The University provides a student-centered environment consistent with its core values. The faculty is committed to educating students at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional levels, preparing graduates to apply their knowledge, critical thinking skills and creativity in their service to society. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University holds the following values essential to the achievement of the university’s mission: Scholarship, Excellence, Openness, Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability, Collaboration, Diversity, Service, Fairness, Courage, Integrity, Respect, Collegiality, Freedom, Ethics, & Shared Governance
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students, and on October 3, 1887, it began classes with fifteen students and two instructors. Today, FAMU, as it has become affectionately known, is the premiere school among historically black colleges and universities. Prominently located on the highest hill in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University remains the only historically black university in the eleven member State University System of Florida.
2017 RANKINGS
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY IS RANKED RNP IN NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES. SCHOOLS ARE RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR PERFORMANCE ACROSS A SET OF WIDELY ACCEPTED INDICATORS OF EXCELLENCE.
RNP IN NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
#173 (TIE) IN HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR RANKINGS
#7 IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
#135 (TIE) IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS (DOCTORATE)
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