarial, Medical (1050 Hr); Upholstering (1650 Hr); Welding Technology (1170 Hr)

WINTER HAVEN

Polk Community College

999 Ave. H NE, Winter Haven, FL 33881-4299. Two-Year College. Founded 1964. Contact: Steve Hull, Dean of Workforce Development, (863)297-1000, Fax: (863)297-1034, E-mail: shull@polk.edu, Web Site: http://www.polk.edu/. Public. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $47 per credit hour, state resident; $178 nonresident. Enrollment: men 2,091, women 3,581. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate. Accreditation: CAAHEP; JRCERT; NLNAC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, Automated; Business Administration; Computer Information Science; Computer Networking; Correctional Science; Criminal Justice; Early Childhood Education; Emergency Medical Technology; Finance; Fire Science; Graphic Design; Health Technology; Law Enforcement; Marketing Management; Medical Transcription; Nursing, R.N.; Occupational Therapy Assistant; Office Management; Office Technology; Paramedic; Physical Therapy Aide; Power Plant Mechanics; Radiologic Technology; Secretarial, Administrative; Secretarial, Medical

Ridge Technical Center

7700 State Rd. 544, Winter Haven, FL 33881. Trade and Technical. Founded 1978. Contact: Carolyn Ramsey, Dir., (863)419-3060, Fax: (863)419-3062, Web Site: http://www.pcsb.k12.fl.us/ridge/. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 1,412. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: COE; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Accounting, General; Administrative Assistant; Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration; Automotive Service; Building Maintenance; Carpentry; Commercial Vehicle; Computer Aided Design; Computer Networking; Cosmetology; Culinary Arts; Drafting & Design Technology; Electricity, Industrial; Facial Treatment; Fire Fighting; Massage Therapy; Mechanics, Heavy Equipment; Medical Technology; Nursing, Practical; Pharmacy Technician; Secretarial, Medical; Welding Technology

WINTER PARK

Central Florida College

1573 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. Two-Year College, Allied Medical. Contact: Roger Bradley, President, (407)843-3984, Web Site: http://www.centralfloridacollege.net. Private. Coed. Housing not available. Term: Other. Tuition: $9,610. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Associate.

Florida Institute of Animal Arts

3776 Howell Branch Rd, Winter Park, FL 32792. Other. Founded 1999. (407)657-5033, E-mail: info@myfiaa.com, Web Site: http://www.myfiaa.com; Web Site: http://www.myfiaa.com/contact_us.htm. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Hour. Tuition: $9,000; $1,000 books and supplies. Enrollment: Total 54. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Curriculum: Pet Grooming (300-900 Hr); Veterinary Assistant (900 Hr); Veterinary Technology (600-900 Hr)

Full Sail Real World Education

3300 University Blvd., Winter Park, FL 32792. Other. Founded 1979. Contact: Garry Jones, Pres., (407)679-0100, (407)226-7625, 800-226-7625, Fax: (407)678-0070, Web Site: http://www.fullsail.com. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Other. Enrollment: men 3,800, women 450. Degrees awarded: Associate. Accreditation: ACCSCT. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Animation (14 Mo); Motion Pictures (12 Mo)

Herzing College

1595 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park, FL 32792. Trade and Technical, Two-Year College. Founded 1995.(407)478-0500, 800-574-4446, Fax: (407)478-0501, E-mail: success@orl.herzing.edu, info@orl.herzing.edu, Web Site: http://www.herzing.edu. Private. Coed. HS diploma required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Semester. Tuition: $11,700. Enrollment: Total 158. Degrees awarded: Associate, Diploma. Accreditation: NCA-HLC. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Business Administration (5 Sm); Computer Technology (5 Sm); Graphic Arts (5 Sm); Health Care & Management (9 Sm); Health Occupations (4 Sm); Homeland Security (9 Sm); Information Technology (5 Sm); Medical Billing (3 Sm); Paralegal (4 Sm); Telecommunications Technology (5 Sm)

Lisa Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School

999 S. Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Other. Founded 1982. Contact: Debby Tapia, Dir. of PR, (407)628-5989, Fax: (407)628-0472, E-mail: debbyt@lisamaile.com, Web Site: http://www.lisamaile.com/. Private. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Week. Tuition: Varies. Enrollment: Total 850. Degrees awarded: Certificate. Financial aid not available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities not available. Curriculum: Acting (8-13 Wk); Modeling & Personal Improvement (13 Wk); Modeling, Professional (14 Wk)

Winter Park Tech

901 Webster Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789. Trade and Technical. Founded 1975. Contact: Diane W. Culpepper, Dir., (407)622-2900, (407)622-2906, Fax: (407)975-2435, Web Site: http://www.wpt.ocps.net. Public. Coed. HS diploma not required. Out-of-state students accepted. Housing not available. Term: Varies with Program. Tuition: $1.70 per hour (vocational certificate), $3.52 per hour (continuing education vocational), $6.80 per hour (non-resident). Enrollment: men 602, women 1,148. Degrees awarded: Certificate, Diploma. Accreditation: AAMAE; CAAHEP; NCRA; COE; SACS. Approved: Vet. Admin. Financial aid available. Placement service available. Handicapped facilities available. Curriculum: Administrative Assistant (1 Yr); Computer Networking (1 Yr); Computer Servicing - Software Applications (1 Yr); Computer Technology (1 Yr); Court Reporting (2 Yr); Interior Decoration (1 Yr); Jewelry Design - Repair & Stone Setting (1 Yr); Medical Assistant (1 Yr); Medical Insurance Specialist (1 Yr); Medical Transcription (1 Yr); Secretarial, Legal (1 Yr); Secretarial, Medical (1 Yr); Web Development (1 Yr)

Florida

State of Florida

ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: Named in 1513 by Juan Ponce de León, who landed during Pascua Florida, the Easter festival of flowers.

NICKNAME: The Sunshine State.

CAPITAL: Tallahassee.

ENTERED UNION: 3 March 1845 (27th).

SONG: "Old Folks at Home" (also known as "The Swanee River").

MOTTO: In God We Trust.

FLAG: The state seal appears in the center of a white field, with four red bars extending from the seal to each corner; the flag is fringed on three sides.

OFFICIAL SEAL: In the background, the sun's rays shine over a distant highland; in the foreground are a sabal palmetto palm, a steamboat, and an Indian woman scattering flowers on the ground. The words "Great Seal of the State of Florida" and the state motto surround the whole.

BIRD: Mockingbird.

FISH: Largemouth bass (freshwater), Atlantic sailfish (saltwater).

FLOWER: Orange blossom.

TREE: Sabal palmetto palm.

GEM: Moonstone.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 3rd Monday in January; Memorial Day, last Monday in May; Independence Day, 4 July; Labor Day, 1st Monday in September; Veterans' Day, 11 November; Thanksgiving Days, 4th Thursday and Friday in November; Christmas Day, 25 December.

TIME: 7 AM EST = noon GMT; 6 AM CST = noon GMT.

LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT

Located in the extreme southeastern United States, Florida is the second-largest state (after Georgia) east of the Mississippi River, and ranks 22nd in size among the 50 states.

The total area of Florida is 58,664 sq mi (151,939 sq km), of which land takes up 54,153 sq mi (140,256 sq km) and inland water, 4,511 sq mi (11,683 sq km). Florida extends 361 mi (581 km) e-w; its maximum n-s extension is 447 mi (719 km). The state comprises a peninsula surrounded by ocean on three sides, with a panhandle of land in the nw.

Florida is bordered on the n by Alabama and Georgia (with the line in the ne formed by the St. Mary's River); on the e by the Atlantic Ocean; on the s by the Straits of Florida; and on the w by the Gulf of Mexico and Alabama (separated by the Perdido River).

Offshore islands include the Florida Keys, extending form the state's southern tip into the Gulf of Mexico. The total boundary length of Florida is 1,799 mi (2,895 km). The state's geographic center is in Hernando County, 12 mi (19 km) nnw of Brooksville.

TOPOGRAPHY

Florida is a huge plateau, much of it barely above sea level. The highest point in the state is believed to be a hilltop in the panhandle, 345 ft (105 m) above sea level, near the city of Lakewood, in Walton County. The lowest point is at sea level at the Atlantic Ocean. The mean elevation is about 100 ft (31 m). No point in the state is more than 70 mi (113 km) from saltwater.

Most of the panhandle region is gently rolling country, much like that of southern Georgia and Alabama, except that large swampy areas cut in from the Gulf coast. Peninsular Florida, which contains extensive swampland, has a relatively elevated central spine of rolling country, dotted with lakes and springs. Its east coast is shielded from the Atlantic by a string of sandbars. The west coast is cut by numerous bays and inlets, and near its southern tip are the Ten Thousand Islands, a mass of mostly tiny mangrove-covered islets. Southwest of the peninsula lies Key West, which, at 24°33′n, is the southernmost point of the US mainland.

Almost all the southeastern peninsula and the entire southern end are covered by the Everglades, the world's largest sawgrass swamp, with an area of approximately 5,000 sq mi (13,000 sq km). The Everglades is, in a sense, a huge river, in which water flows south-southwest from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. No point in the Everglades is more than 7 ft (2 m) above sea level. Its surface is largely submerged during the rainy season, April to November, and becomes a muddy expanse in the dry months. Slight elevations, known as hammocks, support clumps of cypress and the only remaining stand of mahogany in the continental United States. To the west and north of the Everglades is Big Cypress Swamp, covering about 2,400 sq mi (6,200 sq km), which contains far less surface water.

Lake Okeechobee, in south-central Florida, is the largest of the state's approximately 30,000 lakes, ponds, and sinks. With a surface area of about 700 sq mi (1,800 sq km), it is the fourth-largest natural lake located entirely within the United States. Like all of Florida's lakes, it is extremely shallow, having a maximum depth of 15 ft (5 m), and was formed through the action of groundwater and rainfall in dissolving portions of the thick limestone layer that underlies Florida's sandy soil. The state's numerous underground streams and caverns were created in a similar manner. Because of the high water table, most of the caverns are filled, but some spectacular examples thick with stalactites can be seen in Florida Caverns State Park, near Marianna. More than 200 natural springs send up some 7 billion gallons of groundwater per day through cracks in the limestone. Silver Springs, near Ocala in north-central Florida, has the largest average flow of all inland springs, 823 cu ft (23 cu m) per second.

Florida has more than 1,700 rivers, streams, and creeks. The longest river is the St. Johns, which empties into the Atlantic 19 mi (42 km) east of Jacksonville: estimates of its length range from 273 to 318 mi (439 to 512 km), an exact figure being elusive because of the swampy nature of the headwaters. Other major rivers are the Suwannee, which flows south from Georgia for 177 mi (285 km) through Florida and empties into the Gulf of Mexico; and the Apalachicola, formed by the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers at the Florida-Georgia border, and flowing southward across the panhandle for 94 mi (151 km) to the Gulf. Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam is located on the Apalachicola about 1,000 ft (300 m) below the confluence of the two feeder rivers. Completed in 1957, the dam created Lake Seminole, most of which is in Georgia.

More than 4,500 islands ring the mainland. Best known are the Florida Keys, of which Key Largo, about 29 mi (47 km) long and less than 2 mi (3 km) wide, is the largest. Key West, less than 4 mi (6 km) long and 2 mi (3 km) wide is a popular resort, and the westernmost.

For much of the geological history of the United States, Florida was under water. During this time, the shells of countless millions of sea animals decayed to form the thick layers of limestone that now blanket the state. The peninsula rose above sea level perhaps 20 million years ago. Even then, the southern portion remained largely submerged, until the buildup of coral and sand around its rim blocked out the sea, leaving dense marine vegetation to decay and form the peaty soil of the present-day Everglades.

CLIMATE

A mild, sunny climate is one of Florida's most important natural resources, making it a major tourist center and a retirement home for millions of transplanted northerners. Average annual temperatures range from 65° to 70°f (18° to 21°c) in the north, and from 74° to 77°f (23° to 25°c) in the southern peninsula and on the Keys. At Jacksonville, the average annual temperature is 69°f (20°c); the average low is 58°f (14°c), the average high 79°f (26°c). At Miami, the annual average is 76°f (24°c), with a low of 69°f (21°c) and a high of 83°f (28°c). Key West has the highest annual average temperature in the United States, at 78°f (25°c). The record high temperature, 109°f (43°c), was registered at Monti-cello on 29 June 1931; the record low, −2°f (−19°c), at Tallahassee on 13 February 1899.

Florida's proximity to the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and the state's many inland lakes and ponds, together account for the high humidity and generally abundant rainfall, although precipitation can vary greatly from year to year and serious droughts have occurred. At Jacksonville, the average annual precipitation (1971–2000) was 52.3 in (132.8 cm), with an average of 116 days of precipitation a year. At Miami during the same period, precipitation averaged 58.5 in (148.6 cm), with 130 rainy days a year. Rainfall is unevenly distributed throughout the year, more than half generally occurring from June through September; periods of extremely heavy rainfall are common. The highest 24-hour total ever recorded in the United States, 38.7 in (98.3 cm), fell at Yankeetown, west of Ocala on the Gulf coast, on 5-6 September 1950. Despite the high annual precipitation rate, the state also receives abundant sunshine with about 63% of the maximum possible at Jacksonville, and 70% at Miami. Snow is virtually unheard of in southern Florida but does fall on rare occasions in the panhandle and the northern peninsula.

Winds are generally from the east and southeast in the southern peninsula; in northern Florida, winds blow from the north in winter, bringing cold snaps, and from the south in summer. Average wind velocities are 7.9 mph (12.7 km/hr) at Jacksonville and 9.2 mph (14.8 km/hr) at Miami. Florida's long coastline makes it highly vulnerable to hurricanes and tropical storms, which may approach from either the Atlantic or the Gulf coast, bringing winds of up to 150 mph (240 km/hr). On 23-24 August 1992, Hurricane Andrew caused over $10 billion in damage in Florida. The 2005 hurricane season had devastating effects on various regions in Florida. On July 10, Hurricane Dennis made landfill near Pensacola as a Category 3 storm, causing flood damage and power outages for about 400,000 residents. On 26 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Miami as a Category 1 storm, causing extensive damage from wind and flooding and power outages for about 1.3 million. As of early 2006, there were at least 11 related fatalities reported in Florida as a result of this storm. Two months later, Hurricane Wilma made landfall near Naples on October 25 2005 as a Category 3 storm. Wilma caused at least six fatalities in Florida and power outages for another 6 million people, as well as flooding and wind damage. As of early 2006, the estimated cost of damage from all these storms was over $2 billion dollars for the state.

FLORA AND FAUNA

Generally, Florida has seven floral zones: flatwoods, scrublands, grassy swamps, savannas, salt marshes, hardwood forests (hammocks), and pinelands. Flatwoods consist of open forests and an abundance of flowers, including more than 60 varieties of orchid. Small sand pines are common in the scrublands; other trees here are the saw palmetto, blackjack, and water oak. The savannas of central Florida support water lettuce, American lotus, and water hyacinth. North Florida's flora includes longleaf and other pines, oaks, and cypresses; one giant Seminole cypress is thought to be 3,500 years old. The state is known for its wide variety of palms, but only 15 are native, and more than 100 have been introduced; common types include royal and coconut. Although pine has the most commercial importance, dense mangrove thickets grow along the lower coastal regions, and northern hardwood forests include varieties of rattan, magnolia, and oak. Numerous rare plants have been introduced, among them bougainvillea and oleander. All species of cacti and orchids are regarded as threatened, as are most types of ferns and palms.

Florida once claimed more than 80 land mammals. The white-tailed deer, wild hog, and gray fox can still be found in the wild; such small mammals as the raccoon, eastern gray and fox squirrels, and cottontail and swamp rabbits remain common. Florida's bird population includes many resident and migratory species. The mockingbird was named the state bird in 1927; among game birds are the bobwhite quail, wild turkey, and at least 30 duck species. Several varieties of heron are found, as well as coastal birds such as gulls, pelicans, and frigates. The Arctic tern stops in Florida during its remarkable annual migration between the North and South poles.

Common Florida reptiles are the diamondback rattler and various water snakes. Turtle species include mud, green, and loggerhead, and various lizards abound. More than 300 native butterflies have been identified. The peninsula is famous for its marine life: scores of freshwater and saltwater fish, rays, shrimps, live coral reefs, and marine worms.

Everglades National Park hosts a rich array of plant and animal species. including over 300 species of migratory birds, over 1,000 species of seed-bearing plants and over 120 tree species. There have been at least 25 orchid species found in the area. Also noted are 25 species of terrestrial mammals, 4 salamander species, 6 kinds of lizards, 10 land and freshwater turtle species, 12 frog species, and 23 snake species. The Everglades is the only location in the world to serve as home to both the American alligator and the American crocodile. Pelican Island serves as a nesting ground for at least 10 species of birds (about 800 nesting pairs per year) and supports 11 threatened or endangered species, including the manatee. Okefenokee Swamp (which extends into Georgia) supports 233 bird species, 48 mammal species, 66 reptile species, 37 amphibian species, and 36 fish species. One of the largest US populations of the American alligator can be found there as well. All of Florida's lands have been declared sanctuaries for the bald eagle, of which Florida has about 350 pair (second only to Alaska among the 50 states).

In April 2006, a total of 108 species occurring within the state were on the threatened and endangered species list of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. These included 54 animal (vertebrates and invertebrates) and 54 plant species. The state's unusually long list of threatened and endangered wildlife included the American crocodile, shortnose sturgeon, six species of sea turtle, red-cockaded woodpecker, Florida panther, key deer, West Indian (Florida) manatee, six species of mouse, Key Largo woodrat, Everglade snail kite, two species of sparrow, Atlantic salt marsh snake, eastern indigo snake, Okaloosa darter, Stock Island tree snail, and Schaus swallowtail butterfly.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Throughout the 20th century, a rapidly growing population, the expansion of agriculture, and the exploitation of such resources as timber and minerals have put severe pressure on Florida's natural environment.

The state agency principally responsible for safeguarding the environment is the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), created in 1993 by the merger of the Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Regulation. Its duties include implementing state pollution control laws and improving water-resource management. The department oversees and coordinates the activities of the state's five water-management districts, which have planning and regulatory responsibilities. The department also protects the state's coastal and marine resources. Its Division of State Lands acquires environmentally endangered tracts of land in what has been called the nation's largest environmental land-buying program. More than 1.2 million acres of environmentally important lands have been purchased. The department administers state parks and wilderness lands as well.

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Division of Forestry manages four state forests plus the Talquin State Lands. The Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission manages nature preserves and regulates hunting and fishing.

Growth, contamination of groundwater, and control of storm-water (nonpoint sources) are the state's most serious environmental problems. Groundwater supplies 90% of the drinking water in the state, as well as 8.2% of industry's needs and 53% of agricultural uses. Groundwater, surface water, and soil contamination have been found across the state. Among the major contaminants were the pesticides ethylene dibromide (2,300 wells statewide) and other chemicals (about 1,000 additional wells). The state's program to clean groundwater contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks is one of the nation's largest and pioneered the pattern followed by many other states. Florida's groundwater quality standards are among the most stringent in the nation.

Contamination of groundwater is not the state's only water problem. The steadily increasing demand for water for both residential and farm use has reduced the subterranean runoff of fresh water into the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, saltwater from these bodies has begun seeping into the layers of porous limestone that hold Florida's reserves of fresh water. This problem has been aggravated in some areas by the cutting of numerous inlets by developers of coastal property.

The DEP and South Florida Water Management District are undertaking, with various federal agencies, a massive restoration program for the Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, and Florida Bay. This undertaking resulted from the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the federal government. The restoration effort includes: rechannelization of the Kissimmee River canal to restore its floodplains and prevent water pollution from entering Lake Okeechobee; other measures to reduce pollutants in the lake caused by agricultural operations around its edges; creation of large stormwater treatment areas within the Everglades to treat nutrient-rich agricultural waters that are upsetting the ecological balance of the Everglades; and hydrological corrections to improve water delivery to the Everglades and Florida Bay.

In 1960, the only undersea park in the United States, the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, was established in a 75-sq mi (194-sq km) sector off the Atlantic coast of Key Largo, in an effort to protect a portion of the beautiful reefs, rich in tropical fish and other marine life, that adjoin the Keys. Untreated sewage from the Miami area, runoff water polluted by pesticides and other chemicals, dredging associated with coastal development, and the removal of countless pieces of live coral by growing numbers of tourists and souvenir dealers have severely damaged large areas of the reefs. However, most of the Keys is now a National Marine Sanctuary and efforts are being made to improve water quality.

Florida is home to three Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance. The Okefenokee Swamp (which extends into Georgia) was designated in 1986; it is the second largest wetland in the nation. The site is federally owned and managed, in part, under the Okefenokee Wilderness Act of 1974. Everglades National Park was designated in 1987 as an important nesting, staging, and wintering bird habitat. The park was also designated as a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1976 and as a World Heritage Site in 1979. Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, located in the Indian River Lagoon along the Atlantic Coast, was designated by Ramsar in 1993. This site has shared ownership between the state and federal government.

In 2003, the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) database listed 598 hazardous waste sites in Florida, 50 of which were on the National Priorities List as of 2006, including 4 military sites. Florida ranks sixth in the nation for the most National Priority List sites. In 2005, the EPA spent over $8 million through the Superfund program for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites in the state. Also in 2005, federal EPA grants awarded to the state included over $37.9 million for water-quality control and protection projects. A federal research grant of $992,000 was awarded to the Florida Department of Citrus to pursue improved harvesting techniques. In 2003, 126.5 million lb of toxic chemicals were released by the state.

POPULATION

Florida, the most populous state in the southeastern United States, is also one of the fastest growing of the 50 states. In 1960, it was the 10th most populous state; by 1980, it ranked 7th with a population of 9,746,324; and by 1990, it ranked 4th, with a population of 12,937,926. Between 1990 and 2000, Florida had the third-largest population gain among the states, surpassed only by California and Texas. In that decade, Florida's population grew from 12,937,926 to 15,982,378, an increase of 23.5% (also one of the largest percentage gains in the country). In 2005, Florida had the fourth-largest population of all 50 states, with an estimated total of 17,789,864, an 11.3% increase since 2000. Florida is expected to have a population of 21.2 million by 2015 and 25.9 million by 2025.

The first US census to include Florida, in 1830, recorded a total population of only 34,730. By 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, the population had more than quadrupled, to 140,424 people; about 80% of them lived in the state's northern rim, where cotton and sugarcane plantations flourished. Newcomers migrating southward in the late 19th century through the early 1920s sharply increased the state's population; the 1930 census was the first in which the state passed the million mark. Migration from other states, especially of retirees, caused a population explosion in the post-World War II period, with much of the increase occurring along the south Atlantic coast. From 1950 to 1960, Florida's population increased 79%, the fastest rate of all the states. From 1960 to 1970, the growth rate was 37%; from 1970 to 1980, 44%; from 1980 to 1990, 33%; and from 1990 to 1998, 15.3%.

In 2004, the average population density was 322.7 per sq mi, the eighth highest in the nation. The median age of the population was 39.3, the fifth-highest median of the 50 states. Nearly 23% of the population was under age 18, while over 16.8% of was 65 years of age or older.

The most populous city in Florida is Jacksonville, the 13th-largest city in the United States in 2004. Its population in that year was estimated at 777,704. Miami is Florida's second-largest city, with an estimated 2004 population of 379,724. The Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Miami Beach metropolitan area, the state's largest metropolitan region, had an estimated 5,361,723 residents in 2004; the Jacksonville metropolitan area's population was 1,225,381. Florida's second-largest metropolitan area was Tampa-St. Peters-burg-Clearwater, with an estimated 2,587,967 residents; the city of Tampa had an estimated 321,772 people, and St. Petersburg had 249,090. Ft. Lauderdale had an estimated population of 164,578. Tallahassee, the state capital, had a population of 156,612.

ETHNIC GROUPS

Florida's population consists mainly of whites of northern European stock, blacks, and Hispanics. European immigrants came primarily from Germany and the United Kingdom. Germans were particularly important in the development of the citrus fruit industry. Since World War II, the development of southern Florida as a haven for retired northerners has added new population elements to the state, a trend augmented by the presence of numerous military bases.

Florida's foreign-born population numbered 2,670,828 in 2000, or 16.7% of the state total, the fourth-highest percentage of foreign born in the nation. The largest group of first- and second-generation residents are Cubans, who represented 5.2% of Florida's population in 2000. There were 2,682,715 Hispanics and Latinos in 2000, including 833,120 Cubans (more than 100,000 of whom arrived on Florida shores as refugees in 1980), 482,027 Puerto Ricans, and 363,925 Mexicans. In 2004, 19% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.

The nonwhite population, as reported in 2000, was 3,517,349, or 12% of the total state population. Black-white relations in the 20th century were tense. There were race riots following World War I, and the Ku Klux Klan was openly active until World War II. One of the worst race riots in US history devastated black areas of Miami in the spring of 1980. The black population was estimated at 2,335,505 as of 2000, the fourth-largest in the nation. In 2004, 15.7% of the population was black.

Florida's indigenous inhabitants resisted encroachment from settlers longer and more militantly than tribes in other seaboard states. The leaders in resistance were the Seminole, most of whom by the 1850s had been killed or removed to other states, had fled to the Florida swamplands, or had been assimilated as small farmers. No peace treaty was signed with the Seminole until 1934, following the Indian Reorganization Act that attempted to establish tribal integrity and self-government for Indian nations. In 1939, the Native American population was reported as only 600, but the 2000 census reported a figure of 53,541 Native Americans. The difference is too large to be explained by natural increase, and there is no evidence of marked in-migration; presumably, then, it reflects a growing consciousness of Indian identity. There are seven Indian reservations: five for the Seminole—Big Cypress, Hollywood, Brighton, Immokalee, and Tampa, and two for the Miccosuckee—one on the Tamiami Trail and one north of Alligator Alley near Big Cypress. In 2004, 0.4% of the population was American Indian.

As of 2000 Florida had an Asian population of 266,256 (eighth largest in the nation), or 1.7% of the total state population. That figure had increased to 2% of the population by 2004. The number of Pacific Islanders was estimated at 8,625. In 2004, 0.1% of the population was composed of Pacific Islanders. In 2000 there were 54,310 Filipinos, 46,368 Chinese, 70,740 Asian Indians (up from 22,240 in 1990), 33,190 Vietnamese (up from 14,586 in 1990), 10,897 Japanese, 19,139 Koreans, and 2,131 native Hawaiians. In 2004, 1.2% of the population reported two or more races of origin.

LANGUAGES

Spanish and English settlers found what is now Florida inhabited by Indians recently separated from the Muskogean Creeks, who, with the addition of escaped black slaves and remnants of the Apalachee Indians of the panhandle, later became known as the Seminole Indians. Although the bulk of the Seminole were removed to Indian Territory in the 1840s, enough remained to pro-vide the basis of the present population. Florida has such Indian place-names as Okeechobee, Apalachicola, Kissimmee, Sarasota, Pensacola, and Hialeah.

The rapid population change that has occurred in Florida since World War II makes accurate statements about the language difficult. Massive migration from the North Central and North Atlantic areas, including a large number of speakers of Yiddish, has materially affected the previously rather uniform Southern speech of much of the state. Borrowing from the Spanish of the expanding number of Cubans and Puerto Ricans in the Miami area has had a further effect.

Representative words in the Southern speech of most native-born Floridians are light bread (white bread), pallet (temporary bed on the floor), fairing off (clearing up), serenade (shivaree), tote (carry), snap beans (green beans); mosquito hawk (dragonfly), crocus sack (burlap bag), pullybone (wishbone), and comforter (tied and filled bedcover), especially in south Florida. Largely limited to the northern half of the state are pinder (peanut), croker sack instead of crocus sack, fire dogs (andirons); also, in the Tampa Bay area, comfort (tied and filled bedcover), and, in the panhandle, whirlygig (merry-go-round). Some north-Florida terms are clearly imported from Georgia: mutton corn (green corn), light-wood (kindling), and co-wench! (a call to cows).

In 2000, 11,569,739 Floridians, representing 76.9% of the resident population five years old and older, spoke only English at home, down from 82.7% in 1990.

The following table gives selected statistics from the 2000 Census for language spoken at home by persons five years old and over. The category "Other Indo-European languages" includes Albanian, Gaelic, Lithuanian, and Rumanian.

RELIGIONS

Dominican and Franciscan friars, intent on converting the Indians, arrived with the Spanish conquistadors and settlers in the 1500s, and for some 200 years Florida's white population was overwhelmingly Catholic. Protestant colonists from Britain arrived in the late 1700s, and significant influx of Protestant settlers from the southern United States followed in the early 1800s. Sephardic Jews from the Carolinas also moved into Florida around this time, although the largest influx of Jews has occurred during the 20th century.

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious organization, with 2,316,652 adherents in about 460 parishes in 2004. The next largest group is the Southern Baptist Convention with 1,292,097 adherents in 2,054 congregations in 2000; in 2002 there were 37,234 newly baptized members. Judaism claimed 628,485 adherents in 2000. In 2003, the United Methodist Church reported 477,758 adherents from all of the state's conferences (which include some congregations from Alabama). In 2000, the Assemblies of God had 189,387 members; Presbyterian Church USA, 157,751; and Episcopalians, 152,526. The same year, about 58.9% of the population did not specify affiliation with any religious organization.

Orlando is home to the world headquarters for Campus Crusade For Christ International, an interdenominational Christian evangelical ministry.

TRANSPORTATION

Railroad building in the 19th century opened southern Florida to tourism and commerce. During the 20th century, long-distance passenger trains and, more recently, planes and automobiles have brought millions of visitors to the state each year.

The first operating railway in Florida was the St. Joseph Railroad, which inaugurated service on an 8-mi (13-km) track between St. Joseph Bay and Lake Wimico on 14 April 1836, using mules to pull the train. The railroad soon put into operation the state's first steam locomotive on 5 September 1836. By the time the Civil War broke out, railroads connected most of northern Florida's major towns, but the rapid expansion of the state's railroad system, and with it the development of southern Florida, awaited two late-19th-century entrepreneurs: Henry B. Plant; and Henry M. Flagler. Plant's South Florida Railroad extended service to Tampa in 1884. Flagler consolidated a number of small lines in the 1880s into the Florida East Coast Railway with service as far south as Daytona. He then extended service down the Atlantic coast, reaching Palm Beach in 1894, Miami in 1896, and, after construction of an extensive series of bridges, Key West in 1912. The "over-seas" railway down the Keys was abandoned in 1935 after a hurricane severely damaged the line.

In 2003, there was a total of 2,956 rail mi (4,759 km) of track in Florida, operated by 14 railroads. In the same year, nonmetallic minerals were the top commodities (by weight) shipped by rail from and to the state. CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern were the state's operating Class I railroads in 2003, with about 1,896 route mi (3,052 km) of Class I track between them. As of 2006, Amtrak provided passenger rail service to 24 Florida stations.

On 7 June 1979, construction began on a surface rail system for Miami and surrounding areas of Dade County. The first stage of this $1.1 billion mass transit system (known as Metrorail), a 20.5-mi (33-km) line serving Hialeah, Miami International Airport, downtown Miami, and areas to the south, was opened on 20 May 1984.

In 2004, Florida had 119,525 mi (192,435 km) of public roads. The Florida Turnpike's 265-mi (426-km) main section extends from Wildwood in north-central Florida to Ft. Pierce on the Atlantic coast and then south to Miami. A 50-mi (80-km) extension runs between Miramar and Homestead. The Overseas Highway down the Keys, including the famous Seven Mile Bridge (which is actually 35,716 feet, or 10,886 meters—6.8 mi—in length), is part of the state highway system. In 1983, 37 of the 44 bridges connecting the Florida Keys were replaced at a cost of $189 million.

Florida in 2004 had some 15.205 million registered motor vehicles. As of that same year, 13,146,357 people held active Florida drivers' licenses.

Inland waterways in Florida include the southernmost section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the easternmost section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, encompassing approximately 1,200 navigable mi (1,931 km) of federally maintained coastal channels for commercial vessels and pleasure craft. Construction began on 27 February 1964 on a barge canal across northern Florida to connect the two intracoastal systems. However, work was ordered stopped by President Richard Nixon on 19 January 1971 because of the threat the canal posed to flora and fauna in the surrounding area.

Florida has several commercially important ports. By far the largest in terms of gross tonnage is Tampa, which handled over 48.289 million tons of cargo in 2004, ranking it the 16th-busiest port in the United States. Other major ports and their 2004 tonnage handled include: Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, 24.899 million tons; Jacksonville, 21.451 million tons; Port Manatee, 4.428 million tons; Miami, 9.754 million tons; Panama City, 2.751 million tons; Port Canaveral, 4.629 million tons; and Palm Beach, 4.146 million tons. In 2004, Florida had 1,540 mi (2,479 km) of navigable waterways. In 2003, waterborne shipments totaled 131.570 million tons.

In 2005, Florida had a total of 832 public and private-use aviation-related facilities. This included 491 airports, 286 heliports, 14 STOLports (Short Take-Off and Landing), and 41 seaplane bases. In addition to civil aviation activity, Florida had more than 20 military airfields. Florida's busiest airport is Orlando International with a total of 15,270,347 enplanements in 2004, making it the 14th-busiest airport in the United States. Other major airports in the state include Miami International with 14,515,591 enplanements in 2004 (15th-busiest in the United States); Tampa International with 8,436,025 enplanements in 2004 (28th-busiest in the United States); Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International with 10,040,598 enplanements in 2004 (24th-busiest in the United States); and Fort Myers-Southwest Florida International with 3,320,019 enplanements in 2004 (50th-busiest in the United States).

HISTORY

American Indians entered Florida from the north 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, and had reached the end of the peninsula by 1400 bc. As they grew in number, they developed more complex economic and social organization. In northeastern Florida and nearby Georgia, they apparently invented pottery independently about 2000 bc, some 800 years earlier than any other Indian group in North America.

In north Florida, an agricultural and hunting economy organized around village life was typical by this time. South of Tampa Bay and Cape Canaveral, Indians lived mostly along the coast and relied heavily on wild plants and on a large variety of aquatic and land animals for meat. The southern groups did not practice agriculture until about 450 bc, when they began to plant corn in villages around Lake Okeechobee.

As they spread over Florida and adjusted to widely different local conditions, the Indians fell into six main divisions, with numerous subgroups and distinctive cultural traits. When Europeans arrived in the early 16th century, they found nearly 100,000 Indians: 25,000 Apalachee around Tallahassee; 40,000 Timucua in the northeast; on Tampa Bay, 7,000 Tocobaga; on the southwest coast and around Lake Okeechobee, 20,000 Calusa; on the lower southeast coast, 5,000 Tequesta; and in the Jupiter area, 2,000 Ais and Jeaga.

The Spanish who began arriving in the 16th century found the Indians in upper Florida to be relatively tractable, but those in the lower peninsula remained uniformly hostile and resisted to the last. The Spaniards sought to convert the Indians to Christianity and settle them around missions to grow food, to supply labor, and to help defend the province. By 1674, 70 Franciscan friars were working in dozens of missions and stations in a line running west from St. Augustine and north along the sea island coast to Carolina.

The impact of the Europeans on the Indian population was, on the whole, disastrous. Indians died of European-introduced diseases, were killed in wars with whites or with other Indians, or moved away. Raids from South Carolina by the Creeks, abetted by the British, between 1702 and 1708 completely destroyed the missions. When the Spanish departed Florida in 1763, the remaining 300 of the original 100,000 Indians left with them.

As early as 1750, however, small groups of Creek tribes from Georgia and Alabama had begun to move into the north Florida area vacated by the first Indian groups. Called Seminole, the Creek word for runaway or refugee, these Indians did not then constitute a tribe and had no common government or leadership until resistance to white plans to resettle them brought them together. They numbered only 5,000 when Florida became part of the United States.

Pressures on the US president and Congress to remove the Seminole intensified after runaway black slaves began seeking refuge with the Indians. In 1823, the Seminole accepted a reservation north of Lake Okeechobee. Nine years later, an Indian delegation signed a document pledging the Seminole to move within three years to lands in present-day Oklahoma. The Indians' subsequent resistance to removal resulted in the longest and most costly of Indian wars, the Seminole War of 1835–42. The warfare and the Indians' subsequent forced migration left fewer than 300 Seminole in Florida.

The history of the twice-repeated annihilation of Florida Indians is, at the same time, the history of white settlers' rise to power. After Christopher Columbus reached the New World at Hispaniola in 1492, the Caribbean islands became the base for wider searches, one of which brought Juan Ponce de León to Florida. Sailing from Puerto Rico in search of the fabled island of Bimini, he sighted Florida on 27 March 1513 and reached the coast a week later. Ponce de León claimed the land for Spain and named it La Florida, for Pascua Florida, the Easter festival of flowers; sailing southward around Florida, he may have traveled as far as Apalachicola, on the shore of the panhandle. In 1521, he returned to found a colony at Charlotte Harbor, on the lower Gulf coast, but the Indians fought the settlers. After Ponce de León was seriously wounded, the expedition sailed for Cuba, where he died the same year.

Other Spaniards seeking treasure and lands to govern, followed. Pánfilo de Narváez arrived in 1528, landing near Tampa Bay and marching inland and northward to Tallahassee. Hernando de Soto, a rich and famous associate of Francisco Pizarro in the conquest of Peru, found many men eager to try the same with him in Florida. Appointed governor of Cuba and adelantado (loosely, conqueror) of Florida, he followed the route of Narváez to Tallahassee in 1539, finding some food but no promise of wealth. In 1559, Spain sought to establish a settlement on Pensacola Bay, but it was abandoned at the end of two years.

In 1562, Jean Ribault, with a small expedition of French Huguenots, arrived at the St. Johns River, east of present-day Jacksonville, and claimed Florida for France. Another group of French Huguenot settlers built Ft. Caroline, 5 mi (8 km) upriver, two years later. In the summer of 1565, Ribault brought in naval reinforcements, prepared to defend the French claim against the Spaniards, who had sent Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to find and oust the intruders. Menéndez selected St. Augustine as a base, landing on 28 August, and with the aid of a storm withstood the French effort to destroy him. He then marched overland to take Ft. Caroline by surprise, killing most of the occupants and later captured Ribault and his shipwrecked men, most of whom he slaughtered. St. Augustine, the first permanent European settlement in the United States, served primarily, under Spanish rule, as a military outpost, maintained to protect the wealth of New Spain. The Spanish established a settlement at Pensacola in 1698, but it too remained only a small frontier garrison town. In 1763, when Spain ceded Florida to England in exchange for Cuba, about 3,000 Spaniards departed from St. Augusta and 800 from Pensacola, leaving Florida to the Seminole.

British Florida reached from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River and became two colonies, East and West Florida. Settlers established farms and plantations, traded with the Indians, and moved steadily toward economic and political self-sufficiency. These settlers did not join the American Revolution, but Florida was affected by the war nonetheless, as thousands of Loyalists poured into East Florida. In 1781, Spain attacked and captured Pensacola. Two years later, Britain ceded both Floridas back to Spain, whereupon most of the Loyalists left for the West Indies.

The second Spanish era was only nominally Spanish. English influence remained strong, and US penetration increased. Florida west of the Perdido River was taken over by the United States in 1810, as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Meanwhile, renegade whites, runaway slaves, pirates, and political adventures operated almost at will.

Present-day Florida was ceded to the United States in 1821, in settlement of $5 million in claims by US citizens against the Spanish government. At this time, General Andrew Jackson, who three years earlier had led a punitive expedition against the Seminole and their British allies, came back to Florida as military governor. His main tasks were to receive the territory for the United States and to set up a civilian administration, which took office in 1822. William P. DuVal of Kentucky was named territorial governor, and a legislative council was subsequently elected. The new council met first in Pensacola and in St. Augustine, and then, in 1824, in the newly selected capital of Tallahassee, located in the wilderness of north-central Florida, from which the Indians had just been removed. Middle Florida, as it was called, rapidly became an area of slave-owning cotton plantations and was for several decades the fastest-growing part of the territory. The war to remove the Seminole halted the advance of frontier settlement, however, and the Panic of 1837 bankrupted the territorial government and the three banks whose notes it had guaranteed. Floridians drew up a state constitution at St. Joseph in 1838–39 but, being proslavery, had to wait until 1845 to enter the Union paired with the free state of Iowa.

In 1861, Florida, with only 140,000 people, about 40% of them blacks (mostly slaves), only 400 mi (644 km) of railroad, and no manufacturing, seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. Some 15,000 whites (one-third of whom died) served in the Confederate army, and 1,200 whites and almost as many blacks joined the Union army. Bitterness and some violence accompanied the Republican Reconstruction government in 1868–76. The conservative Bourbon Democrats then governed for the rest of the century. They encouraged railroad building and other forms of business, and they kept taxes low by limiting government services. Cotton production never recovered to prewar levels, but cattle raising, citrus and vegetable cultivation, forestry, phosphate mining, and, by late in the century, a growing tourist industry took up the slack.

The Spanish-American War in 1898, during which Tampa became the port of embarkation for an expedition to Cuba, stimulated the economy and advertised the state nationwide, not always favorably. Naval activity at Key West and Pensacola became feverish. Lakeland, Miami, Jacksonville, and Fernandina were briefly the sites of training camps.

In 1904, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was elected governor on a moderately populist platform, which included a program to drain the Everglades lands which the state had received under the Swamp and Overflowed Lands Act of 1850. Drainage did lower water levels, and settlements grew around Lake Okeechobee, developments whose full environmental impact was recognized only much later. By the time Broward took office, Jacksonville had become the state's largest city, with Pensacola and Tampa not far behind, and Key West had dropped from first to fourth. During World War I, more than 42,030 Floridians were in uniform.

Boom, bust, and depression characterized the 1920s. Feverish land speculation brought hundreds of thousands of people to Florida in the first half of the decade. Cresting in 1925, the boom was already over in 1926, when a devastating hurricane struck Miami, burying all hope of recovery. Yet population jumped by more than 50% during the decade, and Miami rose from fourth to second place among Florida cities. Florida's choice of Republican Herbert Hoover over Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election reflected the Protestant and prohibitionist attitudes of most of the state voters at that time.

The 1930s were marked first by economic depression, then by recovery, new enterprise, and rapidly growing government activity. Bank and business failures, as well as defaults on city and county bond issues and on mortgage payments, produced growing economic distress. The state joined the federal government in assuming responsibility for relief and recovery. The legalization of pari-mutuel betting in 1931 created a new industry and a new tax source. The state's first paper mill opened in the same year, revolutionizing the forest industry. Private universities in Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville were started during the Depression years.

The 1940s opened with recovery and optimism, arising from the stimulus of production for World War II, production that began well before the actual entry of the United States into the war. New army and navy installations and training programs brought business growth. After 1941, Florida seemed to become a vast military training school. The number of army and navy airfield flying schools increased from 5 to 45. Tourist facilities in all major cities became barracks, mess halls, and classrooms, with 70,000 rooms in Miami Beach alone being used to house troops in 1942. Families of thousands of trainees visited the state. Florida was on the eve of another boom.

First discovered but nearly last to be developed, Florida reached a rank of 27th in population only in 1940. Migration brought Florida's ranking to fourth in 1990, increasing its population to more than 12.8 million people. In 1986, Florida absorbed 1,000 arrivals a day. Until the early 1980s, many of those migrants were 65 years of age or over, swelling the proportion of senior citizens in Florida to 50% above the national average. In the mid-1980s, however, the preponderance of newcomers was somewhat younger, 25-44 years old. With an influx of younger residents, of family-rearing age, schools became overcrowded by the 1990s. Nevertheless, Florida is expected to double its 65 and older population between 2000 and 2030, meaning that one in every four residents will be age 65 and older in 2030 in Florida. Approximately 8% of the total US population will live in Florida by that date, which does not include all those holding second homes in Florida.

Newcomers have come in search of opportunities provided by Florida's growing and diversifying economy. Whereas the state once depended on the three industries (tourism, citrus, and construction) for its survival, military spending increased the presence of high-tech, banking, and service industries.

The management of growth in Florida dominated state politics through the second half of the century and promised to remain at the fore at least through the early 2000s. The state's low taxes combined with its rapid population growth to overburden the infrastructure. Roads, water supply, and sewer systems were pushed beyond capacity, posing real environmental threats. Development, both residential and commercial, eroded the state's natural beauty.

Efforts to reapportion Florida's 23 congressional districts and the state legislature's 40 Senate and 120 house seats were complicated by battles between blacks (holding steady at 14% of the population in 1999) and Hispanics over the number and character of minority districts. The absence of black state congressmen or senators, and the paucity of black officials at the state and local levels provoked demands for the creation of "safe districts" for blacks that thereby ensure their representation. Likewise Hispanics, whose numbers grew from 8.8% of the state population in 1980 to 14% by 1999, called for Hispanic districts. However, in the 1990s, Florida's third congressional district, which had a majority of black voters, was declared unconstitutional and ordered redrawn by the US Supreme Court.

Racial and ethnic relations have been another central issue. Tensions between blacks and Hispanics led to violence in 1989 when a Hispanic police officer shot and killed a black motorcyclist who was speeding and driving erratically. Riots broke out in the predominantly black Overton section of Miami and continued for three days.

Miami was again the site of rioting in late April 2000, as some Cuban Americans took to the streets to protest the federal government's handling of the custody case of six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez. The child was the center of an international debacle after he was rescued offshore in November 1999; a fisherman found the boy clinging to a raft after the boat in which he and his mother escaped Cuba had capsized. His mother having died, Miami relatives claimed and cared for the boy while federal officials, including the US attorney general, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and several courts, grappled with the problem of returning him to his Cuban father. The incident, which ended when the boy arrived back in Havana, remained a point of protest for Miami's Cuban American community, among whom the prevailing sentiment was that, for political reasons, the child should have remained in the states.

The state's crime level received nationwide attention in the early 1990s when a series of incidents claimed the lives of several foreign tourists. For most of the decade Florida held the unwelcome distinction of leading the nation in violent crime. Numbers began to decline, and in 1998, the rate of violent crime per 100,000 residents dropped below 1,000 (to 939), according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (That year New Mexico recorded 955 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, making it the most violent state in the nation.)

Tropical storms and hurricanes periodically strike Florida. In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damages in south Florida, primarily in and around Homestead. In October 1995, Hurricane Opal wrought an estimated $3 billion in damage in the Panhandle, destroying marinas and shipyards. The 2004 hurricane season devastated Florida: four hurricanes—Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne—damaged 20% of Florida's homes, and 124 people died. In October 2005, Hurricane Wilma hit southern Florida, and millions of people were left without power.

In December 1998, Floridians mourned the death of Governor Lawton Chiles; the Democrat first rose to prominence in 1970 when he made a 1,000-mi (1,600-km) trek through the state as he successfully campaigned for the US Senate, earning him the nick-name "Walkin' Lawton."

Florida became the center of national and international attention in the 7 November 2000 US presidential election. The race between Democratic vice president Al Gore and Republican challenger George W. Bush was extremely close, and on election night, Florida's 25 electoral college votes became the ones that would decide the election. In the early morning hours of 8 November, Gore called Bush to concede the election, but he subsequently retracted his concession when it became apparent that the vote was in question. Because the vote was so close, Florida's election officials began a mandatory recount. In addition to the automatic recount, an investigation was launched into voting irregularities denying rights to minority voters.

Democrats requested hand recounts in four counties, but Bush called for an order banning them. The Florida Supreme Court intervened in the certification process run by the Florida Secretary of State, permitting hand recounts in Broward and Palm Beach counties and blocking certification until an appeal by Gore was heard. The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused Bush's request that it stop the hand recounts, and Miami-Dade county officials began a manual recount. Bush's lead was gradually reduced from the 537 votes certified on 26 November to 154 by adding votes from partial recounts in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. When the Florida Supreme Court ordered a manual recount of 43,432 "under votes" from as many as 62 counties, the Bush campaign appealed to the United States Supreme Court to stop any vote recounts in Florida. On 9 December 2000, the US Supreme Court, divided 5-4, stepped in to order a stay of the Florida Supreme Court-ordered manual recounts, and on 12 December, it decided, in Bush v. Gore, that the Florida Supreme Court had erred in its decision to order manual vote recounts. On 13 December, Gore conceded the election to Bush, who became the nation's 43rd president after the electoral college votes cast on 18 December 2000 were tallied, including Florida's 25 votes.

STATE GOVERNMENT

Florida's first constitutional convention, which met from December 1838 to January 1839, drew up the document under which the state entered the Union in 1845. A second constitutional convention, meeting in 1861, adopted the ordinance of secession that joined Florida to the Confederacy. After the war, a new constitution was promulgated in 1865, but not until still another document was drawn up and ratified by the state—the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution—was Florida readmitted to statehood in 1868. A fifth constitution was framed in 1885 and adopted the following year; extensively revised in 1968, this is the document under which the state is now governed. In 1998, Florida voters approved extensive revisions to the constitution; in 2002, voters approved a death penalty amendment, adding the death penalty to the constitution. In addition, in 2002, Florida voters approved several amendments: one requires the state to offer prekin-dergarten for four-year-olds by 2005; another, to reduce class size in schools by 2010; another animal rights measure protects pregnant pigs from unnecessary confinement; and another prohibits smoking in certain work environments. Overall, the constitution had been amended 104 times by January 2005.

The 1968 constitutional revision instituted annual (rather than biennial) regular sessions of the legislature, which consists of a 40-member Senate and a 120-member House of Representatives. Sessions begin the Tuesday after the first Monday of March and are limited to 60 calendar days. Senators serve four-year terms, with half the Senate being elected every two years; representatives serve two-year terms. All legislators must be at least 21 years old, and must have been residents of Florida the district for two years. The maximum length of a regular legislative session is 60 calendar days, unless it is extended by a three-fifths vote of each house. Special sessions may be called by the governor or by joint action of the presiding officers of the two houses (the president of the Sen-ate and speaker of the House of Representatives). The legislative salary in 2004 was $29,916.

The governor is elected for a four-year term; a two-term limit is in effect. The lieutenant governor is elected on the same ticket as the governor. An amendment adopted by voters in 1998, which took effect in 2002, merged the cabinet offices of treasurer and comptroller into one chief financial office. The other elected cabinet members include the attorney general and agriculture commissioner; the amendment eliminated the offices of secretary of state and education commissioner from the cabinet. State officials must be at least 30 years old, US citizens, and registered voters, and must have been residents of Florida for at least seven years. As of December 2004, the governor's salary was $120,171.

Passage of legislation requires a majority vote of those present and voting in both houses. A bill passed by the legislature becomes law if it is signed by the governor; should the governor take no action on it, it becomes law seven days after receipt if the legislature is still in session, or 15 days after presentation to the governor if the legislature has adjourned. The governor may veto legislation and, in general appropriations bills, may veto individual items. Gubernatorial vetoes may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of the elected legislators in each house.

Amendments to the constitution may originate in three ways: by a joint resolution of the legislature passed by a three-fifths majority of the membership of each house; by action of a constitutional revision commission which, under the constitution, must be periodically convened; or by initiative petition (signed by 8% of the total votes cast in the state in the last election for presidential electors), which may call for a constitutional convention. A proposed amendment becomes part of the constitution if it receives a majority vote in a statewide election. One exception is that under the initiative procedure, an amendment for a new state tax or fee not in effect as of 7 November 1994 requires a two-thirds majority of voters to become part of the constitution.

To vote in state elections, a person must be at least 18 years old, a US citizen, and a resident in the county of registration. Restrictions apply to convicted felons and those judged by the court as mentally incapacitated.

POLITICAL PARTIES

The Democratic and Republican parties are Florida's two principal political organizations. The former is the descendant of one of the state's first two political parties, the Jeffersonian Republican Democrats; this party, along with the Florida Whig Party, was organized shortly before statehood.

Florida's Republican Party was organized after the Civil War and dominated state politics until 1876, when the Democrats won control of the statehouse. Aided from 1889 to 1937 by a poll tax, which effectively disfranchised most of the state's then predominantly Republican black voters, the Democrats won every gubernatorial election but one from 1876 through 1962; the Prohibition Party candidate was victorious in 1916.

By the time Republican Claude R. Kirk Jr. won the governorship in 1966, Florida had already become, for national elections, a two-party state, although Democrats retained a sizable advantage in party registration. Beginning in the 1950s, many registered Democrats became "presidential Republicans," crossing party lines to give the state's electoral votes to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and to Richard M. Nixon in 1960.

A presidential preference primary, in which crossover voting is not permitted, is held on the second Tuesday in March of presidential election years. Because it occurs so early in the campaign season, this primary is closely watched as an indicator of candidates' strength. Primaries to select state and local candidates are held in early September, with crossover voting again prohibited; runoff elections are held on the Tuesday five weeks before the general election.

In 2004, there were 10,301,000 registered voters; an estimated 41% were Democratic, 38% Republican, and 21% unaffiliated or members of other parties. In addition to the Democratic and Republican parties, organized groups include the Green, Reform, and Libertarian parties. Minor parties running candidates for statewide office can qualify by obtaining petition signatures from 3% of the state's voters.

In the 1996 presidential election, Florida backed a Democrat for the first time in 20 years, giving 48% of the vote to Bill Clinton; 42% to Republican Bob Dole; and 9% to Independent Ross Perot. In the 2000 presidential election, a mere 275 votes separated Republican candidate George W. Bush from Democrat Al Gore as of 13 December 2000, when the US Supreme Court ruled a controversial hand recount of the Florida vote be stopped. George W. Bush won Florida's 25 electoral votes and became president; in 2004, Bush won 52% of the vote to Democrat John Kerry's 47%.

Former US Senator Lawton Chiles (Democrat) was elected governor in 1990 and reelected in 1994. In 1998, Florida voters elected Republican Jeb Bush to the gubernatorial spot; he was reelected in 2002. Connie Mack, a Republican, was reelected to a second US Senate term in 1994 but decided not to seek a third term in 2000. Democrat Bill Nelson was elected to the Senate in 2000. Democratic Senator Robert Graham was reelected in 1998. Graham mounted a bid for the presidential nomination in 2003, giving up his bid for reelection to the Senate in 2004. Republican Mel Martinez narrowly won the seat formerly held by Graham, with 49.3% of the vote to Democrat Betty Castor's 48.3%.

Florida's US House delegation following the 2004 elections had 18 Republicans and 7 Democrats. The state Senate in 2005 was comprised of 14 Democrats and 26 Republicans, and the state House had 84 Republicans and 36 Democrats.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

In 2005, Florida had 67 counties, 404 municipalities, and 626 special districts. There were 67 school districts.

Generally, legislative authority within each county is vested in a five-member elected board of county commissioners, which also has administrative authority over county departments, except those headed by independently elected officials. In counties without charters, these elected officials usually include a sheriff, tax collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, and clerk of the circuit court. County charters may provide for a greater or lesser number of elected officials, and for a professional county administrator (city manager). Before 1968 there was state legislation that restricted county government operations; most of these laws have now been repealed. Counties may generally enact any law not inconsistent with state law. However, the taxing power of county and other local governments is severely limited.

Municipalities are normally incorporated and chartered by an act of the state legislature. Except where a county charter specifies otherwise, municipal ordinances override county laws. Municipal governments may provide a full range of local services. But as populations rapidly expand beyond municipal boundaries, many of these governments have found they lack the jurisdiction to deal adequately with area problems. Annexations of surrounding territory are permissible but difficult under state law. Some municipal governments have reached agreements with county or other local governments for consolidation of overlapping or redundant services or for provision of service by one local government to another on a contract basis. Complete consolidation of a municipal and a county government is authorized by the state constitution, requiring state legislation and voter approval in the area affected. Jacksonville and Duval County succeeded in consolidating by 1985.

The problem of overlapping and uncoordinated service is most serious in the case of the state's 626 special districts. These districts, established by state law and approval of the affected voters, provide a specified service in a defined geographic area. An urban area may have dozens of special districts. State legislation in the 1970s attempted to deal with this problem by permitting counties to set up their own special-purpose districts, whose operations could be coordinated by the county government.

Regional planning councils resulted from the need to cope with problems of greater than local concern. These councils deal with such issues as land management, resource management, and economic development.

In 2005, local government accounted for about 657,329 full-time (or equivalent) employment positions.

STATE SERVICES

To address the continuing threat of terrorism and to work with the federal Department of Homeland Security, homeland security in Florida operates under state statute; the public safety commissioner, designated as the state homeland security adviser, oversees programs in training and law enforcement.

A "Sunshine" amendment to the constitution and a statutory code of ethics require financial disclosure by elected officials and top-level public employees; the code prohibits actions by officials and employees that would constitute a conflict of interest. An auditor general appointed by the legislature conducts financial and performance audits of state agencies.

Educational services are provided by the State Department of Education, which sets overall policy and adopts comprehensive objectives for public education, operates the state university and community college systems, and issues bonds (as authorized by the state constitution) to finance capital projects. The Department of Transportation is responsible for developing long-range transportation plans and for construction and maintenance of the state highway system. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles licenses drivers, regulates the registration and sale of motor vehicles, and administers the Florida Highway Patrol.

Health services are the responsibility primarily of the Agency for HealthCare Administration. It is also responsible for disease prevention and for assisting localities in performing health services. The Department of Children and Families administers such social welfare programs as Medicaid, food stamps, and foster care and adoption.

The Department of Corrections maintains approximately 60 major correctional institutions. The Corrections Commission reviews the state's correctional efforts, recommends policies, and evaluates the implementation of approved policies. The Department of Law Enforcement is responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing the state criminal code; enforcement activities emphasize combating organized crime, vice, and racketeering. The state's Army and Air National Guard are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Military Affairs. The Florida Highway Patrol, within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, is the only statewide uniformed police force.

The Florida Division of Housing and Community Development assists the Department of Community Affairs in carrying out its duties related to housing. The Department's Division of Emergency Management is responsible for Florida hazards and disaster prevention.

The Agency for Workforce Innovation is responsible for implementing policy in the areas of workforce development, welfare transition, unemployment compensation, labor market information, early learning and school readiness. The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for serving the needs of veterans.

The Department of State manages state historic sites, archives, museums, libraries, and fine arts centers. Enterprise Florida supports new business starts in the state. The Department of Management Services provides administrative support for state agencies and state employees including human resource, insurance, retirement, office facility, purchasing, vehicles/aircraft, property surplus, and information technology services.

JUDICIAL SYSTEM

The state's highest court is the Supreme Court, a panel of seven justices that sits in Tallahassee. Every two years, the presiding justices elect one of their number as chief justice. All justices are appointed to six-year terms by the governor upon the recommendation of a judicial nominating commission. They may seek further six-year terms in a yes-no vote in a general election. If the incumbent justice does not receive a majority of "yes" votes, the governor appoints another person to fill the vacancy from the recommended list of qualified candidates.

The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction only. The state constitution, as amended, prescribes certain types of cases in which an appeal must be heard, including those in which the death penalty has been ordered and those in which a lower appellate court has invalidated a state law or a provision of the state constitution. The court also hears appeals of state agency decisions on utility rates and may, at its discretion, hear appeals in many other types of cases.

Below the Supreme Court are five district courts of appeal, which sit in Tallahassee, Lakeland, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Daytona Beach. There are 61 district court judges. The method of their selection and retention in office is the same as for supreme court justices. District courts hear appeals of lower court decisions and may review the actions of executive agencies. District court decisions are usually final, since most requests for Supreme Court review are denied.

The state's principal trial courts are its 20 circuit courts, which have original jurisdiction in many types of cases, including civil suits involving more than $5,000, felony cases, and all cases involving juveniles. Circuit courts may also hear appeals from county courts if no constitutional question is involved. Circuit court judges are elected for six-year terms and must have been members of the Florida bar for at least five years before election. There were 468 circuit court judges in 1999.

Each of Florida's 67 counties has a county court with original jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases, civil disputes involving $5,000 or less, and traffic-violation cases. County court judges are elected for four-year terms and must be members of the bar only in counties with populations of 40,000 or more.

As of 31 December 2004, a total of 85,533 prisoners were held in Florida's state and federal prisons, an increase from 82,012, or 4.3% from the previous year. As of year-end 2004, a total of 5,660 inmates were female, up from 5,165, or 9.6%, from the year before. Among sentenced prisoners (one year or more), Florida had an incarceration rate of 486 per 100,000 population in 2004.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida in 2004 had a violent crime rate (murder/nonnegligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; aggravated assault) of 711.3 reported incidents per 100,000 population (the second highest among states, exceeded only by South Carolina), or a total of 123,754 reported incidents. Crimes against property (burglary; larceny/theft; and motor vehicle theft) in that same year totaled 727,141 reported incidents, or 4,179.7 reported incidents per 100,000 people. Florida has a death penalty, which can be carried out by lethal injection or electrocution, depending upon the prisoner's request. From 1976 through 5 May 2006 the state executed 60 persons, of which the most recent execution was in 2005. As of 1 January 2006, there were 388 inmates on death row, the third-highest number in the nation after California and Texas.

In 2003, Florida spent $777,539,269 on homeland security, an average of $48 per state resident.

ARMED FORCES

In 2004, there were 71,241 active-duty military personnel in Florida, 20,107 civilian personnel, and 3,068 Reserve and National Guard. Military and civilian personnel were stationed at facilities in Pensacola, Orlando, Jacksonville, and at Eglin AFB. In October 1979, the Key West Naval Air Station was made the headquarters of a new Caribbean Joint Task Force, established to coordinate US military activities in the Caribbean. The state had 29,967 active-duty Air Force personnel in 2004 the largest Air Force bases were Eglin, in Valparaiso; MacDill, near Tampa; and Tyndall, west of Tallahassee. The US Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral (called Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973) has been the launching site for most US space flights, including all manned flights. US Department of Defense procurement contracts in Florida in 2004 totaled $8.3 billion, seventh-highest in the United States for that year. Defense payroll, including retired military pay, amounted to $9.3 billion. Florida had the highest amount paid to retired military in the United States in 2004.

There were 1,788,496 veterans of US military service in Florida as of 2003, of whom 327,034 served in World War II; 223,057 in the Korean conflict; 457,695 during the Vietnam era; and 246,271 during 1990–2000 (in the Gulf War). US Veterans Administration spending in Florida in 2004 totaled $4.6 billion.

As of 31 October 2004, the Florida Highway Patrol employed 1,671 full-time sworn officers.

MIGRATION

Florida is populated mostly by migrants. In 1990, only 30.5% of all state residents were Florida born, compared with 61.8% for the United States as a whole. Only Nevada had a lower proportion of native residents. Migration from other states accounted for more than 85% of Florida's population increase in the 1970s. From 1985 to 1990, net migration gains added another 1,461,550 new residents. Between 1990 and 1998, net domestic migration added 1,035,000 while international migration added 553,000. Florida's overall population increased 15.3% during that same period.

The early European immigrants to Florida—first the Spanish, then the English—never populated the state in significant numbers. Immigration from southern states began even before the United States acquisition of Florida and accelerated thereafter. In the 20th century, US immigrants to Florida came, for the most part, from the Northeast and Midwest, their motivation to escape harsh northern winters. A large proportion of migrants have been retirees and other senior citizens. Between 1970 and 1980, the number of Floridians 65 or over increased by 70%, compared with a 44% increase for the US population as a whole. By 1998, 18.3% of the Florida populace was age 65 or older. In the period 2000–05, net international migration was 528,085 and net internal migration was 1,057,619, for a net gain of 1,585,704 people.

Since the 1960s, Florida has also experienced large-scale migration from the Caribbean and parts of Latin America. Although the state has had a significant Cuban population since the second half of the 19th century, the number of immigrants surged after the Cuban revolution of 1959. From December 1965 to April 1973, an airlift-agreed to by the Cuban and US governments landed a quarter of a million Cubans in Miami. Another period of large-scale immigration from Cuba, beginning in April 1980, brought more than 100,000 Cubans into Florida harbors. At the same time, Haitian "boat people" were arriving in Florida in significant numbers, often reaching the southern peninsula packed in barely seaworthy small craft. The number of ethnic Haitians in Florida was reported at 105,495 in 1990. By 1990, a reported 541,011 ethnic Cubans were living in southern Florida, mostly in and around Miami, where the Cuban section had become known as "Little Havana." The US government classified some of them as illegal aliens, fleeing extreme poverty in their native country, but the immigrants claimed to be political refugees and sued to halt deportation proceedings against them. In 1996, a reported 2,186,000 Floridians (15%) were foreign-born. In 1998, 59,965 foreign immigrants were admitted into Florida, the third-highest total of any state, accounting for over 9% of all foreign immigration that year. Of that total, 14,265 were from Cuba; 6,613 from Haiti; and 4,795 from Jamaica. As of 1998, Florida's Hispanic population numbered 2,080,000; those of Hispanic origin numbered 2,243,000.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION

In 1953, Florida became a signatory to the Alabama-Florida Boundary Compact. Among the interstate regional compacts in which Florida participates are the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact, Southern Regional Education Board, Southern States Energy Board, Southeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Federal grants to Florida in fiscal year 2005 totaled $16.266 billion; in fiscal year 2006 federal grants amounted to an estimated $16.176 billion, and were estimated at $17.041 billion for fiscal year 2007.

ECONOMY

Farming, lumbering and naval stores industries, all concentrated in northern Florida, were early mainstays of the economy. In the late 19th century, the extension of the railroads down the peninsula opened up an area previously populated only by Indians. Given the favorable climate, central and southern Florida soon became major agricultural areas. Tourism, aggressively promoted by the early railroad builders, became a major industry after World War I and remains so today.

Tourists and winter residents with second homes in Florida contribute billions of dollars annually to the state economy and make retailing and construction particularly important economic sectors. However, this dependence on discretionary spending by visitors and part-time dwellers also makes the economy, and especially the housing industry, highly vulnerable to recession.

The arms buildup during Ronald Reagan's administration helped to expand Florida's aerospace and electronics industries. Even in 1991, after the reduction of the national military budget, Florida ranked seventh nationally in the value of Department of Defense contracts awarded. Florida ranked fourth in the nation in defense electronics manufacturing employment in 1999.

The state's economy, particularly that of the Miami area, has also benefited from an influx of Latin American investment funds. Miami is said to have one of the largest underground economies in the United States, a reference both to the sizable inflow of cash from illicit drug trafficking and to the large numbers of Latin American immigrants working for low, unreported cash wages. Florida's population increased by 16% between 1990 and 1999, due primarily to migration. Strong annual economic growth rates in the late 1990s (averaging 6.6% in 1998–2000) were only moderated to 4.2% in the national recession of 2001. Growth continued damped in 2002, reflecting, particularly, a slowdown in Florida's tourist industry, but remained above the national average. By July 2002, the state was experiencing positive, if small (less than 1%), job growth. As was true in much of the country, the share of manufacturing in Florida's economy decreased in both absolute and relative terms coming into the 21st century. From a peak of $31 billion in 1999, output from the manufacturing sector declined 6.3% by 2001. As a share of the Florida economy, manufacturing declined from 7.7% in 1997 to 5.9% in 2001. By contrast, the financial services and trade sectors (wholesale and retail) each grew by more than 27% 1997 to 2001, and general services (including hotels and tourist services) grew 36.9% during this period.

Florida's gross state product (GSP) in 2004 totaled $599.068 billion, of which the real estate sector accounted for the largest portion at $93.036 billion or 15.5% of GSP, followed by healthcare and social assistance at $44.590 billion (7.4% of GSP) and wholesale trade at $39.285 billion (6.5% of GSP). In that same year, there were an estimated 1,633,574 small businesses in Florida. Of the 449,070 businesses having employees, a total of 444,066 or 98.9% were small companies. An estimated 77,754 new businesses were established in Florida in 2004, up 11.5% from the previous year. Business terminations that same year came to 54,498, down 3.8% from the previous year. Business bankruptcies totaled 1,183 in 2004, down 22.9% from 2003. In 2005, the personal bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 13) filing rate was 556 filings per 100,000 people, ranking Florida as the 25th highest in the nation.

INCOME

In 2005 Florida had a gross state product (GSP) of $674 billion, which accounted for 5.4% of the nation's gross domestic product and placed the state at number four in highest GSP among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2004 Florida had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $31,469. This ranked 25th in the United States and was 95% of the national average of $33,050. The 1994–2004 average annual growth rate of PCPI was 3.8%. Florida had a total personal income (TPI) of $547,107,143,000, which ranked fourth in the United States and reflected an increase of 6.9% from 2003. The 1994–2004 average annual growth rate of TPI was 5.9%. Earnings of persons employed in Florida increased from $346,386,466,000 in 2003 to $375,116,379,000 in 2004, an increase of 8.3%. The 2003–04 national change was 6.3%.

The US Census Bureau reports that the three-year average median household income for 2002–04 in 2004 dollars was $40,171, compared to a national average of $44,473. During the same period an estimated 12.3% of the population was below the poverty line, as compared to 12.4% nationwide.

LABOR

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in April 2006 the seasonally adjusted civilian labor force in Florida numbered 8,903,500, with approximately 265,300 workers unemployed, yielding an unemployment rate of 3%, compared to the national average of 4.7% for the same period. Preliminary data for the same period placed nonfarm employment at 8,013,900. Since the beginning of the BLS data series in 1976, the highest unemployment rate recorded in Florida was 9.7% in March 1976. The historical low was 3% in April 2006. Preliminary nonfarm employment data by occupation for April 2006 showed that approximately 7.7% of the labor force was employed in construction; 4.9% in manufacturing; 19.9% in trade, transportation, and public utilities; 6.7% in financial activities; 17.1% in professional and business services; 11.9% in education and health services; 11.4% in leisure and hospitality services; and 13.6% in government.

The US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2005, a total of 401,000 of Florida's 7,389,000 employed wage and salary workers were formal members of a union. This represented 5.4% of those so employed, down from 6% in 2004, and below the national average of 12%. Overall in 2005, a total of 532,000 workers (7.2%) in Florida were covered by a union or employee association contract, which includes those workers who reported no union affiliation. Florida is one of 22 states with a right-to-work law, which is part of the state's constitution.

As of 1 March 2006, Florida had a state-mandated minimum wage rate of $6.40 per hour. In 2004, women in the state accounted for 46.3% of the employed civilian labor force.

AGRICULTURE

Florida's most important agricultural products, and the ones for which it is most famous, are its citrus fruits. Florida continues to supply the vast majority of orange juice consumed in the United States. Florida produced 82% of the nation's oranges and 78% of its grapefruits in 2003. It is also an important producer of other fruits, vegetables, and sugarcane.

The total value of Florida's crops in 2005 exceeded $6 billion, fourth highest among the 50 states. Total farm marketings, including livestock marketings and products, exceeded $7.4 billion in 2005 (ninth in the United States). There were about 43,000 farms covering some 10.1 million acres (4.08 million hectares) in 2004; the total represented nearly 30% of the state's entire land area.

The orange was introduced to Florida by Spanish settlers around 1570. Oranges had become an important commercial crop by the early 1800s, when the grapefruit was introduced. In 1886, orange production for the first time exceeded 1 million boxes (1 box equals 90 lb/41 kg). Much of this production came from groves along the northern Atlantic coast and the St. Johns River, which offered easy access to maritime shipping routes north. The expansion of the railroads and severe freezes in the 1890s encouraged the citrus industry to move farther south. Polk, St. Lucie, Indian River, Hendry, and Hardee counties in central Florida are the largest producers of citrus fruits.

The orange crop totaled 242,000,000 boxes each weighing 90-lb (41-kg) in the 2002–03 season. The grapefruit crop was 40,900,000 boxes at 85-lb (39-kg); tangerines, 6,500,000 boxes at 95-lb (43-kg); and tangelos and temple oranges, 2,400,000 boxes at 90-lb (41-kg). There are about 50 processing plants in Florida where citrus fruits are processed into canned or chilled juice, frozen or pasteurized concentrate, or canned fruit sections. Production of frozen concentrate orange juice totaled 195.4 million gallons in 2002. Stock feed made from peel, pulp, and seeds is an important byproduct of the citrus-processing industry; annual production is nearly 1 million tons. Other citrus byproducts are citrus molasses, D-limonene, alcohol, wines, preserves, and citrus seed oil.

Florida is the country's second leading producer of vegetables. Vegetable farming is concentrated in central and southern Florida, especially in the area south of Lake Okeechobee, where drainage of the Everglades left exceptionally rich soil. In 2004, Florida farmers harvested 15,120,000 hundredweight of tomatoes; they sold 9,246,000 hundredweight of potatoes. Florida's tomato and vegetable growers, who had at one time enjoyed a near-monopoly of the US winter vegetable market, began in the 1990s to face increasing competition from Mexican growers, whose lower-priced produce had captured about half the market by 1995. About two-thirds of all farm laborers are hired hands.

Florida's major field crop is sugarcane (mostly grown near Lake Okeechobee), which enjoyed a sizable production increase in the 1960s and 1970s, following the cutoff of imports from Cuba. In 2004, Florida's sugarcane production was 14,255,000 tons. Florida's second-largest field crop is peanuts (364,000,000 lb/165,400,000 kg in 2004), followed by cotton, hay, corn, tobacco, soybeans, and wheat. Florida leads the nation in the production of watermelons. Greenhouse and nursery products were valued at over $1.6 billion in 2004, 23.8% of farm receipts.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Florida is an important cattle-raising state. Receipts from cattle and calves in 2004 totaled $443.1 million, or 6.5% of total farm receipts. The Kissimmee Plain, north of Lake Okeechobee, is the largest grazing area. In 2005, Florida had an estimated 1.74 million cattle and calves valued at an estimated $1.4 billion. During 2004, Florida had an estimated 20,000 hogs and pigs valued at around $2.3 million. An estimated 2.8 billion eggs were produced in 2003, worth $145.1 million. Florida had an estimated 142,000 milk cows in 2003 that produced around 2.2 billion lb (1 billion kg) of milk. Also during 2003, Florida poultry farmers produced 511.3 million lb (232.4 million kg) of broilers, valued at $178.9 million.

FISHING

In 2004, Florida's total commercial fish catch was 124.5 million lb (56.6 million kg), worth $190.6 million. About 66% of the volume and 76% of the value came from fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The remainder was from Atlantic waters. The most important commercial species of shellfish are shrimp, spiny lobster, and crabs. Gulf coast shrimp landings totaled 18.2 million lb (8.2 million kg) in 2004. Valuable finfish species include grouper, swordfish, and snapper. Florida's commercial fishing fleet had 4,438 boats and 1,934 vessels in 2002. In 2003, Florida had 376 processing and wholesale plants with an average 4,745 employees.

Florida's extensive shoreline and numerous inland waterways make sport fishing a major recreational activity. Both freshwater and saltwater fishing are important sports. Tarpon, sailfish, and redfish are some of the major saltwater sport species; largemouth bass, panfish, sunfish, catfish, and perch are leading freshwater sport fish. Florida had 1,296,328 sport fishing license holders in 2004.

FORESTRY

About 47% of Florida's land area—16,285,000 acres (6,590,000 hectares)—was forested in 2003, when the state had about 2.2% of all forested land in the United States. A total of 4,016,000 acres (1,625,000 hectares) was owned by the forest industry. The most common tree is the pine, which occurs throughout the state but is most abundant in the north.

Florida's logging industry is concentrated in the northern part of the state. The most important forestry product is pulpwood for paper manufacturing. Lumber production in 2004 was 1.07 billion board feet, mostly softwoods, accounting for 2.2% of US production.

Four national forests—Apalachicola, Ocala, Osceola, and Choctawhatchee—covering 1,434,000 acres (580,000 hectares) are located in Florida. State forests covered 1,403,000 acres (568,000 hectares) in 2003. Three of the main activities of state forests are forest management, outdoor recreation, and wildlife management.

Virtually all of Florida's natural forest had been cleared by the mid-20th century; the forests existing today are thus almost entirely the result of reforestation. Since 1928, more than 5.6 billion seedlings have been planted in the state.

MINING

According to US Geological Survey data, Florida's total nonfuel mineral production in 2004 was valued at $2.32 billion, up 12.1% from 2003, making the state fourth among the 50 states in the production, by value, of all nonfuel minerals and over 5% of all US output in 2004.

In 2004, Florida led the nation in phosphate rock mining, producing more than six times as much as the next ranking state. By value, the state's top five nonfuel minerals that same year were (in descending value) phosphate rock, crushed stone, cement (port-land and masonry) construction sand and gravel, and zirconium concentrates. These five commodities accounted for approximately 94% of all nonfuel mineral output, by value. Florida is also the only state that produces rutile concentrates and staurolite.

Output of crushed stone in 2004 totaled 105 million metric tons and was valued at $675 million, while output of portland cement totaled 5.23 million metric tons and was valued at an estimated $432 million. Construction sand and gravel that same year totaled 29.3 million metric tons and was valued at $146 million.

ENERGY AND POWER

As of 2003, Florida had 54 electrical power service providers, of which 32 were publicly owned and 16 were cooperatives. Of the remainder, 5 were investor owned, and 1 was an owner of an independent generator that sold directly to customers. As of that same year there were 8,732,766 retail customers. Of that total, 6,649,226 received their power from investor-owned service providers. Cooperatives accounted for 887,981 customers, while publicly owned providers had 1,195,476 customers. There were 83 independent generator, or "facility" customers.

Total net summer generating capability by the state's electrical generating plants in 2003 stood at 49.418 million kW, with total production that same year at 212.610 billion kWh. Of the total amount generated, 88.4% came from electric utilities, with the remainder coming from independent producers and combined heat and power service providers. The largest portion of all electric power generated, 68.293 billion kWh (32.1%), came from natural gas-fired plants, with coal-fired plants in second place at 67.674 billion kWh (31.8%) and petroleum-fired plants in third at 37.204 billion kWh (17.5%). Other renewable power sources accounted for 2.7% of all power generated, with nuclear plants at 14.6%. Hydroelectric power accounted for only 0.1% of power generated.

As of 2006, Florida had three nuclear power-generating plants: the Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County; the St. Lucie plant near Fort Pierce; and the Turkey Point nuclear power station near Miami, in Dade County.

Although Florida produces some oil and natural gas, it is a net importer of energy resources. Its mild climate and abundant sunshine offer great potential for solar energy development, but this potential has not been extensively exploited.

As of 2004, Florida had proven crude oil reserves of 65 million barrels, or less than 1% of all proven US reserves, while output that same year averaged 8,000 barrels per day. Including federal offshore domains, the state that year ranked 16th (15th excluding federal offshore) in proven reserves and 20th (19th excluding federal offshore) in production among the 31 producing states. In 2004, Florida had 70 producing oil wells and accounted for less than 1% of all US production. The state has no refineries.

In 2004, Florida's marketed gas production (all gas produced excluding gas used for repressuring, vented and flared, and non-hydrocarbon gases removed) totaled 3.123 billion cu ft (0.088 billion cu m). As of 31 December 2004, proven reserves of dry or consumer-grade natural gas in 2004 totaled 78 billion cu ft (2.2 billion cu m). There was no data available on the number of producing natural gas and gas condensate wells in the state.

INDUSTRY

Florida is not a center of heavy industry, and many of its manufacturing activities are related to agriculture and exploitation of natural resources. Leading industries include food processing, electric and electronic equipment, transportation equipment, and chemicals. Nearly 20% of the nation's boat manufacturers are also located in the state. Electric components are primarily manufactured in three east coast counties (Brevard, Palm Beach, and Broward), where about half of the state's electronic component workers reside. Since the perfection of the laser by Martin-Marietta in Orlando in the 1950s, the greater Orlando area has grown to have the third-highest concentration of electro-optics and laser manufacturers in the United States.

The cigar-making industry, traditionally important in Florida, has declined considerably with changes in taste and the cutoff of tobacco imports from Cuba. In the late 1930s, the Tampa area alone had well over 100 cigar factories, employing some 10,000 people. However, by 1997 the number of people employed in the state's cigar-making industry had shrunk to 1,581.

According to the US Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) for 2004, Florida's manufacturing sector covered some 21 product subsectors. The shipment value of all products manufactured in the state that same year was $84.301 billion. Of that total, computer and electronic product manufacturing accounted for the largest share at $13.383 billion. It was followed by food manufacturing at $10.457 billion; chemical manufacturing at $8.520 billion; miscellaneous manufacturing at $6.491 billion; and fabricated metal product manufacturing at $5.994 billion.

In 2004, a total of 354,186 people in Florida were employed in the state's manufacturing sector, according to the ASM. Of that total, 232,136 were actual production workers. In terms of total employment, the computer and electronic product manufacturing industry accounted for the largest portion of all manufacturing employees at 46,769, with 19,562 actual production workers. It was followed by fabricated metal product manufacturing at 40,714 employees (31,091 actual production workers); transportation equipment manufacturing at 31,121 employees (21,016 actual production workers); miscellaneous manufacturing at 30,607 employees (17,028 actual production workers); and food manufacturing with 30,585 employees (21,516 actual production workers).

ASM data for 2004 showed that Florida's manufacturing sector paid $13.967 billion in wages. Of that amount, the computer-and electronic product-manufacturing sector accounted for the largest share at $2.547 billion. It was followed by fabricated metal product manufacturing at $1.382 billion; miscellaneous manufacturing at $1.318 billion; transport equipment manufacturing at $1.180 billion; and food manufacturing at $1.055 billion.

COMMERCE

According to the 2002 Census of Wholesale Trade, Florida's wholesale trade sector had sales that year totaling $219.4 billion from 31,332 establishments. Wholesalers of durable goods accounted for 19,158 establishments, followed by nondurable goods wholesalers at 10,024 and electronic markets, agents, and brokers accounting for 2,150 establishments. Sales by durable goods wholesalers in 2002 totaled $104.8 billion, while wholesalers of nondurable goods saw sales of $83.9 billion. Electronic markets, agents, and brokers in the wholesale trade industry had sales of $30.6 billion.

In the 2002 Census of Retail Trade, Florida was listed as having 69,543 retail establishments with sales of $191.8 billion. The leading types of retail businesses by number of establishments were: clothing and clothing accessories stores (11,360); food and beverage stores (8,276); miscellaneous store retailers (8,141); motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts dealers (7,913); and gasoline stations (6,544). In terms of sales, motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts stores accounted for the largest share of retail sales at $54.8 billion, followed by food and beverage stores at $27.6 billion; general merchandise stores at $26.7 billion; and gasoline stations at $13.4 billion. A total of 902,760 people were employed by the retail sector in Florida that year.

The value of all exports sent from Florida was over $33.3 billion in 2005, ranking the state eighth in the nation. Duty-free goods for reshipment abroad pass through Port Everglades, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Panama City, all free-trade zones established to bring international commerce to the state. Imports, including motor vehicles, apparel, aircraft and spacecraft, and machinery came primarily from Japan, Germany, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.

CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Division of Consumer Services, a division of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is the state's clearinghouse for consumer complaints and information and performs the initial review under the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act—the so-called Lemon Law. The Division also regulates ballroom dance studios, charitable organizations, health studios, motor vehicle repair shops, pawnshops, sellers of travel, sellers of business opportunities and telemarketers, and maintains the state's No Sales Solicitation Calls list. The Florida Consumers' Council advises the commissioner of agriculture on consumer issues.

The public counsel to the Public Service Commission (PSC), appointed by a joint committee of the legislature, represents the public interest in commission hearings on utility rates and other regulations. The public counsel can also seek judicial review of PSC rulings, and may appear before other state and federal bodies on the public's behalf in utility and transportation matters.

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation oversees pari-mutuel betting; land sales; the operations of condominiums, cooperative apartments, hotels, and restaurants; professions and professional boards; real estate; certified public accounting; and the regulation and licensing of alcoholic beverage and tobacco sales.

In 1983, the state legislature enacted the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, which forces automobile dealers to replace new cars or refund the purchase price if the cars are in constant need of repairs.

Florida's Office of the Attorney General is the enforcement authority for the state's consumer protection activities as per Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. Under that law, the state's Attorney General's Office can initiate civil (but not criminal) proceedings; nor can it represent the state before state and federal regulatory agencies. The Office can administer consumer protection and education programs, and the handling of consumer complaints, and does have broad subpoena powers. In antitrust actions, the Attorney General's Office: can act on behalf of those consumers who are incapable of acting on their own; can initiate damage actions on behalf of the state in state courts; can initiate criminal proceedings; and can represent counties, cities and other governmental entities in recovering civil damages under state or federal law.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, along with the Office of the Attorney General, its Economic Crimes Division and its Multi-State Litigation and Intergovernmental Affairs office are located in Tallahassee. Regional offices are located in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach. County consumer protection offices are located in Clear-water, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New Port Richey, Orlando, Tampa and West Palm Beach.

BANKING

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Banking, has regulatory and supervisory authority over state-chartered financial institutions in Florida, including commercial banks and nondeposit trust companies, credit unions, savings associations, offices of foreign banks operating in Florida, and money transmitters. The Florida Department of Financial Services also has regulatory and supervisory authority over mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders, consumer finance companies, motor vehicle sales finance companies, commercial and consumer debt collection agencies, cemeteries, and abandoned property.

As of June 2005, Florida had 293 insured banks, savings and loans, and saving banks, plus 97 state-chartered and 125 federally chartered credit unions (CUs). Excluding the CUs, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach market area had 118 financial institutions in 2004, with $138.101 billion in deposits, followed by the Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater area with 65 institutions and $42.620 billion in deposits. As of June 2005, CUs accounted for 22% of all assets held by all financial institutions in the state, or some $37.121 billion. Banks, savings and loans, and savings banks collectively accounted for the remaining 78%, or $131.430 billion in assets held.

International banking grew in Florida during the late 1970s and early 1980s with the establishment of the Edge Act banks in Miami. Located close to Central and South America, with a bilingual population, Florida (especially Miami) has become a Latin American banking center. Many banks in Miami have headquarters outside Florida and engage exclusively in international banking.

In 2004, the median net interest margin (the difference between the lower rates offered to savers and the higher rates charged on loans) of Florida's banks stood at 3.99%, up from 3.97% in 2003. The median percentage of past-due/nonaccrual loans to total loans stood at 0.56%, down from 0.83% in 2003.

INSURANCE

In 2004, there were 8 million individual life insurance policies in force with a total value of over $724 billion; total value for all categories of life insurance (individual, group, and credit) was over $1 trillion. The average coverage amount is $90,100 per policy holder. Death benefits paid that year totaled over $3.4 billion.

In 2003, 19 life and health insurance companies and 111 property and casualty insurance companies were domiciled in Florida. In 2004, direct premiums for property and casualty insurance totaled $32.3 billion. That year, Florida ranked first in the nation in flood insurance, with 1.87 million flood insurance policies in force, with a total value of over $315.7 billion, accounting for about 42% of the national total. About $206 billion of coverage was offered through FAIR plans, which are designed to offer coverage for some natural circumstances, such as wind and hail, in high-risk areas.

In 2004, 47% of state residents held employment-based health insurance policies, 5% held individual policies, and 27% were covered under Medicare and Medicaid; 19% of residents were uninsured. Florida tied with four other states for the fourth-highest percentage of uninsured residents in the nation. In 2003, employee contributions for employment-based health coverage averaged at 21% for single coverage and 30% for family coverage. For family coverage, an average 30% employee-contribution rate is one of the highest in the country. The state offers an 18-month health benefits expansion program for small-firm employees in connection with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA, 1986), a health insurance program for those who lose employment-based coverage due to termination or reduction of work hours.

In 2003, there were over 10 million auto insurance policies in effect for private passenger cars. Required minimum coverage includes property damage liability of $10,000 and personal injury protection. In 2003, the average expenditure per vehicle for insurance coverage was $1,015.11, the fifth-highest average in the nation.

The insurance industry is regulated by the state's Department of Insurance.

SECURITIES

No securities exchanges are located in Florida. In 2005, there were 8,870 personal financial advisers employed in the state and 17,740 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. In 2004, there were over 576 publicly traded companies within the state, with over 160 NASDAQ companies, 73 NYSE listings, and 35 AMEX listings. In 2006, the state had 14 Fortune 500 companies; Publix Supermarkets (based in Lakeland) ranked first in the state and 104th in the nation with revenues of over $20.7 billion, followed by Tech Data (Clearwater), AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale), Office Depot (Delray Beach), and Lennar (Miami). Tech Data is listed on NASDAQ and the other four companies are listed on the NYSE.

PUBLIC FINANCE

The Office of Planning and Budget of the governor's office prepares and submits to the legislature the budget for each fiscal year (FY), which runs from 1 July to 30 June. The largest expenditure items are education, health and social concerns, general government, and transportation. By prohibiting borrowing to finance operating expenses, Florida's constitution requires a balanced budget.

The issuance of state bonds is overseen by the State Board of Administration, which consists of the governor, the state treasurer, and the comptroller. Three principal types of bonds are issued. The first consists of bonds backed by the "full faith and credit" of the state and payable from general revenue. Issuance of such bonds generally requires voter approval. The second type consists of revenue bonds, payable from income derived from the capital project financed, for example, from bridge or highway tolls. The third type consists of bonds payable from a constitutionally specified source, for example, higher education bonds backed by the state gross receipts tax, or elementary and secondary education bonds backed by the motor vehicle license tax.

In fiscal year 2006, general funds were estimated at $30.3 billion for resources and $26.8 billion for expenditures. In fiscal year 2004, federal government grants to Florida were nearly $19.6 billion.

In the fiscal year 2007 federal budget, Florida was slated to receive: $233 million, an increase of $12 million over 2006, for activities that will benefit the ecosystem of South Florida including the Everglades, while supporting future population growth. This includes $48 million to move forward with the Modified Water Delivery project, which will allow more water to pass under Tamiami Trail (US Highway 41) and enter Everglades National Park. Under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Army Corps of Engineers work on seepage control north and south of Tamiami Trail, the Kissimmee River, and aquifer storage and recovery pilot projects will also be a priority; $10 million to replace the air traffic control tower at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach.

TAXATION

In 2005, Florida collected $33,895 million in tax revenues or $1,905 per capita, which placed it 37th among the 50 states in per capita tax burden. The national average was $2,192 per capita. Property taxes accounted for 0.9% of the total: sales taxes, 56.2%; selective sales taxes, 19.0%; corporate income taxes, 5.3%; and other taxes, 18.7%.

As of 1 January 2006, Florida had no state income tax, a distinction it shared with Alaska, Wyoming, Washington, Nevada, Texas, and South Dakota. The state taxes corporations at a flat rate of 5.5%.

In 2004, state and local property taxes amounted to $18,500,291,000 or $1,064 per capita. The per capita amount ranks the state 19th highest nationally. Local governments collected $18,223,505,000 of the total and the state government, $276,786,000.

Florida taxes retail sales at a rate of 6%. In addition to the state tax, local taxes on retail sales can reach as much as 1.50%, making for a potential total tax on retail sales of 7.50%. Food purchased for consumption off-premises is tax exempt. The tax on cigarettes is 33.9 cents per pack, which ranks 44th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Florida taxes gasoline at 14.9 cents per gallon. This is in addition to the 18.4 cents per gallon federal tax on gasoline.

According to the Tax Foundation, for every federal tax dollar sent to Washington in 2004, Florida citizens received $1.02 in federal spending.

ECONOMIC POLICY

In the late 1990s, Florida intensified its efforts to attract high-tech, high-wage industries such as silicon technologies and aviation/aerospace industries. Florida became the first state in the nation to close its Department of Commerce. All of the state's economic development and international trade strategies are now handled through a partnership of business and government, Enterprise Florida. This new approach calls for collaboration among leaders in government, business, and academia. Enterprise Florida and its regional and local partner organizations provide a statewide network of business assistance resources in the areas of capital acquisition, technology commercialization, manufacturing competitiveness, training, minority and rural business development, incentives, site selection, permitting, and trade development. Through buying blocks of discounting tickets, arranging for bargain airfares, setting up meetings with local business people, and providing a distinctive Florida booth, Enterprise Florida lowers the cost of attending trade shows for Florida exporters. Promoting Florida exports has been a major concern of recent economic policy. The International Trade and Business Development unit of Enterprise Florida is based in Miami with 6 field offices in the state and 14 international offices, including ones in Frankfurt, Germany; London, England; Taipei, Republic of China; Toronto, Canada; Seoul, South Korea; Mexico City, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Florida has 14 deep-water commercial seaports; 5 barge ports; 9 major shallow-water ports; 4 river ports; and 16 customs ports of entry. As of 2006, 20 Free Trade Zones (FTZs) had been designated, all located at or near seaports and international airports. Value-added in the FTZs is not subject to US customs duties unless processed goods are imported for sale in the domestic market.

HEALTH

Reflecting the age distribution of the state's population, Florida has a relatively low birthrate and a high death rate. The infant mortality rate in October 2005 was estimated at 7.1 per 1,000 live births. The birthrate in 2003 was 12.5 per 1,000 population. The abortion rate stood at 31.9 per 1,000 women in 2000. In 2003, about 85.5% of pregnant woman received prenatal care beginning in the first trimester. In 2004, approximately 89% of children received routine immunizations before the age of three; this represented one of the highest immunization rates in the country.

The crude death rate in 2003 was 9.9 deaths per 1,000 population. As of 2002, the death rates for major causes of death (per 100,000 resident population) were: heart disease, 294.6; cancer, 234.2; cerebrovascular diseases, 61.4; chronic lower respiratory diseases, 54.2; and diabetes, 27.4. The mortality rate from HIV infection was 10.3 per 100,000 population, representing the third-highest rate in the nation (following the District of Columbia and Maryland). In 2004, the reported AIDS case rate was about 33.5 per 100,000 population, representing the third-highest rate in the nation (following the District of Columbia and New York). In 2002, about 53.9% of the population was considered overweight or obese. As of 2004, about 20.1% of state residents were smokers.

In 2003, Florida had 203 community hospitals with about 50,700 beds. There were about 2.2 million patient admissions that year and 22 million outpatient visits. The average daily inpatient census was about 32,800 patients. The average cost per day for hospital care was $1,387. Also in 2003, there were about 693 certified nursing facilities in the state with 82,546 beds and an overall occupancy rate of about 87.2%. In 2004, it was estimated that about 68.2% of all state residents had received some type of dental care within the year. Florida had 258 physicians per 100,000 resident population in 2004 and 780 nurses per 100,000 in 2005. In 2004, there were a total of 9,072 dentists in the state.

In 2004, Florida tied with Pennsylvania and Arkansas for the third-highest percentage of residents on Medicare at 17% (following West Virginia and Maine). Approximately 19% of the state population was uninsured in 2004. In 2003, state health care expenditures totaled $15.3 million.

SOCIAL WELFARE

In 2004, about 300,000 people received unemployment benefits, with the average weekly unemployment benefit at $223. In fiscal year 2005, the estimated average monthly participation in the food stamp program included about 1,381,804 persons (657,576 households); the average monthly benefit was about $96.37 per person. That year, the total of benefits paid through the state for the food stamp program was about $1.59 billion.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the system of federal welfare assistance that officially replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1997, was reauthorized through the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. TANF is funded through federal block grants that are divided among the states based on an equation involving the number of recipients in each state. Florida's TANF program is called the Welfare Transition Program. In 2004, the state program had 116,000 recipients; state and federal expenditures on this TANF program totaled $293 million in fiscal year 2003.

In December 2004, Social Security benefits were paid to 3,381,970 Floridians. This number included 2,294,180 retired workers, 297,870 widows and widowers, 377,030 disabled workers, 178,720 spouses, and 234,170 children. Social Security beneficiaries represented 19.5% of the total state population and 85.6% of the state's population age 65 and older. Retired workers received an average monthly payment of $951; widows and widowers, $924; disabled workers, $895; and spouses, $472. Payments for children of retired workers averaged $453 per month; children of deceased workers, $613; and children of disabled workers, $267. Federal Supplemental Security Income payments in December 2004 went to 412,970 Florida residents, averaging $395 a month. An additional $755,000 of state-administered supplemental payments were distributed to 14,800 residents.

HOUSING

Florida's housing market fluctuated widely in the 1970s and early 1980s. During the mid-1970s recession, home buying dropped of markedly and much newly completed housing could not be sold. By late in the decade, however, the unused housing stock had been depleted and a new building boom was under way. The number of housing units in Florida increased 73.2% between 1970 and 1980, but only by 39.4% between 1980 and 1990. As of 2004, an estimated 29.8% of all housing units had been built in 1990 or later; only 2.5% were built before 1940.

In 2004, there were an estimated 8,009,427 housing units in Florida, ranking the state third in the nation for total number of housing units (after California and Texas). About 6,819,280 of the units were occupied; 70.5% were owner occupied. About 53.3% of all units were single-family, detached homes; 12.3% were in buildings with 20 units or more; and about 10.4% were mobile homes. It was estimated that about 305,291 units were without telephone service, 19,379 lacked complete plumbing facilities, and 26,983 lacked complete kitchen facilities. Over 76% of all units relied on electricity for heating; about 1,845 units were equipped for solar-power heating. The average household had 2.49 members.

In 2004, 255,900 new privately owned housing units were authorized for construction. Multifamily housing ranges from beachfront luxury high rises along the Gold Coast to dilapidated residential hotels in the South Beach section of Miami Beach. The median home value was $149,291. The median monthly cost for mortgage owners was $1,143, while renters paid a median of $766 per month. In September 2005, the state received a grant of $150,000 from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for rural housing and economic development programs. For 2006, HUD allocated to the state over $29.2 million in community development block grants. Also in 2006, HUD offered an additional $82.9 million to the state in emergency funds to rebuild housing that was destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in late 2005.

The Division of Florida Land Sales and Condominiums, within the Department of Business Regulation, registers all sellers of subdivided land and oversees the advertising and selling of land, condominiums, and cooperatives. A major controversy involving condominiums in the early 1970s centered on "rec leases." Until the practice was outlawed in mid-decade, condominium developers often retained ownership of such recreational facilities as the swimming pool, clubhouse, and tennis courts, requiring apartment purchasers to pay rent for their use. The rents were generally set quite low at the time of sale, but raised sharply soon after.

EDUCATION

In the 1970s, Florida was an innovator in several areas of education, including competency testing, expansion of community colleges, and school finance reform. Further advances were made in 1983 and 1984, when the state increased taxes to help fund education, raised teachers' salaries, initiated the nation's strictest high school graduation requirements, and reformed the curriculum.

Student achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics is measured by national norm-referenced tests selected at the district level, and by the High School Competency Test (HSCT), measuring communication and math skills of 11th grade students. In 2004, 85.9% of Floridians 25 years of age or older were high school graduates; 26% had four or more years of college.

The total enrollment for fall 2002 in Florida's public schools stood at 2,540,000. Of these, 1,809,000 attended schools from kindergarten through grade eight, and 731,000 attended high school. Approximately 51.3% of the students were white, 24.3% were black, 22.1% were Hispanic, 2% were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.3% were American Indian/Alaskan Native. Total enrollment was estimated at 2,567,000 in fall 2003 and expected to be 2,790,000 by fall 2014, an increase of 9.9% during the period 2002 to 2014. There were 323,766 students enrolled in 1,803 private schools in fall 2003. Expenditures for public education in 2003/04 were estimated at $2.9 billion or $6,784 per student. Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has tested public school students nationwide. The resulting report, The Nation's Report Card, stated that in 2005 eighth graders in Florida scored 274 out of 500 in mathematics compared with the national average of 278.

As of fall 2002, there were 776,622 students enrolled in college or graduate school; minority students comprised 37.4% of total postsecondary enrollment. As of 2005, Florida had 169 degree-granting institutions. Of Florida's state universities, the largest is the University of Florida (Gainesville). Also part of the state university system are special university centers, such as the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, which provide advanced and graduate courses. The State University System also offers instruction at strategic sites away from the regular campuses. In 1972, Florida completed a community college system that put a public two-year college within commuting distance of virtually every resident. Of Florida's 90 private four-year institutions of higher education, by far the largest is the University of Miami (Coral Gables).

The policy-making body for the state university system is the Board of Regents; the chancellor is the system's chief administrative officer. Florida's school finance law, the Florida Education Finance Act of 1973, establishes a funding formula aimed at equalizing both per-pupil spending statewide and the property tax burdens of residents of different school districts.

ARTS

The State of Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) was established in 1969. The Florida Arts Council (previously the Fine Arts Council of Florida) serves in an advisory capacity to the DCA. The DCA has a partnership with the Southern Arts Federation. The DCA also coordinates a touring program, a public art program that acquires artwork for new state buildings, an arts license plate program, and the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, which includes such luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Charles, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Robert Rauschenberg. In 2005, Florida arts organizations received 56 grant awards from the National Endowment of the Arts that totaled $1,691,800.

The Florida Humanities Council, established in 1973, sponsors grant programs, a speakers bureau the Florida Center for Teachers, and FORUM, a statewide magazine about Florida culture. In 2005, the National Endowment for the Humanities supported 24 Florida based programs with grants totaling $2,722,345.

Florida is home to a vibrant and diverse cultural community. Florida ranks near the top nationally in state funding for culture and the arts. Cultural organizations thrive in virtually every county and include museums, galleries, symphonies, dance and opera companies, and literary organizations. Offerings range from the Miami Book Fair International at one end of the state, to the widely renowned Jacksonville Jazz Festival, to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola at the other end. Key West has long been a gathering place for creative artists, ranging from John James Audubon and Winslow Homer to Ernest Hemingway and Tennessee Williams.

Regional and metropolitan symphony orchestras include the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra (Fort Lauderdale), Florida Orchestra (Tampa), Jacksonville Symphony, and Florida West Coast Symphony (Sarasota). Opera companies include the Florida Grand Opera (Miami) and the Sarasota Opera. The four state theater companies are the Caldwell Theatre Company (Boca Raton), Hippodrome State Theatre (Gainesville), Coconut Grove Playhouse (Miami), and the Asolo Theatre Company (Sarasota). The annual Florida International Festival (FIF), established in 1966, features world-renowned artists in music and dance. The London Symphony Orchestra, which has a summer residency in Daytona Beach, provides an annual concert series for the FIF and the city. In 2005 the London Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Florida is also home to premier museums and performing arts halls, such as the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota), the Norton Gallery (West Palm Beach), the Miami Art Museum, Orlando Museum of Art, Philharmonic Center for the Arts (Naples), Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach).

Truly unique cultural institutions also located in Florida include Fairchild Tropical Garden (Miami), the Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach), and Bok Tower Gardens (Lake Wales), which as of 2006, still had a working carillon, a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers and controlled from a keyboard.

LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

For the fiscal year ending in September 2001, Florida had 72 public library systems, with a total of 473 libraries, of which 417 were branches. In that same year, a total of 29,826,000 volumes of books and serial publications were available, while circulation totaled 81,334,000. The system also had 1,317,000 audio and 1,200,000 video items, 65,000 electronic format items (CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, and disks), and 32 bookmobiles. The largest public library systems are those of Miami-Dade County (3,886,852 volumes in 1999) and Jacksonville (2,351,104 volumes). The State Library in Tallahassee housed 661,849 volumes. The State Library also distributes federal aid to local libraries and provides other assistance. In fiscal year 2001, total operating income for the public library system was $383,109,000. For that same year, federal aid to Florida's public libraries totaled $2,988,000, while state aid to public libraries was $34,696,000. Operating expenditures that year amounted to $350,251,000, of which 58.9% of spending was on the staff and 17% on the collection. The largest university library in the state is that of the University of Florida, with holdings of more than 3.4 million volumes in 1999. Other major university libraries are those of the University of Miami and Florida State University (2.2 million each).

Florida has about 278 museums, galleries, and historical sites, as well as numerous public gardens. One of the best-known museums is the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art (Sarasota), a state owned facility which houses the collection of the late circus entrepreneur, featuring Italian and North European Renaissance paintings. Also in Sarasota are the Ringling Museum of the Circus and the Circus Hall of Fame, and Ca'd'Zan, the Ringling mansion. The estates and homes of a number of prominent former Florida residents are now open as museums. The Villa Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, originally the estate of International Harvester founder James R. Deering, displays his collection of 15th-18th-century antiques. Railroad developer Henry Morrison Flagler's home in Palm Beach is now a museum in his name. The Society of the Four Arts is also in Palm Beach. On Key West, Ernest Hemingway's home is also a museum. The John James Audubon house in Key West and Thomas Edison's house in Ft. Myers are two of Florida's other great homes.

The Metrozoo-Miami, with an average annual attendance of 650,000, and the Jacksonville Zoological park, 522,000, are among the state's leading zoos. Both Busch Gardens (Tampa) and Sea World of Florida (Orlando) report average annual attendances of over 3,000,000.

The largest historic restoration in Florida is in St. Augustine, where several blocks of the downtown area have been restored to their 18th-century likeness under the auspices of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board, a state agency. Castillo de San Marcos, the 17th-century Spanish fort at St. Augustine, is now a national monument under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and is open to the public. Other Florida cities having historic preservation boards are Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Tampa.

COMMUNICATIONS

As of 2004, 93.4% of the state's occupied housing units had telephones. In addition, by June of that same year there were 11,916,615 mobile wireless telephone subscribers. In 2003, 61.0% of Florida households had a computer and 55.6% had Internet access. By June 2005, there were 2,979,706 high-speed lines in Florida, 2,602,957 residential and 376,749 for business.

Florida's first radio station was WFAW (later WQAM) in Miami, which went on the air in 1920. In 2005, the state had 66 major AM stations and 145 major FM radio stations. Miami was also the site of the state's first television station, WTVJ, which began broadcasting on 27 January 1949. Film and television production in Florida is a billion-dollar per year industry with over 5,000 production companies providing more than 100,000 jobs. There were 62 major TV stations in Florida in 2005.

In 1999, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota area had 1,485,980 television households, 74% of which had cable. The Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne area had a 77% penetration rate for cable in television-owning households. At West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce, 85% of television households had cable. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area had 1,441,570 television households, with a 73% penetration rate for cable. A total of 471,645 Internet domain names were registered in Florida by 2000, the fourth-most of any state.

PRESS

The East Florida Gazette, published in St. Augustine in 1783–84, was Florida's earliest newspaper. The oldest paper still publishing is the Jacksonville Times-Union (now Florida Times-Union ), which first appeared in February 1883.

In 2005, the state had 38 morning papers, 3 evening papers, and 37 Sunday papers.

The leading English-language dailies and their circulations in 2005 were:

Spanish language newspapers include Diario Las Americas and El Nuevo Herald, both published in Miami with circulations under 100,000. In 2005, there were 166 weekly publications in Florida. Of these there are 72 paid weeklies, 62 free weeklies, and 32 combined weeklies. The total circulation of paid weeklies (582,448) and free weeklies (1,726,985) is 2,309,433. Two Florida combined weeklies ranked fifth and sixth by circulation in the United States, Melbourne's Times (51,300) and East Pasco's News (50,725), respectively. Two Florida shopping publications ranked fifth and eighth in the United States, the Miami Flyer (1,256,294) and the Tampa Flyer (870,656), respectively.

The most widely read periodical published in Florida is the sensationalist National Enquirer. There were 11 book publishers in Florida in 2005, including DC Press and University Presses of Florida.

ORGANIZATIONS

In 2006, there were over 12,860 nonprofit organizations registered within the state, of which about 9,430 were registered as charitable, educational, or religious organizations. Commercial, trade, and professional organizations based in Florida include the American Accounting Association (Sarasota), American Welding Society (Miami), American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (Winter Park), Florida Citrus Mutual (Lakeland), the International Songwriters Guild (Orlando), and Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association (Orlando).

Sports groups include the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), USA Waterski, International Game Fish Association, and International Swimming Hall of Fame. The American Association for Nude Recreation is based in Kissimmee.

The Academy of Arts and Sciences of the Americas and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts are located in Miami. State and regional organizations for the arts include the Florida Cultural Alliance, the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, and the Jazz Society of Pensacola. State organizations for the environment include the Florida Wildlife Federation and Friends of the Everglades.

The world headquarters of campus Crusade for Christ is located in Orlando.

TOURISM, TRAVEL, AND RECREATION

Tourism is a mainstay of the state's economy. Most of Florida's tourists are from elsewhere in the United States although Miami also attracts large numbers of affluent Latin American travelers, lured at least in part by the Latin flavor the large Cuban community has given the city. In 2005, there were about 85 million visitors to the state.

Supporting the industry is VISIT FLORIDA, a public and private partnership organization established in 1996 in cooperation with the Florida Commission on Tourism. A portion of the funding for the organization comes from the state's $2.05 per day rental car surcharge. Most funding comes from the private sector.

In 2005, over 944,000 Floridians worked directly in tourist-and recreation-related businesses, which generated over $57 billion. The state ranks second in the nation in the number of travel and tourism employees. More than half of all hotels were located in Dade County, where hotels and other tourist accommodations stretch for miles along Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, in the heart of the state's tourist industry.

Florida's biggest tourist attractions are its sun, sand, and surf. According to the state's Department of Commerce, leisure-time activity is the principal reason why more than four-fifths of auto travelers enter the state. Major tourist attractions include Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and Sea World Orlando. Other major attractions are the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and the St. Augustine historic district.

Nine parks and other facilities in Florida operated by the National Park Service, including Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park, draw millions of visitors annually. The most popular destination is the Gulf Islands National Seashore, located near Pensacola, followed by the Canaveral National Seashore. Approximately 110 facilities are operated by the Division of Recreation and Parks of the state's Department of Natural Resources. These facilities include 28 state parks, 28 state recreation areas, and 18 state historical sites. Fishing and boating are major recreational activities at these sites. Florida has more waterparks than anywhere else in the United States: Adventure Island in Tampa; Water Mania in Kissimmee; Disney's Blizzard Beach in Lake Buena Vista; and Wet 'N Wild in Orlando, to name a few.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Miami Beach tourist hotels faced increasing competition from Caribbean and Latin American resorts. The city's business community, seeking to boost tourism, strongly backed a 1978 statewide referendum to authorize casino gambling along part of Collins Avenue in Miami Beach and Hollywood; however, the proposal was defeated by a wide margin. In a local advisory referendum in March 1980, Miami Beach voters approved development in South Beach of an $850 million, 250-acre (100-hectare) complex that included hotels and a convention center. Off-track betting, horse racing (four thoroughbred racetracks and one harness racetrack), dog racing (18 greyhound tracks), jai alai (nine frontons), and bingo are all legalized and operative forms of gaming. NASCAR has a huge presence in Florida. The Richard Petty Driving Experience, where courses are offered on a real race course, is located in Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando. Major League Baseball has spring training in several Florida cities.

SPORTS

Florida has nine major professional sports teams: the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL); the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA); the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League; and the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of Major League Baseball. Two Women's National Basketball Association teams and two Major League Soccer teams folded or relocated in 2002. The Miami Heat won the NBA Championship in 2006. Of the football teams, the Dolphins have been by far the most successful, winning the Super Bowl in 1973 (following the NFL's only undefeated season) and 1974, and appearing in three other Super Bowls (in 1972, 1983, and 1985). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers captured a Super Bowl title in 2003, their first ever since joining the NFL in the 1970s. The Florida Marlins won the World Series in 1997 and 2003. Many Major League Baseball teams have their spring training camps in Florida and play exhibition games (in the "Grapefruit League") in the spring.

Several tournaments on both the men's and women's professional golf tours are played in Florida. In auto racing, the Daytona 500 is a top race on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit, and the Pennzoil 400 is run at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, while the 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the top sports car races in the world. Three of the major collegiate football bowl games are played in the state: the Orange Bowl in Miami, the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, and the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando.

In collegiate sports, football dominates. The University of Florida, Florida State, and the University of Miami all emerged as nationally ranked powerhouses in the 1980s and 1990s. Miami won the Orange Bowl in 1946, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1992, and 2004, the Sugar Bowl in 1990 and 2001; the Gator Bowl in 2000; and the Cotton Bowl in 1991. The Hurricanes were named national champions in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001. Florida State won the Orange Bowl in 1993, 1994, and 1996; the Sugar Bowl in 1989, 1998, and 2000; and the Cotton Bowl in 1992. The Seminoles were named national champions in 1993 and 1999. The University of Florida won the Orange Bowl in 1967, 1999, and 2002; the Gator Bowl in 1984 and 1993; the Florida Citrus Bowl in 1998; the Sugar Bowl in 1994; it defeated Florida State in the 1997 Sugar Bowl to win the national championship.

Other annual sporting events include rodeos in Arcadia and Kissimmee and the Pepsi 400 Auto Race in Daytona Beach. Emmitt Smith, Steve Carlton, Chris Evert, and Tracy McGrady were all born in the Sunshine State.

FAMOUS FLORIDIANS

The first Floridian to serve in a presidential cabinet was Alan S. Boyd (b.1922), named the first secretary of transportation (1967–69) by President Lyndon Johnson. Florida also produced one of the major US military figures of World War II, General Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883–1946), dubbed "Vinegar Joe" for his strongly stated opinions. Graduated from West Point in 1904, he served in France during World War I. First posted to China in the 1920s, he became chief of staff to General Chiang Kai-shek and commander of US forces in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. He was promoted to full general in 1944 but forced to leave China because of his criticism of the Chiang Kai-shek regime. Janet Reno (b.1938), attorney general of the United States in the Clinton administration, was born in Miami.

David Levy Yulee (b.St. Thomas, 1810–86) came to Florida in 1824 and, after serving in the US House of Representatives, was appointed one of the state's first two US senators in 1845, thereby becoming the first Jew to sit in the Senate. He resigned in 1861 to serve in the Confederate Congress. Yulee built the first cross-state railroad, from Fernandina to Cedar Key, in the late 1860s. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde (b.Illinois, 1885–1954), a longtime Miami resident and member of the US House of Representatives (1929–33), in 1933 became the first woman to head a US diplomatic office abroad when she was named minister to Denmark.

Prominent governors of Florida include Richard Keith Call (b.Virginia, 1792–1862), who came to Florida with General Andrew Jackson in 1821 and remained to become governor of the territory in 1826–39 and 1841–44. In the summer of 1836, Call commanded the US campaign against the Seminole. Although a southerner and a slaveholder, he steadfastly opposed secession. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857–1910) was, before becoming governor, a ship's pilot, and owner of St. Johns River boats. He used one of these, The Three Friends, a powerful seagoing tug, to run guns and ammunition to Cuban rebels in 1896. As governor (1905–09), he was noted for a populist program that included railroad regulation, direct elections, state college reorganization and coordination, and drainage of the Everglades under state auspices. As governor in 1955–61, Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909–91) met the desegregation issue by advocating moderation and respect for the law, helping the state avoid violent confrontations. He served as chairman of both the southern and national governors' conferences, and he was named by President Johnson as the first director of the Community Relations Service under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Military figures who have played a major role in Florida's history include the Spanish conquistadors Juan Ponce de León (c.1460–1521), the European discoverer of Florida, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–74), founder of the first permanent settlement, St. Augustine. Andrew Jackson (b.South Carolina, 1767–1845), a consistent advocate of US seizure of Florida, led military expeditions into the territory in 1814 and 1818 and, after US acquisition, served briefly in 1821 as Florida's military governor before leaving for Tennessee. During the Seminole War of 1835–42, one of the leading military tacticians was Osceola (c.1800–1838), who, although neither born a chief nor elected to that position, rose to the leadership of the badly divided Seminole by force of character and personality. He rallied them to fierce resistance to removal, making skillful use of guerrilla tactics. Captured under a flag of truce in 1837, he was imprisoned; already broken in health, he died in Fort Moultrie in Charleston harbor. During the Civil War, General Edmund Kirby Smith (1824–93), a native of St. Augustine who graduated from West Point in 1845, served as commander (1863–65) of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River. He surrendered the last of the southern forces at Galveston, Texas, on 26 May 1865.

Among the late-19th-century entrepreneurs who played significant roles in Florida's development, perhaps the most important was Henry Morrison Flagler (b.New York, 1830–1913). Flagler made a fortune in Ohio as an associate of John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Co. and did not even visit Florida until he was in his 50s. However, in the 1880s he began to acquire and build railroads down the length of Florida's east coast and to develop tourist hotels at various points, including St. Augustine, Palm Beach, and Miami, helping to create one of the state's major present-day industries. Henry Bradley Plant (b.Connecticut, 1819–99) did for Florida's west coast what Flagler did for the east. Plant extended railroad service to Tampa in 1884, built a huge tourist hotel there, developed the port facilities, and established steamship lines.

Among Floridians prominent in science was Dr. John F. Gorrie (b.South Carolina, 1802–55), who migrated to Apalachicola in 1833 and became a socially and politically prominent physician, specializing in the treatment of fevers. He blew air over ice brought in by ship from the north to cool the air in sickrooms, and he independently developed a machine to manufacture ice, only to have two others beat him to the patent office by days.

The noted labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) was a native of Crescent City. Mary McLeod Bethune (b.South Carolina, 1875–1955) was an adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt on minority affairs, became the first president (1935) of the National Council of Negro Women, and was a consultant at the 1945 San Francisco Conference that founded the United Nations. A prominent black educator, she opened a school for girls at Daytona Beach in 1904. The school merged with Cookman Institute in 1923 to become Bethune-Cookman College, which she headed until 1942 and again in 1946–47.

Prominent Florida authors include James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), perhaps best known for his 1912 novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. He was also the first black to be admitted to the Florida bar (1897) and was a founder and secretary of the NAACP. Marjory Stoneman Douglas (b.Minnesota, 1890–1998), who came to Miami in 1915, is the author of several works reflecting her concern for the environment, including The Everglades: River of Grass (first published in 1947), Hurricane (1958), and Florida: The Long Frontier (1967). Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (b.Washington, DC, 1895–1953) came to Florida in 1928 to do creative writing. After her first novel, South Moon Under (1933) came the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Yearling (1938), the poignant story of a 12-year-old boy on the Florida frontier in the 1870s. Zora Neale Hurston (1901–60), born in poverty in the all-Negro town of Eatonville and a graduate of Barnard College, spent four years collecting folklore, which she published in Mules and Men (1935) and Tell My Horse (1938).

Entertainers born in Florida include Sidney Poitier (b.1927), Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (b.1934), Faye Dunaway (b.1941), and Ben Vereen (b.1946).

Florida's most famous sports figure is Chris Evert Lloyd (Christine Marie Evert, b.1953), who became a dominant force in women's tennis in the mid-1970s. After turning pro in 1973, she won the Wimbledon singles title in 1974, 1976, and 1981 and the US Open from 1975 to 1978 and in 1980 and 1982. She retired from tennis in 1990.

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Davis, Jack E., and Raymond Arsenault (eds.). Paradise Lost?: The Environmental History of Florida. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005.

DeGrove, John Melvin. Planning Policy and Politics: Smart Growth and the States. Cambridge, Mass.: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2005.