Education

Junior/Community Colleges in the Capital Region

Tallahassee Community College
444 Appleyard Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32304
(850) 201-6200
www.tcc.cc.fl.us

Tallahassee Community College's Fall 2002-2003 Term has a record enrollment of 11,537 credit students at the opening of the Fall Term. When compared to the same time in the previous Fall Term, TCC's credit enrollment has increased over three (3) percent. Including non-credit students, TCC has a total of 12,149 students, an overall increase of 5% over the same time last year. The College has 439 faculty; two-thirds are full-time faculty.

Source: TCC Human Resources & Division Directors, non-published data.

Vocational/Technical Schools in the Capital Region

Lively Technical Center
500 North Appleyard Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32304-2895
(850) 487-7499, SC 277-7525
FAX (850) 544-2376
gillb@mail.lively.leon.k12.fl.us

Lively Technical Center, Tallahassee Florida's premier technical training center serves approximately 4,500 adult students annually with 165 faculty and staff members dedicated to offering quality programs that feature intensive, hands-on training and job placement.

Florida A & M University
Tallahassee, FL 32307
(850) 599-3000
www.famu.edu

Florida A&M University is a four-year, public, co-educational and fully accredited institution of higher learning. The main campus is spread over 419 acres located on the highest of seven hills in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. The total assets of the University are valued over $190 million dollars. The campus is comprised of 131 buildings and has a current operating budget of over $210,000,000. Florida A&M University student enrollment population consists primarily of undergraduates (students enrolled at the lower division). As of Fall 1997, Florida A&M University offered 108 undergraduate degrees in 64 undergraduate programs and 60 graduate degrees in 32 graduate programs (includes 1 professional and 7 doctoral degrees) within its 12 Schools and Colleges. The doctor of philosophy is offered in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Education and FAMU/FSU College of Engineering.

Spring 2003
Student Enrollment : 10,034
Faculty & Staff : 2,181
Source: Florida A & M University Fact Book 2002-03

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
(850) 644-2525
www.fsu.edu

Florida State University is a public and coeducational institution. It is a senior member of the ten state universities that compose the State University System of Florida. The main campus of the University is located in Tallahassee, the state's capital. Florida State University also offers degree programs in Panama City, Sarasota, and the Republic of Panama. In addition to the branch campuses, FSU offers a variety of overseas study opportunities for students during the regular academic year, as well as in special summer programs. FSU has seventeen major academic divisions: the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Communication, Education, Engineering, Human Sciences, Law, Medicine, and Social Science; and the Schools of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Film (Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts), Information Studies, Music, Nursing, Social Work, Theatre, and Visual Arts and Dance.

Fall 2002
Student Enrollment : 36,683
Faculty : 2,043

Current Graduation Rate, 2000-01 72.5
Current Drop Out Rate, 2000-01 2.5

School Grade

A letter grade, A through F, assigned to each school based on student performance on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in reading, math, and writing. School grading criteria also are affected by a school's demonstration of improvement from one year to the next. Grades are provided only at the school level (i.e., districts and the state are not assigned an overall grade).

Follow-up of Graduates
The percentage of followed-up graduates from the previous year who were found to be employed (full time and part time), the percentage of employed graduates who are working part time, the percentage of graduates found to be continuing education, and the percentage of continuing education graduates who are also working. Follow-up includes only graduates with valid social security numbers

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)

The number of students tested, the percentage of 12th graders tested, and the mean score for students tested on the Scholastic Assessment Test, a national aptitude test widely used for college placement and admission purposes. District and state results may include examinees enrolled in alternative schools as well as regular high schools.

Wakulla Education Center, Wakulla County School District
Ms. Irene Savary, Director
Exceptional Student Education
Wakulla Education Center
87 Andrew Hargrett Road
Crawfordville, Florida 32327
(850) 926-8111
FAX: (850) 926-2442