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Florida Colleges Summary

Florida has the 6th highest total of colleges and adult education institutions in the country, with just about 300. Florida also ranks 4th for enrolled students, with more than 900,000. Perhaps because of the retirement population, Florida has a relatively small percentage of its population attending colleges in Florida (less than 6%).

There is a large number of for-profit schools in Florida -- more than 150 of them. Only 7 states have a higher percentage of for-profit schools. Even so, less than 10% of its students attend a for-profit school (only 7 other states have less than 10% of their student population going to for profit schools.

There are 17 colleges in Florida with more than 10,000 students, and 5 of these are community colleges. The largest college is the University of Florida with more than 45,000 students. Florida State University, University of Central Florida, and University of South Florida also have more than 30.000 students.

The Florida Department of Education website resides at the following web address: http://www.fldoe.org/. The offices for the Florida DOE are at:
Turlington Building
Suite 1514
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400

Florida Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Academy For Five Element AcupunctureHallandale Beach67 No 
Academy for Practical Nursing & Health OccupationsWest Palm Beach376 Yes 
Academy of CosmetologyMerritt Island110 Yes 
Academy of Cosmetology Palm BayPalm Bay61 Yes 
Academy of Healing Arts Massage & Facial Skin CareLake Worth42 Yes 
Acupuncture and Massage CollegeMiami121 No 
Advance Science InstituteHialeah125 No 
Advanced Technical CentersMiami23 Yes 
American Advanced Technicians InstituteHialeah97 No 
American Institute of BeautyLargo73 Yes 
Americare School of NursingFern Park381 No 
Angley CollegeDeland105 No 
Argosy UniversityTampa  Yes 
Argosy UniversitySarasota  Yes 
Ari Ben AviatorFort Pierce21120Yes 
Artistic Nails and Beauty AcademyTampa220 Yes 
ASM Beauty World AcademyDavie118 Yes 
ATI Career Training CenterFort Lauderdale  Yes 
ATI Career Training CenterMiami  Yes 
Atlantic Institute of Oriental MedicineFort Lauderdale84 No 
Atlantic Technical CenterCoconut Creek1,057 Yes 
Audio Recording Technology InstituteOrlando78 Yes 
Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria460570NoV: 530-660
M: 498-620
W: 520-660
Barry UniversityMiami8,7331,092NoV: 440-520
M: 420-520
W: 420-520
Beacon CollegeLeesburg117120No 
Beauty Schools of AmericaMiami531 Yes 
Beauty Schools of AmericaHialeah598 Yes 
Benes International School of BeautyNew Port Richey211 No 
Bethune Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach3,4341,787NoV: 370-455
M: 360-440
W: 360-460
Bradenton Beauty and Barber AcademyBradenton162 Yes 
Bradford Union Area Career Technical CenterStarke131 Yes 
Brevard Community CollegeCocoa14,496 Yes 
Brewster Technical CenterTampa238 Yes 
Broward Community CollegeFort Lauderdale31,730 Yes 
Brown Mackie CollegeMiami  Yes 
Cambridge Institute of Allied HealthLongwood96 Yes 
Career Institute of FloridaSaint Petersburg186 Yes 
Carlos Albizu University Miami CampusMiami1,092 No 
Central Florida CollegeWinter Park  Yes 
Central Florida CollegeLargo  Yes 
Central Florida Community CollegeOcala6,210 Yes 
Central Florida InstitutePalm Harbor545 Yes 
Charlotte Technical CenterPort Charlotte505 Yes 
Chipola CollegeMarianna2,14486Yes 
City CollegeFort Lauderdale427 No 
City CollegeCasselberry104 No 
City CollegeMiami278 No 
City College Branch CampusGainesville217 No 
Clearwater Christian CollegeClearwater594600NoV: 450-580
M: 420-560
College of Business and TechnologyMiami51 Yes 
College of Business and Technology Flagler CampusMiami118 Yes 
College of Business and Technology Hialeah CampusHialeah103 Yes 
Commercial Diving AcademyJacksonville17668Yes 
Compu Med Vocational Careers CorpHialeah711 Yes 
Concorde Career InstituteJacksonville548 No 
Concorde Career InstituteMiramar272 No 
Concorde Career InstituteTampa494 No 
Coral Ridge Nurses Assistant Training SchoolFort Lauderdale10 Yes 
Cortiva Institute Humanities Center School of MassagePinellas Park119 No 
D G Erwin Technical CenterTampa700 Yes 
Dade Medical CollegeMiami202 Yes 
Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach13,675 Yes 
DeVry UniversityMiramar  Yes 
DeVry UniversityOrlando  Yes 
DeVry UniversityTampa  Yes 
DeVry UniversityMiami  Yes 
DeVry UniversityFort Lauderdale  Yes 
DeVry UniversityJacksonville  Yes 
DeVry UniversityFt. Lauderdale  Yes 
Digital Media Arts CollegeBoca Raton  Yes 
East West College of Natural MedicineSarasota121 No 
Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg2,5441,471NoV: 510-610
M: 500-608
W: 500-600
Edison CollegeFort Myers11,369 Yes 
Edward Waters CollegeJacksonville811596Yes 
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona BeachDaytona Beach4,9782,031NoV: 470-590
M: 500-630
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University WorldwideDaytona Beach15,189 No 
Everest InstituteFt. Lauderdale  Yes 
Everest InstituteHialeah  Yes 
Everest InstituteMiami  Yes 
Everest UniversityTampa  Yes 
Everest UniversityLakeland  Yes 
Everest UniversityMelbourne  Yes 
Everest UniversityOrlando  Yes 
Everest UniversityLargo  Yes 
Everest UniversityJacksonville  Yes 
Everglades UniversityBoca Raton965 No 
Fashion Focus Hair AcademySarasota63 Yes 
First Coast Technical InstituteSaint Augustine604 Yes 
Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine2,537804NoV: 520-610
M: 510-590
W: 500-600
Flagler College TallahasseeTallahassee434 No 
Florida Academy of Health & BeautyWilton Manor22 No 
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee11,5622,374Yes 
Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton26,1932,700NoV: 460-550
M: 470-560
W: 450-540
Florida Barber AcademyPompano Beach153 Yes 
Florida Career CollegeMiami  Yes 
Florida Career CollegeWest Palm Beach  Yes 
Florida Career CollegeHialeah  Yes 
Florida Christian College IncKissimmee226160NoV: 410-530
M: 420-530
W: 440-540
Florida Coastal School of LawJacksonville1,395 No 
Florida CollegeTemple Terrace524389NoV: 430-590
M: 460-590
Florida College of Integrative MedicineOrlando134 No 
Florida College of Natural HealthMiami  Yes 
Florida College of Natural HealthPompano Beach  Yes 
Florida College of Natural HealthBradenton  Yes 
Florida Community College at JacksonvilleJacksonville24,939 Yes 
Florida Culinary InstituteWest Palm Beach  Yes 
Florida Education CenterLauderhill364 Yes 
Florida Education InstituteMiami191 Yes 
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers9,3391,953NoV: 460-550
M: 470-560
Florida Hospital College of Health SciencesOrlando2,207132No 
Florida Institute of Animal ArtsWinter Park217 No 
Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne5,1181,390NoV: 510-610
M: 530-640
Florida Institute of Ultrasound IncPensacola78 No 
Florida International UniversityMiami38,1823,000NoV: 510-600
M: 500-590
Florida Keys Community CollegeKey West1,012 Yes 
Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens1,750745No 
Florida National CollegeHialeah2,158 Yes 
Florida Southern CollegeLakeland2,2951,243NoV: 480-600
M: 470-600
W: 460-570
Florida State UniversityTallahassee40,5556,111NoV: 540-630
M: 550-640
Florida Technical CollegeDeLand  Yes 
Florida Technical CollegeJacksonville  Yes 
Florida Technical CollegeOrlando  Yes 
Fort Pierce Beauty AcademyFort Pierce37 Yes 
Full Sail Real World EducationWinter Park6,150 Yes 
Galen Health Institute Tampa BaySaint Petersburg330 No 
Galiano Career AcademyAltamonte294 Yes 
George Stone Career CenterPensacola596 Yes 
George T Baker Aviation SchoolMiami354 Yes 
Golf Academy of the SouthAltamonte Springs243 No 
Gooding Institute of Nurse AnesthesiaPanama City43 No 
Gulf Coast CollegeTampa  Yes 
Gulf Coast Community CollegePanama City5,758 Yes 
Heritage Institute Ft MyersFort Myers494 Yes 
Heritage Institute JacksonvilleJacksonville339 Yes 
Herzing UniversityWinter Park  Yes 
High-Tech InstituteOrlando  Yes 
Hillsborough Community CollegeTampa22,621 Yes 
Hobe Sound Bible CollegeHobe Sound13577Yes 
Hodges UniversityNaples1,699 No 
Indian River Community CollegeFort Pierce14,932 Yes 
International AcademySouth Daytona206 Yes 
International Academy of Design and TechnologyTampa  Yes 
International Academy of Design and TechnologyOrlando  Yes 
International Training CareersMiami253 No 
ITT Technical InstituteFort Lauderdale  Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteJacksonville  Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteMiami  Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteTampa  Yes 
Jacksonville Beauty InstituteJacksonville46 Yes 
Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville3,2121,342NoV: 440-560
M: 448-570
Jones CollegeJacksonville  Yes 
Keiser UniversityDaytona Beach  Yes 
Keiser UniversityFort Lauderdale  Yes 
Keiser UniversityJacksonville  Yes 
Keiser UniversityMelbourne  Yes 
Keiser UniversityOrlando  Yes 
Keiser UniversitySarasota  Yes 
Keiser UniversityTallahassee  Yes 
Keiser UniversityTampa  Yes 
Keiser UniversityWest Palm Beach  Yes 
Keiser UniversityLakeland  Yes 
Keiser University - Center for Culinary ArtsTallahassee  Yes 
Keiser University - Center for Culinary ArtsMelbourne  Yes 
Keiser University - Center for Culinary ArtsSarasota  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityJacksonville  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityMiami  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityMiramar  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityOrlando  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityTampa  Yes 
Key CollegeDania Beach100 No 
La Belle Beauty AcademyMiami225 Yes 
La Belle Beauty SchoolHialeah332 Yes 
Lake City Community CollegeLake City2,84988Yes 
Lake Technical CenterEustis541 Yes 
Lake Sumter Community CollegeLeesburg3,904 Yes 
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts MiamiMiramar  Yes 
Le Cordon Bleu Schools North AmericaOrlando  Yes 
Le Cordon Bleu Schools North AmericaMiramar  Yes 
Lee County High Tech Center CentralFort Myers695 Yes 
Lee County High Tech Center NorthCape Coral272 Yes 
Lincoln College of TechnologyWest Palm Beach  Yes 
Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education CenterMiami1,057 Yes 
Lively Technical CenterTallahassee1,034 Yes 
Loraines Academy IncSaint Petersburg231 Yes 
Lorenzo Walker Institute of TechnologyNaples662 Yes 
Lynn UniversityBoca Raton2,5491,184NoV: 400-490
M: 410-500
W: 410-500
Manatee Community CollegeBradenton9,869 Yes 
Manatee Technical InstituteBradenton1,407 Yes 
Manhattan HairTampa635 No 
Marion County Community Technical and Adult Education CenterOcala223 No 
McFatter Technical CenterDavie994 Yes 
Medical Career Institute of South FloridaWest Palm Beach205 Yes 
Medvance Institute Fort LauderdaleLauderdale Lakes394 No 
Medvance Institute MiamiMiami151 No 
Medvance Institute StuartStuart232 No 
Medvance Institute West PalmPalm Springs512 No 
Mercy Hospital School of Practical NursingMiami88 No 
Meridian Career InstituteSarasota151 No 
Miami Ad SchoolMiami Beach208 Yes 
Miami Dade CollegeMiami54,094 Yes 
Miami Lakes Educational CenterMiami Lakes1,723 Yes 
Miami Dade County Public Schools The English CenterMiami510 Yes 
Mid Florida TechOrlando2,910 Yes 
National Aviation Academy A & P SchoolClearwater265 Yes 
National School of TechnologyFort Lauderdale228 No 
National School of Technology IncMiami131 No 
New College of FloridaSarasota767618NoV: 650-750
M: 580-670
W: 600-690
New Concept Massage and Beauty SchoolMiami51 Yes 
New Professions Technical InstituteMiami454 Yes 
North Florida Community CollegeMadison1,291 Yes 
North Florida Cosmetology InstituteTallahassee84 Yes 
North Florida InstituteJacksonville  Yes 
Northwood University Florida Education CenterWest Palm Beach874414NoV: 400-490
M: 425-510
W: 400-490
Nouvelle InstituteMiami391 Yes 
Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale27,5181,250NoV: 460-540
M: 440-560
W: 440-540
Okaloosa Applied Technology CenterFort Walton Beach257 Yes 
Okaloosa Walton CollegeNiceville7,043 Yes 
Orlando Culinary AcademyOrlando  Yes 
Orlando TechOrlando1,079 Yes 
Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm BeachWest Palm Beach3,2911,198NoV: 490-590
M: 490-590
Palm Beach Community CollegeLake Worth22,881 Yes 
Pasco Hernando Community CollegeNew Port Richey8,065 Yes 
Paul Mitchell the School OrlandoCasselberry279 Yes 
Pensacola Junior CollegePensacola10,728 Yes 
Pinellas Technical Education CenterSaint Petersburg2,374 Yes 
Pinellas Technical Education Center ClearwaterClearwater1,163 Yes 
Polk Community CollegeWinter Haven7,757 Yes 
Polytechnic Institute of AmericaOrlando97 Yes 
Praxis InstituteMiami288 Yes 
Professional Training CentersMiami386 Yes 
Radford M Locklin Technical CenterMilton397 Yes 
Rasmussen CollegeOcala  Yes 
Rasmussen CollegeFort Myers  Yes 
Remington CollegeTampa  Yes 
Ridge Career CenterWinter Haven745 Yes 
Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota1,199648No 
Riverside Hairstyling AcademyJacksonville64 Yes 
Robert Morgan Educational CenterMiami1,096 Yes 
Rollins CollegeWinter Park3,4531,245NoV: 520-630
M: 540-640
W: 520-620
Saint John Vianney College SeminaryMiami6778No 
Saint Johns River Community CollegePalatka5,111 Yes 
Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo13,7881,237NoV: 460-538
M: 463-540
Saint Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens2,407359NoV: 380-470
M: 383-480
W: 390-470
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional SeminaryBoynton Beach88100No 
Sanford-Brown InstituteFt. Lauderdale  Yes 
Sanford-Brown InstituteTampa  Yes 
Sanford-Brown InstituteJacksonville  Yes 
Santa Fe Community CollegeGainesville14,824 Yes 
Sarasota County Technical InstituteSarasota652 Yes 
Sarasota School of Massage TherapySarasota94 Yes 
Schiller International UniversityLargo471 No 
School of Health CareersLauderdale Lakes230 No 
Seminole Community CollegeSanford12,745 Yes 
Sheridan Technical CenterHollywood1,683 Yes 
South Florida Community CollegeAvon Park2,787100Yes 
South Florida Institute of TechnologyMiami429 Yes 
Southeastern School of Neuromuscular & Massage Therapy JacksonvilleJacksonville63 No 
Southeastern UniversityLakeland3,0691,551Yes 
Southern Technical CollegeOrlando  Yes 
Southern Technical CollegeSanford  Yes 
Southwest Florida CollegeFort Myers  Yes 
Southwest Florida CollegeTampa  Yes 
St Petersburg CollegeClearwater25,450 Yes 
St. Petersburg Theological SeminarySaint Petersburg78 Yes 
Stenotype Institute of JacksonvilleJacksonville297 Yes 
Stenotype Institute of JacksonvilleOrlando208 Yes 
Stetson UniversityDeLand3,7211,808NoV: 500-600
M: 480-590
W: 470-590
Strayer UniversityTampa  Yes 
Strayer UniversityOrlando  Yes 
Strayer UniversityJacksonville  Yes 
Strayer UniversityFt. Lauderdale  Yes 
Sunstate AcademyFort Myers240 Yes 
Sunstate AcademyClearwater  Yes 
Superior Career InstituteLauderdale Lakes48 No 
Suwannee Hamilton Technical CenterLive Oak97 Yes 
Tallahassee Community CollegeTallahassee13,776 Yes 
Talmudic College of FloridaMiami Beach4445No 
Taylor Technical InstitutePerry359 Yes 
Technical Career InstituteMiami  Yes 
Technical Education Center OsceolaKissimmee382 Yes 
TechSkillsTampa  Yes 
The Art InstitutesMiami  Yes 
The Art InstitutesFt. Lauderdale  Yes 
The Art InstitutesJacksonville  Yes 
The Art InstitutesTampa  Yes 
The Baptist College of FloridaGraceville564228No 
The Beauty InstituteWest Palm Beach93 Yes 
The F.I.R.S.T. SchoolOrlando  Yes 
The University of TampaTampa5,6283,155NoV: 490-570
M: 490-580
W: 490-570
The University of West FloridaPensacola10,3581,540NoV: 480-590
M: 480-570
Tom P Haney Technical CenterPanama City361 Yes 
Total International Career InstituteHialeah13 Yes 
Traviss Career CenterLakeland673 Yes 
Trendsetters School of Beauty & BarberingJacksonville38 Yes 
Trinity Baptist CollegeJacksonville333240NoV: 400-450
M: 360-400
W: 420-430
Trinity College of FloridaTrinity18554NoV: 400-640
M: 345-560
Trinity International UniversityDavie338 No 
Tulsa Welding School Jacksonville CampusJacksonville340 Yes 
Ultimate Medical AcademyClearwater  Yes 
Ultimate Medical AcademyTampa  Yes 
Universal Massage and Beauty InstituteSweetwater132 Yes 
Universal Technical InstituteOrlando  Yes 
University of Central FloridaOrlando48,39810,184NoV: 530-620
M: 540-640
W: 510-600
University of FloridaGainesville51,7257,354NoV: 560-670
M: 580-690
University of MiamiCoral Gables15,4494,835NoV: 580-680
M: 600-690
W: 560-650
University of North FloridaJacksonville16,4062,400NoV: 510-610
M: 510-610
University of PhoenixJacksonville  Yes 
University of PhoenixTemple Terrace  Yes 
University of South FloridaTampa44,8704,326NoV: 510-610
M: 520-620
W: 480-580
Valencia Community CollegeOrlando32,870 Yes 
Virginia College PensacolaPensacola243 Yes 
Warner Southern CollegeLake Wales1,181300NoV: 361-533
M: 352-540
Washington Holmes Technical CenterChipley511 Yes 
Webber International UniversityBabson Park601331NoV: 375-495
M: 420-515
Westside TechWinter Garden866 Yes 
Winter Park TechWinter Park1,294 Yes 
Withlacoochee Technical InstituteInverness385 Yes 
Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical CollegeMiami Beach4770Yes 
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