A limited number of assistantships providing tuition remission only or stipend only are also available. As noted above, however, tuition is remitted for some graduate assistants. Many apartment complexes and rental houses are available near the campus. The department currently has an enrollment of 73 graduate students from colleges throughout the United States. Approximately one 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 Space Coast. Melbourne is the key city in south Brevard County, which also encompasses nine other smaller communities on the mainland and beachside. The Kennedy Space Center and Disney World are within a 90-minute drive of the Institute. The area's economy is a well-balanced mix of electronics, aviation, light manufacturing, opticals, communications, agriculture, and tourism. The Institute Florida Tech was founded in 1958 and has developed rapidly into a university that provides both undergraduate and graduate education in the sciences and engineering for selected students from throughout the United States and many other countries.