Type 2-year or 4-year President Jackson N. Sasser Mascot Caesar the St. Bernard Total enrollment 17,360 (2010) Colors White, Blue | Established 1966 Students 15,887 (2015) Phone +1 352-395-5000 Graduation rate 53.2% (2014) | |
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Location Gainesville, Florida, USA Athletics NJCAA Region 8, Mid-Florida Conference Address 3000 NW 83 St, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 2,539 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 9,165 USD (2015) Notable alumni Marco Rubio, Craig Fugate, Karen Thurman, Connie Mack IV, Clovis Watson Jr Similar College of Central Florida, University of Florida, St Johns River State College, Santa Fe Community College, Daytona State College Profiles | ||
Santa Fe College is a state college located in Gainesville, Florida, and is a member institution of the Florida College System. Santa Fe is accredited by the Florida Department of Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in North Central Florida, its main campus is in Gainesville, Florida. As of 2015, the school reported 15,887 students.
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History
Santa Fe Community College was established by the Florida Legislature in 1966 in response to a request from the Alachua and Bradford County Boards of Public Instruction, which had canvassed the area and learned that the community would be well served if all citizens have the opportunity for an education. In 2008, Santa Fe Community College officially changed its name to Santa Fe College to emphasize the bachelor's degree programs that it began offering.
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Academics
The college has more than 50 accredited technology and applied sciences programs, most which are two-year degrees.
Arts and Sciences Program
Offering an Associate of Arts Degree, the Arts and Sciences Program consists primarily of liberal arts and sciences courses. This program culminates in a two-year liberal arts degree that can be transferred to a university which offers a bachelor's degree. The descriptions, course numbers and content of classes at Santa Fe are the same as those in the first two years at Florida's public universities. Santa Fe's liberal arts courses are also transferable to most public and private four-year schools in the US.
Technology and Applied Sciences Program
Offering the Associate of Science degree or certificate, the Associate of Science program consists of technology and applied sciences courses to designed to prepare students for careers in skilled professions. Some of these programs enable them to transfer to a four-year college or university. Programs offered are Dental Assisting, Air Conditioning Repair, Automotive Technology, Child Development, Construction, Public Safety, Zoo Animal Technology, Information Technology, Cardiovascular Technology, Aviation Safety and Nursing.
Bachelor's degrees
Santa Fe College offers eight bachelor's degrees: Clinical Laboratory Science, Early Childhood Education, Health Services Administration, Industrial Biotechnology, Information Systems Technology, Multimedia and Video Production Technology, Nursing, and Organizational Management.
Library
Santa Fe College is supported by the Lawrence W. Tyree Library, which is located in Building Y on the main Northwest Campus. Opened in January 2002, the $10 million building includes a coffee shop, multiple group study rooms of varying sizes, DVD and video viewing stations, computerized classrooms, a conference room and two reference desks. Additional technology and services available to Santa Fe students and faculty through the Tyree Library include printers and copiers, multiple charging stations, and 87 computers distributed throughout the library's ample study areas, as well as a thorough online library catalog through which patrons can also request books and other media from library collections throughout the state.
The library is named in honor of former Santa Fe Community College president, Lawrence W. Tyree.
Fight Song
In 2009, Santa Fe College adopted a fight song. "Saints Forever" was performed for the first time on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 between softball games in Gainesville. The song was a collaboration between Chris Sharp, the college's director of bands, and Ryan B. Leverone, a Santa Fe College student.
Awards and recognition
In 2009, Santa Fe was listed 6th in the nation in awarding A.A. degrees by Community College Week.
In 2012 and 2014 the college was named as one of the ten best community colleges in the United States by the Aspen Institute.
In 2015, The Aspen institute gave the school the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence as top-rated community college in the United States.
In 2015, Santa Fe College's Lawrence W. Tyree Library received the 2015 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award from the Association of College & Research Libraries.