Broward College Overview

Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Broward College is a public institution. Fort Lauderdale is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Broward College Known For?

• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at BC.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 32% of the faculty were full-time.

Broward College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at BC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#77	Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#81	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#119	Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards BC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) Schools	College Factual
#12	Best Physical Therapy Assistant Schools	College Factual
#16	Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	College Factual
#17	Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools	College Factual
#34	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#80	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Broward College?

Contact details for BC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	111 East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone:	954-201-7350
Website:	www.broward.edu

How Do I Get Into BC?

You can apply to BC online at: www.broward.edu/admissions/Pages/default.aspx

Broward College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Broward College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At BC, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $3,498 a year. That adds up to $13,992 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BC is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Broward College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 33,243 undergraduate students at BC, with 10,715 being full-time and 22,528 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,715 full-time undergraduates at BC, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Broward College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	347
Black or African American	2,651
Hispanic or Latino	4,055
White	1,508
International Students	764
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,390

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Broward College. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 94 countries are represented at BC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Venezuela, Brazil, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Broward College

In 2019-2020, 28,969 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BC has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of BC

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Broward College was $2,830 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $8,952. The following table shows how BC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Information Systems	#1	#13
Business, Management & Marketing	#4	#40
Business Administration & Management	#4	#43
Health Professions	#4	#40
Computer & Information Sciences	#7	#13
Information Technology	#7	#7
Nursing	#7	#37

Online Growth Rankings of BC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Broward College was 49.4%. This is the #676 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at BC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Broward College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	5,380	0	0	5,380
Business Administration & Management	2,491	173	0	316	2,980
Accounting	1,159	26	0	0	1,185
Computer Information Systems	397	22	0	162	581
Entrepreneurial Studies	543	0	0	0	543
Allied Health Professions	217	141	125	0	483
Air Transportation	358	85	0	24	467
Nursing	0	303	0	106	409
Information Technology	127	56	101	36	320
Criminal Justice & Corrections	186	75	0	0	261
Human Development & Family Studies	116	0	29	0	145
Computer Programming	31	33	16	0	80
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	77	0	0	77
Hospitality Management	35	27	10	0	72
Computer Software & Applications	28	26	13	0	67
Special Education	0	0	0	66	66
Dental Support Services	0	28	30	0	58
Health & Medical Administrative Services	9	24	21	0	54
Natural Resources Conservation	22	9	0	23	54
Legal Support Services	0	50	0	0	50
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	41	8	0	0	49
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	28	8	12	0	48
General Engineering Technology	17	20	0	0	37
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	30	0	0	30
Construction Engineering Technology	13	13	0	0	26
Other Education	20	0	0	0	20
Business Support & Assistant Services	19	0	0	0	19
Music	0	18	0	0	18
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services	0	13	3	0	16
Management Information Systems	8	7	0	0	15
Mental & Social Health Services	11	4	0	0	15
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	13	0	0	0	13
Electronics Engineering Technology	12	0	0	0	12
Culinary Arts	0	12	0	0	12
Marketing	0	8	2	0	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	9	1	0	0	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	9	9
Mechanical Engineering Technology	4	4	0	0	8
Health & Physical Education	0	2	0	0	2
Journalism	1	0	0	0	1
Fire Protection	0	1	0	0	1
Computer Systems Networking	0	0	0	0	0
Civil Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services	0	0	0	0	0
Homeland Security	0	0	0	0	0
Physical Science Technicians	0	0	0	0	0
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5,915	6,684	362	742	13,703

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.