A limited number of assistantships providing tuition remission only are also available. As noted above, however, tuition is remitted for graduate assistants. Many apartment complexes and rental houses are available near the campus. The department currently has 73 graduate students enrolled from colleges throughout the United States. Approximately half of the graduate students are women, and approximately one fourth are married.
Most graduate students receive financial support.
Location Florida Tech's main campus is located in Melbourne, a residential community on Florida's east coast. Melbourne is the key city in south Brevard County, which also encompasses nine smaller communities on the mainland and the barrier island. The John F. Kennedy Space Center and Disney World are within a 90-minute drive of the university. The area's economy is supported by a well-balanced mix of industries in electronics, aviation, light manufacturing, opticals, communications, agriculture, and tourism. The Institute Florida Tech was founded in 1958 and has developed rapidly into a university providing both undergraduate and graduate education in the sciences and engineering for students from throughout the United States and many other countries.