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Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)

Florida State University, a public research university known for its nationally ranked academic programs, has 100 centers, institutes, labs, and educational facilities. The university provides a large number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and specialist degree programs in a wide array of fields. All the colleges and schools provide graduate degrees. The school offers combined BA/MA programs. The College of Arts and Sciences provides the largest number of majors. Florida State University has a strong foundation in the sciences, with meteorology, chemistry, and biology ranked among the school’s best programs.

All of Florida State University’s online undergraduate degree programs offered through its Office of Distance Learning are advanced-standing programs. Thus, students are generally required to have 60 or more semester hours of transferable credit. Florida State University also provides online graduate degree programs and professional certificates.

Florida State University (FSU) provides academic coordinators to help keep online students on track with their studies. They also make course recommendations. Florida State University has received the Carnegie Foundation’s designation of Doctoral Research University-Extensive. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools provides accreditation.

Forbes ranked Florida State University as #98 among research universities. Princeton Review included the university on its Best 378 Colleges list for 2014. Academic Ranking of World Universities (provided by Center for World-class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University) included Florida State University ranked in the 151–200 grouping of the best colleges in the world.

U.S. News & World Report ranked FSU as #91 on its 2014 list of Best Colleges in National Universities. The same magazine named the school the “most efficient high quality university in the nation” in 2014.

USA Today ranked Florida State University as the #4 best value public university in the nation, while the Journal of Criminal Justice Education ranked the school’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice as #1 for faculty research.