Florida State University - College of Arts and Sciences

Name

Florida State University - College of Arts and Sciences

Legal name

Florida State University - College of Arts and Sciences

Website

https://artsandsciences.fsu.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

1851

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Research Universities with Comprehensive Graduate & Professional Schools (EDAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Research Universities with National Laboratories/Big Science Facilities (EDAHAAAJ)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Liberal arts education
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Graduate research programs
• Academic research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallahassee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Revenue from student tuition and fees for undergraduate and graduate programs across all academic departments
2. State Funding: Legislative funding from the State of Florida supporting educational and research missions
3. Private Philanthropy: Private donations and gifts supporting groundbreaking research, scholarships, and educational programs
4. External Research Funding: Annual external research funding from grants and contracts ($65M annually)

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The College of Arts and Sciences delivers undergraduate and graduate degree programs across 18 departments spanning the humanities and natural sciences, including biology, psychology, English, religion, and chemistry. It also provides academic advising through the Dean's Office, scholarship management via the FS4U system, and research opportunities integrated with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and other collaborative centers, awarding approximately 2,600 degrees annually.

Product overview

The Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences is an academic institution offering over 30 degree programs across 18 departments spanning humanities and natural sciences. The college provides educational services including undergraduate and graduate degree programs, academic advising through the Dean's Office, scholarship management via the FS4U system, and internal support services such as CASITS technology support, Business Operations Support Team (BOST), and Communications and Creative Services. The college serves approximately 11,000 students with over 2,200 faculty and staff, delivers nearly half of FSU's total undergraduate credit hours, and supports $65M in annual external research funding. Key academic programs include the interdisciplinary Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program with its associated annual essay contest.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS): An interdisciplinary program examining gender and sexuality as categories of social and cultural analysis.
• Spectrum Magazine

Products and services

• Undergraduate Degree Programs
• Graduate Degree Programs
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
• Dean's Office Academic Advising Services
• FS4U Scholarship Management System
• Study Abroad Programs
• Distance Learning Courses
• Undergraduate Essay Contest in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly a third of total annual FSU graduates come from the College of Arts and Sciences
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Virginia Tech - College of Science: A large Southeastern public research university college with comparable research footprint and state-university governance. Relevant peer for benchmarking research funding levels and interdisciplinary sciences programming.
• University of Central Florida - College of Graduate Studies: One of the largest U.S. public universities by enrollment, providing an in-state benchmark for scale, programmatic reach, and STEM-heavy research output. Geographic overlap creates direct competition for Florida-resident students and faculty.
• Auburn University - College of Sciences and Mathematics: A Southeastern public research university college with comparable natural sciences emphasis and a state-university funding model. Comparable in scale and research mission though with somewhat narrower disciplinary scope.

Broad incumbents

• University of Miami - College of Arts and Sciences: A private research university college operating in the same Florida market with comparable comprehensive arts and sciences programming. Provides a useful comparison for the relative advantages and constraints of public vs. private governance models in the same state.
• Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Sciences: A top-ranked public research university college with strong physical and biological sciences, including partnership with national-scale research facilities. Provides a benchmark for STEM research productivity and external funding capture among public university sciences colleges.

Direct peers

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - College of Arts and Sciences: A flagship Southeastern public research university college offering comprehensive arts and sciences degrees. Comparable in scale, mission, and reliance on state appropriations, serving as a relevant benchmark for academic quality and research competitiveness.
• University of South Florida - College of Arts and Sciences: Another Florida public research university college with comparable scope across humanities and natural sciences. Directly comparable in scale, mission, and Florida-specific funding dynamics, making it a structural benchmark for enrollment, research output, and program breadth.
• Florida International University - College of Arts, Sciences & Education: Florida's other major public research university college, combining arts and sciences with education. Comparable in state-funding exposure, large and diverse student body, and emphasis on research growth as a public university college in Florida.
• University of Florida - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: The primary in-state peer and direct counterpart to FSU's College of Arts and Sciences at Florida's flagship public research university. Both deliver comprehensive humanities and sciences programming to tens of thousands of students, compete for the same state funding pool, and share overlapping research focus areas including climate, biomedical, and physical sciences.
• University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and Sciences: A large SEC-region public research university college of arts and sciences with similar scale and program breadth. Operates within a comparable state-university governance model and competes in overlapping graduate student and faculty recruitment markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FSUartssciences
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCu8T5w-4GwMwmSsEsrOfeGQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/FSUArtsAndSciences
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fsuartssciences
• Instagraminstagram.com/fsuartssciences

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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