Florida Atlantic University is a public institution with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, and Fort Pierce.
Florida Atlantic University was established in 1961 as the first public university in southeast Florida, offering only upper-division and graduate-level courses. Initial enrollment was only 867 students, increasing in 1984 when the university admitted its first lower-division undergraduate students. The university started focussing on research along with improvement as a traditional university.
The university promotes academic and personal development, discovery, and lifelong learning. FAU fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement, and distinctive scientific and cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness.
The University is committed to excellence at all levels of the educational and creative experience, to success for all students. The University values lifelong learning because it encourages the continual use of the mind.
It has raised admissions standards, increased research funding, built new facilities, and established notable partnerships with major research institutions.
FAU has a current student population of 29,772 with a student-faculty ratio of 21:1. Diversity is one of the USP of the university. More than half of their students are classified as minority or international, making FAU the most diverse public university in Florida.
The female population is overall higher than the male with 56%. White American students constitute 42 % of the population followed by 19 % black, 26 % Hispanic, and some others.
FAU has 10 colleges that offer more than 170 bachelor's, masters, and doctoral degrees. Florida Atlantic University is classified among R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity.
FAU provides 51 online programs. These programs are in the fields of Nursing, Accounting, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Business Management, Environmental Science, Engineering, and many others.
These online programs offered by the university are flexible and self-paced. The university provides an informative and exhaustive syllabus of the traditional classroom program without the constraints of semester schedule or class timings.
Florida Atlantic University Accreditation
Florida Atlantic University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
