Florida State University

Florida State University is a public institution that was founded in 1851. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 33,008, its setting is city, and the campus size is 477 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Florida State University's ranking in the 2019 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 70.

The university also has a wide variety of graduate schools, including a College of Business, a College of Law and a College of Medicine, as well as a joint College of Engineering with Florida A&M University. Among Florida State’s notable alumni are fitness expert Richard Simmons and Spanx apparel line founder Sara Blakely.