FSU Talking Points

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Talking Points
One of the most academically accomplished freshmen classes in Florida State history is at the forefront of the university’s exemplary accomplishments for the 2015-2016 academic year. With an average GPA of 4.0 (4.4 among honors students) and median SAT scores of 1856 (out of a possible 2400), the nearly 6,200 freshmen who enrolled in 2015 elevated FSU’s academic standing to new heights. In addition:

• A report by The Business Journals identifies Florida State as one of the nation’s best public universities, ranking FSU No. 31 out of 484 four-year public institutions.

• The most recent World University Rankings by Times Higher Education has Florida State included among the best universities in the world. FSU is one of just 147 U.S. institutions on the list of 800 worldwide, and among U.S. public universities Florida State is tied with 10 others at No. 32.
• U.S. News ranked Florida State as the 2^nd most efficient university in the nation.  U.S. News looked at the public and private colleges that scored the highest on overall undergraduate academic educational quality, as measured by their position in the Best Colleges rankings, but that spent relatively less on their educational programs to achieve that quality.

• Business Insider has the FSU College of Law at No. 1 in Florida – and the only Florida law school in the top 50 – and No. 32 nationally on its "50 Best Law Schools in America" list.
• U.S. News & World Report also ranked the FSU College of Law first in the state and 50th nationally, while Hispanic Business ranked Florida State the nation’s No. 2 law school for Hispanic students, and The National Jurist had FSU as a 13th “Best Value” law school.

• U.S. News also elevated the College of Business to No. 39 among public universities (up from 40 last year) for its undergraduate business programs, with the Risk Management and Insurance program at No. 5 nationally, and Real Estate at No. 6.
• Advances in the U.S. News rankings were also achieved by the graduate programs in education (39), statistics (39), physics (44) and chemistry (49).
• Meanwhile, U.S. News’s Best Online Programs rankings has the university’s graduate programs in nursing among the nation’s best, and four FSU online graduate programs in the Top 25 nationally: Education at No. 2, criminology/criminal justice at No. 7, information technology at No. 18, and business at No. 22.

• The FSU Presidential Scholars Program – the premier undergraduate merit scholarship at Florida State that provides four years of support and is open to students in the university Honors Program – was inaugurated in 2015 to challenge and attract students with the extraordinary potential to be the transformational leaders of their generation.
• Military Times elevated Florida State to No. 8 among veteran-friendly universities, while CollegeFactual.com has FSU as the 6th best for veterans.

• Insight into Diversity presented FSU with its annual HEED award, which recognizes institutions that demonstrate outstanding commitment to student diversity and inclusion.

• Florida State came in at 178 among 750 global universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report on ten indicators of academic research performance and global and regional reputations.

• College affordability rankings had Florida State at No. 7 by the Affordable Colleges Foundation, No. 18 among business schools by Business Insider, and No. 19 for in-state tuition by Kiplinger’s.