FSU Facts

Best Value!

• FSU is ranked number 16 by Kiplinger’s for the best value in public colleges across the country.

Leading Academics!

• Since the Office of National Fellowships opened in January 2005, FSU students have won more than 30 nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships including 2 Rhodes Scholarships, 2 Truman Scholarships, Goldwater, Jack Kent Cooke and 18 Fulbright Fellowships.
• Florida State’s graduate program in nuclear physics ranked 8th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report.
• The Dedman School of Hospitality is ranked in the top 5 across the nation by industry recruiters. It also has a 100 percent placement rate of its graduates and is favored hiring source of the world’s leading hotel, restaurant, and resort industry.
• The Department of Oceanography is ranked among the nation’s top 10 by National Research Council.
• Our faculty includes: members of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Pulitzer Price winners; a Nobel Prize winner; Emmy and Oscar winners; Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellows; and recipients of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
• The FSU Film School is one of the most highly-ranked in America. Its students have won over 700 awards, prizes and featured screenings at national and international festivals, including those of the Cannes Film Festival, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Coca-Cola Collegiate Competition and the Pioneer Electron-ics Collegiate Competition.
• College of Music was named 12th best in the nation and the Opera Program 3rd among public universities by U.S. News & World Report.
• The College of Business is ranked in the nation’s top 25 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News also ranks the business school’s Real Estate Program 13th in the country and its Risk Management/Insurance Program 8th in the country.
• The College of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts is on of the top film schools in the country, recognized in 2004 by the Directors Guild for its distinguished contributions to American culture. Its students have won over 700 awards, prizes and featured screenings at national and international festivals, including those of the Cannes Film Festival, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Coca-Cola Collegiate Competition and the Pioneer Electronics Collegiate Competition.
• The College of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s Ph.D. program is ranked 11th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• The College of Human Sciences consistently ranks among the top 15 programs nationally.
• The College of Education Program in Higher Education is ranked 13th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

National Champions!

• Florida State’s men clinched back-to-back National Track and Field Team titles in the NCAA Championships after stellar performances in 200m and 400m.

FSU Flying High Circus!

• Florida State University has a Circus on campus. The FSU Flying High Circus is the only University student-run circus. They perform every year during Parents Weekend and in their traditional April Homeshows. The circus has traveled around the United States as well as in Europe and the Caribbean.

Creative Writing!

• We are the only school that has both doctoral and master programs for Creative Writing rank in the top 5 in the nation.