Florida State University Business Programs

Florida State University is a public institution situated in Tallahassee, Florida. The location of Florida State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Florida State University Rankings

We have ranked Florida State as #217 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #4 out of 55 schools in Florida.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Florida State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#75	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#82	Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#146	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Florida State has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Insurance Schools	College Factual
#14	Best Management Information Systems Schools	College Factual
#19	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#34	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#58	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#87	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Florida State University?

Contact details for Florida State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	222 S. Copeland Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1037
Phone:	850-644-2525
Website:	www.fsu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/floridastate
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/floridastate

How Do I Get Into Florida State?

You can apply to Florida State online at: https://admissions.fsu.edu/undergradapp/

Admission Requirements for Florida State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Florida State?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Florida State. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 32%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 33%, and the acceptance rate for women is 32%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% of students accepted to Florida State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 680. Math scores were between 600 and 670.

Florida State received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 33. Math scores were between 25 and 29. Composite scores were between 27 and 31.

Can I Afford Florida State University?

The overall average net price of Florida State is $27,367. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Florida State, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $6,141 a year. That adds up to $24,564 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Florida State is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Florida State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 32,543 undergraduate students at Florida State, with 29,072 being full-time and 3,471 being part-time.

There are also 11,026 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 29,072 full-time undergraduates at Florida State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Florida State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	881
Black or African American	2,438
Hispanic or Latino	6,573
White	17,158
International Students	433
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,589

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Florida State University. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 120 countries are represented at Florida State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Panama.

Online Learning at Florida State University

In 2019-2020, 42,355 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Florida State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 20th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Florida State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Florida State University was $5,656 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,786. The following table shows how Florida State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Insurance	#1	#1
Insurance	#1	#1
General Business/Commerce	#7	#36
General Business/Commerce	#7	#36
Management Information Systems	#7	#32
General Management Information Systems	#7	#32

Online Affordability Rankings of Florida State Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Florida State University was $5,656 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,786. The following table shows how Florida State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Business/Commerce	#1	#10
General Business/Commerce	#1	#10
Insurance	#1	#1
Insurance	#1	#1
General Management Information Systems	#4	#43
Management Information Systems	#7	#53

Online Growth Rankings of Florida State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Florida State University was 240.0%. This is the #211 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Florida State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Florida State ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Florida State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Insurance	#1
Insurance	#1
General Management Information Systems	#1
Management Information Systems	#4
General Business/Commerce	#22
General Business/Commerce	#22

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Florida State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance	557	40	0	597
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	520	0	0	520
Accounting	185	102	0	287
General Economics	261	7	3	271
General Business Administration and Management	246	0	0	246
General Hospitality Administration/Management	229	0	0	229
General Management Information Systems	135	19	0	154
General Business/Commerce	18	123	3	144
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	88	51	0	139
Insurance	117	21	0	138
Real Estate	127	0	0	127
Entrepreneurship	83	0	0	83
Actuarial Science	41	0	0	41
Applied Economics	0	24	0	24
Management Science	0	21	0	21
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	0	5	0	5
TOTAL	2,607	413	6	3,026

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Ayzmo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.