List of colleges and universities in Florida


The following is a list of accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Florida. Many of these schools have multiple campuses, and therefore only the location of the main campus in Florida is specified. Most public institutions and traditional private institutions in Florida are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; religious schools are accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, the Association for Biblical Higher Education, and the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

Public colleges and universities

State University System

The State University System of Florida comprises twelve member universities.
  • Florida A&M University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Florida International University
  • Florida Polytechnic University
  • Florida State University
  • New College of Florida
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of North Florida
  • University of South Florida
  • University of West Florida

    Florida College System

The Florida College System comprises twenty-eight community colleges and state colleges.
  • Broward College
  • Chipola College
  • College of Central Florida
  • Daytona State College
  • Eastern Florida State College
  • Florida Gateway College
  • College of the Florida Keys
  • Florida SouthWestern State College
  • Florida State College at Jacksonville
  • Gulf Coast State College
  • Hillsborough Community College
  • Indian River State College
  • Lake–Sumter State College
  • Miami Dade College
  • North Florida College
  • Northwest Florida State College
  • Palm Beach State College
  • Pasco–Hernando State College
  • Pensacola State College
  • Polk State College
  • Santa Fe College
  • Seminole State College of Florida
  • South Florida State College
  • St. Johns River State College
  • St. Petersburg College
  • State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota
  • Tallahassee State College
  • Valencia College

    Other public institutions

  • George Stone Technical Center

    Private colleges and universities

Private institutions

Prior to 1968, racially integrated education was prohibited by the Florida Constitution of 1885. In an effort to show that the state of Florida had a separate but equal college system for black people, counties, with state support, established 11 junior colleges for black people; only one already existed. In several cases a new junior college for whites was founded at approximately the same time. The 11 new junior colleges were opened in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They were abruptly closed following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.