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Guide to Local Colleges

STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA - Sarasota Manatee

STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, MANATEE-SARASOTA (SCF) boldly leading in its community and in the rapidly changing higher education landscape.

Following strategic priorities for opportunity, growth, quality and diversification. SCF works with community partners to strong return on investment for our meet the region’s workforce needs. As an open-access and student-focused institution, SCF provides flexible scheduling flexible scheduling, convenient options for in-person or online learning, affordable tuition, and success coaches who provides academic and career guidance. Financial assistance in the form of scholarships, grants, federal financial aid and payment plans remove barriers to attaining a degree.

SCF offers more than 30 workforce degrees, three dozen certificates and five bachelor’s degrees to provide students opportunities to work in high-demand careers. An array of signature offerings engages students and the community. From accelerated dual enrollment for high school students, a nationally renowned nursing program, the honors program, and university partnerships such as Gator Engineering, SCF is at the forefront of teaching the skills employers are seeking. In addition to its high standards for educating students, SCF offers the only full college experience in Manatee and Sarasota counties, with intercollegiate athletics, student clubs, and fine and performing arts.

Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development provides noncredit continuing education, personal enrichment, and some credit-related programs, with services at SCF locations and community, business and industry sites. The programs offered through this division can help a student rapidly earn a new credential to rejoin the workforce, launch a new career or advance their current one. In the new 26 West Center, opportunities abound for aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their business and for future programmers to learn new technologies in the SCF Coding Academy.

SCF has campuses in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch and Venice, a future Parrish campus, and online education offered in self-paced or live-video formats.

CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE SCF’s Associate in Arts degree is for students who, upon graduation from SCF, transfer to a public or private college/university to earn a bachelor’s degree in a specific area of study. SCF’s Associate in Science degrees provide practical training and critical thinking skills to help graduates enter the workforce immediately in well-paying jobs.

BACCALAUREATE DEGREES SCF offers five baccalaureate degrees in the areas of Early Childhood Education, Health Services Administration, Nursing, Public Safety and Emergency Management, and Supervision and Management.

TECHNICAL AND ADVANCED CERTIFICATES

SCF offers 36 technical and advanced certificates that train students in a specific field. Most certificates include credits that translate directly to the requirements for an associate degree, and some can be completed in as little as one year.