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Manatee Community College
5840 26th St. W.

Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 408-1300
www.mccfl.edu
Founded: 1957
Degrees offered: A.S., A.A., A.A.S., certificates
Tuition: In-state $78.24/credit hour; out-of-state $294.32/credit hour
No. of campuses: 3 (1 in Bradenton; 1 in Venice; 1 in Lakewood Ranch)
No. of students: 11,000

Student/faculty ratio: 22:1
2008 graduates: 1,433

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
5700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
(941) 359-4330
www.sarasota.usf.edu
Founded: 1974
Degrees offered: B.A., M.A.
Tuition: In-state $104.81/credit hour; graduate level $272.81/credit hour; out-of-state $528.71/credit hour; graduate level $850.35/credit hour
No. of local campuses: 1 (plus classrooms at MCC in Venice and elsewhere in the community)
No. of students: 4,500
Student/faculty ratio: 13:1
2008 graduates: 419

Argosy University
5250 17th St.
Sarasota, FL 34235

(941) 379-0404
www.argosy.edu
Founded: 1969
Degrees offered: B.A., Ed. D., M.A., Ed. S., M.A. Ed., B.S., D.B.A., MBA, MSM
Tuition: $480-$950/credit hour
No. of students: 2,700
Student/faculty ratio: 18:1
2008 graduates: 500

Ringling School of Art and Design
2700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34234-5896
(941) 351-5100
www.ringling.edu
Founded: 1931
Degrees offered: B.F.A., B.A.
Tuition: $27,110
No. of students: 1,230
Student/faculty ratio: 13:1
2008 graduates: 243

Keiser University
6151 Lake Osprey Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34240
(941) 907-3900
www.keiseruniversity.edu
Founded: 1977, 1995 in Sarasota
Degrees offered: B.A., B.S., A.A., A.S., M.A.
Tuition: $530/undergraduate credit hour, $586/graduate credit hour
No. of campuses: 13 statewide, an online division and a Graduate School
No. of students: 928
Student/faculty ratio: 12:1-16:1
2008 graduates: 306

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
Bradenton, FL 34211
(941) 756-0690
www.lecom.edu
Founded: 1992 in Erie, Pa.; 2004 in Bradenton
Degrees offered on Bradenton campus: D.O., Pharm.D., D.O./M.A. of Public Health with USF
Tuition: Medical school in-state $26,700; out-of-state $28,350; pharmacy school in-state $19,750; out-of-state $22,450
No. of campuses: 1 in Erie, Pa.; 1 in Bradenton
No. of students on Bradenton campus: 824

Student/faculty ratio: 16/1
2008 graduates: 136 (D.O. only)

New College of Florida
5700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243-2197
(941) 487-5000
www.ncf.edu
Founded: 1960
Degrees offered: B.A.
Tuition: In-state $4,127; out-of-state $23,756
No. of students: 761
Student/faculty ratio: 10:1

2008 graduates: 169

Webster University
8043 Cooper Creek Blvd., Suite 101
University Park, FL 34201
(941) 358-3840
www.webster.edu/sarasota
Founded: 1915; 2000 in Sarasota
Degrees offered: M.B.A., M.A. in counseling, human resources management and management and leadership
Tuition: $1,365 ( per 3 credit hour class)
No. of students: 170
2008 graduates: 45

Eckerd College
Program for Experienced Learners (PEL)
Sarasota Center
1549 Ringling Blvd., Suite 500
Sarasota, FL 34236
(941) 957-3397
www.eckerd.edu/pel
Eckerd College Founded 1977; Sarasota Center Founded 1988
Degrees offered: B.A.
Tuition: $276 per credit hour
No. of campuses: 5 (1 in Sarasota)
No. of students at Sarasota Center: 150
Student/faculty ratio: 11:1
2008 PEL graduates (all campuses): 179
2008 PEL graduates (Sarasota campus): 39

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FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
(941) 351-9010
www.asolo.org
Founded: 1974
Degrees offered: M.F.A.
Tuition: Students attend on tuition waivers from the state of Florida and scholarships
No. of students: 32
Student/faculty ratio: 12:1 – 8:1
2008 graduates: 7

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Florida State University College of Medicine
Regional Medical School Campus, Sarasota
201 Cocoanut Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236-4917
(941) 316-8120
www.med.fsu.edu
Founded: Sarasota campus founded in 2005 (FSU College of Medicine founded in 2000)

Degrees offered: M.D.
Tuition: In-state $19,679; out-of-state $52,578

No. of campuses: 1 (also in Tallahassee, Pensacola and Orlando)
No. of students: 33 (M.D.)

Student/faculty ratio: N/a

2008 graduates: 11

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Everglades University
6001 Lake Osprey Drive
Sarasota, FL 34240
(941) 907-2262
www.everglades-edu.com
Founded: 1990
Degrees Offered: B.S. (alternative medicine, aviation management, aviation technology, business administration, applied management, construction management); M.A. (aviation science, business administration)

Tuition: $455/credit hour
No. of students: 180
Student/Faculty ratio: 6:1
2007 graduates: 29

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University of Phoenix*
501 N. Cattlemen Road
Sarasota, FL 34232
(813) 626-7911
www.phoenix.edu
Founded: 1976 in Phoenix, Ariz., 1996 in Florida
Degrees Offered: A.A, B.S, M.A. in education, MBA, M.A. of Science, M.A. of management, M.A. of information systems and M.A. of health administration
Tuition: $350-$465 (varies by program/course level)
No. of campuses: 4 in West Florida, 14 statewide

No. of Students: 4,600
Student/Faculty ratio: 13:1
2008 graduates: 861

Ranking based on number of students enrolled. List compiled by Alison Cumbow.

* University of Phoenix’s Sarasota campus could not be ranked because the university does not break its numbers down by campus. These numbers include students from all four campuses of its West Florida region.

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