Florida Southern College (commonly referred to as Florida Southern or FSC) is a private college located in Lakeland, Florida. It was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelors, and by The Princeton Review as a Best Southeastern College, a Best Value College, and included in the Best 366 Colleges: 2008, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.
Florida Southern College is nationally acclaimed for academic excellence, exceptional student life programs, and championship athletics. Consistently ranked in the Top 10 colleges in its U.S. News & World Report category, it is also listed in The Princeton Review's Best Southeastern Colleges. Florida Southern has a superb liberal arts core, as well as outstanding pre-professional programs. It offers a wide variety of active learning experiences: student-faculty collaborative research; internships; independent study.
Florida Southern College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelors and masters degrees. 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 Southern College.
FSC is also accredited by the University Senate of the United Methodist Church and has a State of Florida approved program at the undergraduate level for the certification of teachers. The baccalaureate in nursing at Florida Southern College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and the B.S. degree in athletic training is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
Location & Facilities
The College is a magnificent, 100-acre community in the heart of Florida's citrus belt. The campus itself is a historic landmark featuring the largest one-site-collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.
Florida Southern College overlooks Lake Hollingsworth in Lakeland. You'll see some of the most beautiful sunrises. The weather is warm and inviting with an average 330 days sunshine a year.
Lakeland, a city of 90,000 people, was recently recognized by Money Magazine as the 10th 'Best Place to Live in America.' With Tampa and Orlando less than an hour away, Lakeland boasts a strong economy, quality health care, excellent transportation, abundant leisure activities and cultural venues such as The Lakeland Center, the historic Polk Theatre, the Polk Museum of Art, and the Sun-n-Fun Fly In Museum.
Florida Southern provides first-year student residence areas that give you a chance to adapt to college life, quickly you connect with others and make new friends. The layout of the facilities encourages safe and comfortable interaction.
Dormitory accommodation includes: freshmen only, co-ed (mixed male and female), single-sex, double, single, and 'theme' housing such as ecology and honors options. Rooms are nicely decorated and furnished rooms (bed, dresser, and desk) and have access to the internet and campus network.