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Florida State University
211 Westcott Bldg
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1037		 General information
 (850) 644-2525

Type of institution: Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Associate degrees, Bachelor degrees, Masters degrees, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificates, Doctor's degrees, First-Professional degrees
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students: 40,555 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 30

About this School
Florida State University, also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State, is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida. FSU is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded in 1851 and located in Tallahassee, Florida. Its president is Dr. T. K. Wetherell, succeeding president Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte on January 6, 2003. The university is composed of 17 colleges and institutes that offer more than 300 programs of study. FSU's more notable programs include Business, Creative Writing, Criminology, Education, Evolutionary Biology, Dance, Film, Music, Hospitality, Political Science, Information Studies, Physics and Meteorology. Florida State is home to the ground breaking National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, funded by the National Science Foundation. Florida State's academic staff boasts Nobel Laureates, Pullitzer Prize winners and numerous members of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
 
History
The Legislature of the State of Florida in a Legislative Act of January 24, 1851 provided for the establishment of two seminaries of learning, one to be located east and the other west of the Suwannee River. By 1854, the City of Tallahassee had established a school for boys called the Florida Institute. The city's hope was that the State would take it over as one of the seminaries. After an unsuccessful attempt by the city to make this happen in 1854, Mayor Francis W. Eppes, grandson of Thomas Jefferson, again made the offer in 1857 which was accepted by the Florida Legislature. In 1857 first meeting of the Board of Education of the State Seminary West of the Suwannee River was held. The school became co-education the following year, when it absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy, begun in 1843 as the Misses Bates School. The school existed as the West Florida Seminary from 1857 until 1863, when the state legislature changed the name to The Florida Military and Collegiate Institute, reflecting the addition of a military section which trained cadets. On March 6, 1865 Institute cadets and other men of Tallahassee successfully prevented Federal troops from taking Tallahassee at the Battle of Natural Bridge. This battle participation enables the current ROTC unit at FSU to display a battle streamer titled "Natural Bridge 1865". FSU is one of two universities to have this distinction. In 1901, the school was renamed Florida State College, and was a four-year institution organized in four departments: the College, the School for Teachers, the School of Music, and the College Academy. In 1905, Florida's educational system was reorganized by the state Legislature, and six state institutions of higher learning were consolidated into two when the University of Florida in Gainesville was established and designated a men's school and the Florida State College became a women's school called the Florida Female College. In 1909 the name of the college was changed to Florida State College for Women. Demand by returning World War II veterans had brought men back to the campus in 1946 with the establishment of the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida. On May 15, 1947, the Governor of Florida signed an act of the Legislature returning Florida State College for Women to coeducational status and naming it The Florida State University. Today, the student population is almost 40,000. Florida State is also the home of the first chapter (Alpha) of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society in the state of Florida, and is home to one of the oldest schools of public administration in the country. Florida State is presently comprised of seventeen independent schools and colleges. The Westcott Building at Florida State University is located on the hill where the West Florida Seminary once stood, which has been the site of an institution of higher education longer than any other site in Florida.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 3,987$ 3,355$ 3,307
Out of State$ 18,432$ 16,487$ 16,439
Books and Supplies$ 1,000$ 1,000$ 1,000
On-Campus
Room and board$ 8,402$ 8,000$ 7,798
Other Expenses$ 4,062$ 3,462$ 2,410
Off Campus
Room and board$ 8,402$ 8,000$ 7,798
Other Expenses$ 4,062$ 3,462$ 2,410
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$ 4,574$ 3,950$ 2,654

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 16% $ 3,726
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 91% $ 3,140
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 36% $ 2,246
Loans to students 28% $ 3,187
 
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