Palm Coast Flagler County

Flagler College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in St. Augustine, Florida and is one of the southeast region’s best liberal arts colleges according to recent recognition by U.S. News & World Reports.  According to many students of the college and faculty who work there as well as numerous visitors each year, Flagler College boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the entire United States and is included on the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” list.

The college was founded in 1968 on 19 acres.  The grounds center around the Ponce de Leon Hall, which was originally constructed in 1888 as a luxury hotel and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The college has invested a total of more than 43 million dollars adding new buildings and restoring the existing structures on the campus and it now has an auditorium that boasts a seating capacity of almost 800 people and multimedia capabilities along with a new library, Proctor Library.

Twenty majors and 26 minors are offered at Flagler College as well as two pre-professional programs.  It’s curriculum emphasizes liberal arts just as its founder Lawrence Lewis, Jr. visualized.  Flagler’s business program stands out as having a proven track record of success with many alumni going on to become major, influential players in economic, finance, industrial and law industries.  Flagler’s Deaf Education program is a branch of the highly-praised Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and enables deaf students to learn from and gain inspiration from deaf professionals.

Flagler College is not widely known for its athletics program, which competes under the mascot of the “Saints” but is active in no less than twelve varsity sports including men’s baseball, women’s volleyball, men and women’s tennis, men and women’s soccer, men and women’s golf, men and women’s cross country, and men and women’s basketball.

Flagler College has a student body that consists of about 60% female students with around 2,200 students total for the Fall of 2006.  Though it is a private institution, about 60% of its student population is native to Florida and 38% are from other states.  About 2% of students come from foreign countries.

Flagler College’s yearly tuition for the 2007-2008 school year is $11,800 and room and board is estimated at $6,300 for a total cost of $18,100, though additional fees may apply depending on the classes students take.

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