Evidence of Excellence and National Rankings

Evidence of Excellence

Florida State College is an internationally recognized educational technology leader. It is one of four Cisco Academy Training Centers in Network Security training. It is also one of six centers designated by Cisco Systems as Cisco Academy Training Centers.
The Aviation Center of Excellence opened in January 2002 at the Cecil Commerce Center. Florida State College at Jacksonville was authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to become one of 23 air traffic control training centers in the nation. This authority comes to the College as part of the FAA Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI), a program established to allow colleges and universities to conduct basic air traffic control. The College initiated the program at their Cecil Center South — Aviation Center of Excellence in Fall Term 2008, producing its first graduates to participate in the College Commencement May 8, 2010. The ACE offers state-of-the-art facilities and the same high-fidelity simulation used by the FAA.
Florida State College at Jacksonville has been named one of only 72 community colleges in the country to be awarded a $2 million President's Community-based Job Training Grant out of a total $125 million nationwide.
Statewide, Florida State College at Jacksonville has the largest Workforce Development program, the largest IT curriculum and the largest distance learning program. It also serves the most Veterans in the state of Florida.
Pathways Academy, an innovative response to the serious high-school dropout problem, began its third year of operation in facilities at Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Downtown Campus. One hundred and seventeen students received their high-school diplomas through Pathways Academy in May 2010.
More than 5,800 students earned bachelor or associate degrees or certificates in 2009-2010, up from 5,600 in 2008-2009. GED and adult high school graduates at Florida State College at Jacksonville totaled more than 2,070 in 2009-2010, up from 1,400 for 2008-2009.

Florida State College students and graduates shine in many fields.

National Rankings

Florida State College at Jacksonville ranks:

Fifth in associate degrees awarded in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
Sixth in associate degrees awarded in nursing (R.N.).
Eighth in associate degrees in All Disciplines.
Eighth in associate degrees, All Disciplines, non-minority.
Eleventh in associate degrees in Health Professions and related Clinical Sciences.
Twelfth in African-American students earning associate degrees.

(Source: Community College Week, June, 2010. The data are collected by the National Center for Education Statistics, or NCES, through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Set, or IPEDS, completions survey.)

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because of age, race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, sex, marital status or disability.

Florida State College at Jacksonville is a member of the Florida College System.
Florida State College at Jacksonville is not affiliated with any other public or private university or college in Florida or elsewhere.

Florida State College at Jacksonville is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ("SACS") to award the baccalaureate and associate degree. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Florida State College at Jacksonville. The Commission is to be contacted only if there is evidence that appears to support an institution's significant non-compliance with a requirement or standard.