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Florida State University Overview

Florida State University is a public institution situated in Tallahassee, Florida. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Florida State University Known For?

10,106 Undergraduate Awards
$27,367 Avg Cost After Aid
25% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Florida State is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period84% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Florida State makes roughly $61,675 a year. This is 51% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average Florida State student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Florida State University?

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Contact details for Florida State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 222 S. Copeland Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1037
Phone: 850-644-2525
Website: www.fsu.edu

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How Do I Get Into Florida State?

You can apply to Florida State online at: https://admissions.fsu.edu/undergradapp/

Admission Requirements for Florida State

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 1
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Florida State?

25% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
68% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to Florida State, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 25%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 25%, and the acceptance rate for women is 25%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% of students accepted to Florida State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 690. Math scores were between 590 and 680.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Florida State University  ( 620 to 690 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Florida State University  ( 590 to 680 )
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800
Florida State received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Florida State University  ( 26 to 33 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Florida State University  ( 26 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Florida State University?

$27,367 Net Price
23% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Florida State is $27,367. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Florida State, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $6,953 a year. That adds up to $27,812 over four years for those students.

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Florida State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

29,072 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 32,543 undergraduate students at Florida State, with 29,072 being full-time and 3,471 being part-time.

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There are also 11,026 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 29,072 full-time undergraduates at Florida State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Florida State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 881
Black or African American 2,438
Hispanic or Latino 6,573
White 17,158
International Students 433
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,589

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Florida State University. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 120 countries are represented at Florida State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Panama.

Florida State University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Psychology 0 879 0 40 21 940
Finance & Financial Management 0 703 0 1 0 704
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 554 0 132 4 690
Marketing 0 649 0 0 0 649
Computer Information Systems 0 376 0 169 9 554
Political Science & Government 0 421 0 58 4 483
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 431 3 434
General Business/Commerce 0 26 0 387 10 423
General Biology 0 357 0 39 16 412
General English Literature 0 295 0 14 13 322
International Relations & National Security 0 276 0 41 0 317
Public Health 0 256 0 39 0 295
Business Administration & Management 0 293 0 0 0 293
Health & Physical Education 0 151 0 125 3 279
Economics 0 244 0 23 6 273
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 238 0 27 0 265
Legal Research 0 0 0 261 0 261
Human Development & Family Studies 0 246 0 9 0 255
Liberal Arts General Studies 184 62 0 0 0 246
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 191 0 38 4 233
Hospitality Management 0 225 0 0 0 225
General Social Sciences 0 219 0 0 0 219
Music 0 109 0 61 38 208
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 6 176 18 200
Nursing 0 141 0 30 28 199
Law 0 0 0 0 188 188
Management Information Systems 0 128 0 40 0 168
Public Relations & Advertising 0 84 0 69 0 153
Mechanical Engineering 0 110 0 27 10 147
Communication Sciences 0 88 0 56 0 144
Fine & Studio Arts 0 122 0 16 6 144
Natural Resources Conservation 0 142 0 0 0 142
Public Administration 0 0 0 137 5 142
Accounting 0 137 0 0 0 137
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 103 0 34 0 137
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 79 0 41 17 137
Real Estate 0 133 0 0 0 133
Health Sciences & Services 0 133 0 0 0 133
Medicine 0 0 0 0 125 125
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 118 0 0 6 124
Educational Administration 0 0 18 56 47 121
Drama & Theater Arts 0 75 0 41 4 120
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 36 0 83 0 119
Information Science 0 0 0 113 6 119
Insurance 0 97 0 19 0 116
History 0 95 0 8 12 115
Civil Engineering 0 91 0 20 3 114
Allied Health Professions 0 56 0 56 0 112
Student Counseling 0 0 49 54 7 110
Sociology 0 89 0 13 4 106
Mathematics 0 66 0 25 11 102
Statistics 0 57 0 22 22 101
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 87 0 2 0 89
Security Science and Technology 0 45 0 37 0 82
Social Work 0 76 0 0 4 80
Physics 0 37 0 17 25 79
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 54 21 75
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 68 0 7 0 75
Chemistry 0 15 0 29 31 75
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 59 0 0 4 63
Electrical Engineering 0 32 0 14 9 55
Anthropology 0 43 0 10 0 53
Industrial Engineering 0 38 0 9 3 50
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 27 0 22 0 49
Romance Languages 0 33 0 4 10 47
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 37 10 47
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 34 0 12 0 46
Biomedical Engineering 0 36 0 6 1 43
Philosophy 0 34 0 2 3 39
Chemical Engineering 0 27 0 6 5 38
Recreation Administration 0 38 0 0 0 38
Geography & Cartography 0 20 0 15 3 38
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 28 0 8 1 37
Design & Applied Arts 0 33 0 4 0 37
Systems Engineering 0 0 0 30 0 30
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 30 0 30
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 29 0 29
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 9 0 20 0 29
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 9 0 18 2 29
Computer Engineering 0 26 0 0 0 26
Classical Languages & Literature 0 19 0 4 1 24
Religious Studies 0 13 0 2 6 21
Special Education 0 20 0 0 0 20
Dance 0 18 0 1 0 19
Computational Science 0 4 0 4 8 16
Area Studies 0 12 0 3 0 15
East Asian Languages 0 15 0 0 0 15
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 13 0 13
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 3 0 7 2 12
Data Science 0 0 0 12 0 12
Data Analytics 0 0 0 10 0 10
Germanic Languages 0 6 0 3 0 9
Writing Studies 0 0 0 8 0 8
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 3 0 4 0 7
Demography & Population Studies 0 0 0 7 0 7
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 0 6 6
Ethnic Studies 0 4 0 0 0 4
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 0 4 4
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 1 2 3
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 2 1 3
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 1 2 3
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 1 0 0 0 1
Other Physical Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 184 9,922 73 3,535 814 14,528

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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