FSU Top 50 Programs - List

Colleges & Universities Florida State University
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<p>This data is from the FSU website. This data is also (recently) historic, and will vary from more recent ratings. Only “Top 50” programs are listed.</p>

<p>FSU has 73 Doctoral, 107 Masters and 94 Undergraduate programs, in addition to 28 Advanced Masters/Specialists programs plus fully accredited professional programs in Medicine and Law.</p>

<p>Notes:

  1. G = Graduate; UG = Undergraduate
  2. Where the rank per the FSU website is “Top 13”, for example, I will show the conservative rating of 13, when in fact the rating could be higher.</p>

<p>College of Arts and Sciences:</p>

<p>G - Anthropological Constellation 13
G - Biological Science 49
G - Bio-Ecology, Evolution and Behavior 25
G - Chemistry 31
G - Classical Constellation 14
G - Creative Writing 25
G - History 45
G - Mathematics 47
G - Meteorology 42
G - Neuroscience 33
G - Oceanography 7
G - Philosophy 29
G - Physics 22
G - Physics - Condensed Matter/Solid State 11
G - Physics - Nuclear 7
G - Psychology 42
G - Spanish 35
G - Statistics 16
UG - American Studies 14
UG - Chemistry 28
UG - Child Psychology 9
UG - Statistics 14</p>

<p>College of Business:</p>

<p>UG - Business 29
UG - Hotel and Restaurant Management 11</p>

<p>School of Communication:</p>

<p>G - Communication Disorders 33
UG - Communication 5
UG - Communication - Radio/TV Studies 4
UG - Communication - Speech Pathology 18</p>

<p>School of Criminology:</p>

<p>G - Criminal Justice Policy 3</p>

<p>College of Education:</p>

<p>G - Education 22
G - Education - Secondary Education 14
G - Education - Counseling 16
G - Education - Curriculum and Instruction 22
G - Education - Elementary Education 16
G - Education - Post Secondary Education 12</p>

<p>College of Human Sciences:</p>

<p>G - Nutrition 25
UG - Dietetics 12
UG - Home Economics (Human Sciences) 7
UG - Nutrition 17</p>

<p>Information Studies:</p>

<p>G - Information Studies 10
G - Law 28</p>

<p>Motion Picture:</p>

<p>G - Film 3
UG - Film 5</p>

<p>School of Music:</p>

<p>G - Music 5
G - Music - Composition 6
G - Music - Conducting 4
G - Music - Jazz 5
G - Music - Opera/Voice 3
G - Music - Orchestra/Symphony 4
G - Music - Piano/Organ/Keyboard 5
UG - Music 14</p>

<p>Theatre:</p>

<p>G - Theatre 6
G - Theatre - Drama 10</p>

<p>Visual Arts:</p>

<p>G - Art Education 3
G - Art History 20
G - Dance 10
UG - Art 23
UG - Art History 22</p>

<p>Social Sciences:</p>

<p>G - Economics 34
G - Political Science 21
G - Public Administration 11
G - Sociology 23</p>

<p>School of Social Work:</p>

<p>G - Social Work 12
UG - Social Work 8</p>

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<p>Thank you very much for this information. I read somewhere that you have a daughter at FSU majoring in chemistry. I also intend to major in that field, so can you tell me if she likes the program and some of the activities that she has been involved with?</p>

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<li><p>Also, My parents recently decided to move to texas. So, i may be joining them after a year or so at FSU. Should I be able to tranfer into UT- austin or another school there with a high GPA , such as 3.9?</p></li>
<li><p>One more thing, I may consider changing my major to law once I start at FSU, so can anyone describe how that would work if I did my first year of undergrad as if I was going to major in biochemistry?</p></li>
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<p>Thank you very much. Input from anyone is appreciated…</p>

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<p>She’s a biochemistry major, so there are some minor differences.</p>

<p>She’s in the FSU Honors program, so all she’s had in her major and related subjects have been full professors. The science classes start out larger until around mid-semester Organic I or Calculus II, then they tend to pare down pretty fast as kids decide maybe Accounting or English is not such a bad major after all. </p>

<p>You will work very hard if this major is your goal. Whoever the party animals are at FSU, I can assure you they are not science majors. I think I wrote that in these areas sleeping and eating can seem like optional things to do at certain times and this is not too far from the truth. However, once such a degree is completed your chances of a nice position are quite high; as are graduate programs or professional schools (medical, dental, etc).</p>

<p>She’s been able to perform research in some chemistry professors’ labs, which has been very meaningful. Do that if you can. It can lead to you publishing research in the serious academic journals and this can help your career.</p>

<p>The dorms at FSU have been fine. Try for the renovated east side dorms.</p>

<p>I would think a transfer to UTexas is workable if you’re in this major. But I would suggest giving such a move a lot of thought since the chemistry and physics programs at FSU are very good.</p>

<p>Changing majors depends a lot on the major. Some are quite regimented and may make you wait some time before allowing entry. Some are much easier. Follow your passion as this will enable your best efforts.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the help.</p>

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<p>Too good a list to let slip off…</p>

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<p>For the fans of ratings…</p>

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<p>Folks, this data may be from as far back as 1998. It can be quite old…and thus not up to current ratings.</p>

<p>For example, Meteorology and Creative Writing are probably waaay off from current ratings.</p>

<p>Creative writing is supposed to be #1 in the US in this year or next, for example.</p>