2016 - 2017 Fact Book

Schools
Colleges and Universities
Barry University: 445 Challenger
Road, Suite 109, Cape Canaveral,
321-783-0162; barry.edu. Melbourne
campus at 410 N. Wickham
Rd., Suite 103, 321-409-5553.
The Catholic university offers
four-year degrees in professional
studies, liberal studies and science
and information technology.
Eastern Florida State College:
1519 Clearlake Road, Cocoa ; 3865
N. Wickham Road, Melbourne;
1311 U.S. 1, Titusville; 250 Community
College Parkway, Palm Bay;
321-632-1111. easternflorida.edu.
About 25,000 students take classes
each year. It offers more than
100 degree programs, including
bachelor’s and associate’s degrees,
as well as certificate programs..
Columbia College Patrick Air
Force Base: 1020 Central Ave.,
Suite E1, PAFB, 321-783-5506;
ccis.edu/PAFB. Regionally accredited
by the Higher Learning Commission
of the North Central
Association of Colleges and
Schools, offering associate’s and
bachelor’s degrees in business
administration, computer information
systems, criminal justice
administration, general studies
and online degrees. Financial aid
is available. Open to military and
civilian students. Campuses also in
Orlando and Jacksonville.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University: Space Coast Center,
4450 W. Eau gallie Blvd., Suite
195, Melbourne; email
space.coast@erau.edu. The Space
Coast Center of Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University serves
local residents interested in obtaining
certificates, associate,
bachelor’s or master’s degrees in
management, safety and related
aviation/aerospace fields of study.
Everest University: 2401 N.
Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne,
321-253-2929; everest.edu/campus/melbourne.
Financial aid is
available. Programs are available
in accounting, applied management,
business, computer information
science, criminal justice,
health care administration,
medical and dental assistant,
paralegal and pharmacy technician.
Sarno Business Complex,
2190 Sarno Road, Melbourne
Florida Institute of Technology:
150 University Blvd., Melbourne,
321-674-8000; fit.edu.
Founded in 1958, Florida Tech is
the only independent technological
university in the Southeast and
places highly in several regional
and national college-ranking
surveys. Washington Monthly
rates Florida Tech as the top
private university in Florida.
About 14,000 students are
enrolled at the main Melbourne
campus and through several
off-campus graduate centers, and
online.
Florida Tech has a Division II
football team.
Keiser University: 900 S.
Babcock St., Melbourne,
321-409-4800; keiseruniversity.edu/melbourne.php.
Accredited
by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools. Associate
of science and associate of arts
degrees, bachelor’s degrees and
graduate degrees are offered in
subjects ranging from culinary
arts and medical fields to criminal
justice and business.
University of Central Florida,
Southern Region: Full-service
campuses in Cocoa adjacent to
Eastern Florida State College, 1519
Clearlake Road, Cocoa; 321-433-
7821; and in Palm Bay, 250 Community
College Parkway, Building
3, 321-433-7838; regionalcampuses.ucf.edu.
Campuses offer undergraduate
and graduate-level
courses. Applicants can be EFSC
graduates or transfer students
who completed freshman and
sophomore years at approved
colleges or universities.
Webster University:150 N. Sykes
Creek Parkway, Suite 200, Merritt
Island; 1775 W. Hibiscus Blvd.,
Melbourne; 1020 Central Ave.,
Suite C-15, Patrick Air Force Base;
321-956-6700; webster.edu/spacecoast.
Regionally accredited by the
Higher Learning Commission of
the North Central Association of
Schools and Colleges, Webster
provides undergraduate and
graduate degree programs in a
variety of programs.
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