- Established in 1962 as Edison Junior College
- Member of the Florida College System
- 3 Campus Locations and 1 Regional Center
- Serves a 5-county regional area of 5,448 square land miles
- Carnegie Classification: Assoc/Pub4: Associate's—Public 4-year Primarily Associate's
- The total annual economic impacts on the Florida SouthWestern State College Service Area sum to over $410 million (EMSI March 2013)
Students: Fall 2019
- Headcount - 16,672
- Full-Time - 38%; Part-Time - 62%
- 76.6% of students are 24 years old or younger, 23.4% of students are over the age of 24
- Female - 63.5%; Male - 36.4%; Unknown - 0.1%
- 42.2% White, 34.8% Hispanic/Latino, 12.1% African American, and 5.1% other minorities
Student Credit Hour Production Percentages by Campus:
- Lee Campus - 51.1%
- Collier Campus - 18.3%
- Charlotte Campus - 7.6%
- Hendry/Glades Center - 3.1%
- FSW Online - 19.9%
- Dual Enrollment students represent 20.6% of the total fall enrollment
- In Fall 2019, 33.2% of our students received the Pell Grant.
Students: Academic Year 2019-20
- Unduplicated Headcount - 22,003
- FTE - 11,303
Degrees and Certificates Conferred 2019-20
- Bachelor Degrees - 324
- Associate Degrees - 2,662
- Certificates - 211
Resources
- 2017-18 General Fund - $69,655,425
- Full-Time Instructional Faculty - 170
- Part-Time Instructional Faculty - 507
- Full-Time Administration & Staff - 356
- Part-Time Administration & Staff - 408
Programs
- 5 Bachelors Degrees
- 22 Associate Degrees
- 30 Certificate Programs