page_title: Eastern Florida State College
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Florida State College / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: Brevard Community College Melbourne Campus in Melbourne, Florida, United States. Photograph taken from North Wickham Road facing east, showing the west side of the campus.
context_page_description: Eastern Florida State College, formerly Brevard Community College, is a public college in Brevard County, Florida. A member institution of the Florida College System, it has campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus. EFSC is a direct connect satellite campus program to The University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.
  Since its inception, the college has served more than a half-million students. About 35,000 students take courses annually on the Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne and Palm Bay campuses, and online. According to state Florida College System statistics, the college has among the top graduation rates in the 28-member Florida College System, and the highest graduation rate among state and community colleges in Central Florida.
  In 2010, the college reported 25,000 students enrolled for courses. There were 1,200 employees in 2011, including support personnel and faculty.
context_section_description: The college offers nearly 100 degree and certificate programs, including career and technical programs.
  In 2009, there were 19.7 students per class on average.
  Most of EFSC's students take part in its Associate in Arts transfer program. In 2007, EFSC was listed 21st in the nation in the number of AA degrees awarded. Transfer and articulation partnerships between EFSC and the University of Central Florida, a joint initiative called "DirectConnect," and with the Florida Institute of Technology, whose TechTrack program guarantees the admission of EFSC graduates who wish to transfer to Florida Tech, make possible the seamless transfer of credits to other four-year institutions. The EFSC-UCF partnership also involves the sharing of facilities and services with UCF on EFSC's campuses, including the EFSC/UCF Joint-Use Library.
caption: Melbourne Campus
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