Record Minority Enrollment Cyber Security Center
• Enrollment of minority students grew to 5,361, the
most ever. • The College is helping meet the demand for Cyber Security
skills through its Bachelor Degree in Cyber Security.
• 34.7 percent of students identified as minorities. That is the
highest percentage on record. • • EFSC enrolled 2,293 Hispanic students. That is 14.8 percent
of the student body, making it the largest minority group at
the College. EFSC wants to be among the best colleges in the U.S. in this
arena, and receiving the designation as a national Center
for Cyber Security & Digital Forensics Education would put
it among the leaders in Florida.
• • 41 percent of the College’s First Time in college students
are minority students. That compares to 34 percent just
five years ago. The ultimate goal is to achieve the coveted status from
the U.S. National Security Agency as a National Center of
Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.
• The EFSC program offers students a fundamental
understanding of Cyber Security and they can specialize in
one or more of the following four areas: Database security,
Network Security, Application Software Security and
Forensics.
A record number of minority students enrolled at EFSC
in the 2018-19 academic year, the second year in a row
that minority enrollment reached a new high. (Student
Enrollment, Diversity Initiatives, Employee Relations,
Trustee Relations, Community Awareness)
• 1,393 minorities received degrees or certificates, an
increase of 31 percent in five years.
• 59.2 percent of students were women, an all-time high.
The College began work to establish a Cyber Security
Center on the Palm Bay Campus by applying for special
designation as a National Center for Cyber Security &
Digital Forensics Education. (Student Enrollment, Diversity
Initiatives, Trustee Relations, Community Awareness)
• Women received 62 percent of EFSC’s Associate in Arts
degrees, Associate in Science degrees, and College
Certificates, and 55 percent of Bachelor degrees.
• 53 percent student-athletes were women.
• The College’s Minority Male Initiative is establishing clubs
on EFSC campuses to provide support for men of color.
• A new initiative in the College’s 2019-22 strategic plan
focuses on improving the success rates of minority women
students.
• In an effort to improve faculty engagement with all
minority students, the College’s Center for Teaching
Excellence has created a series of inter-cultural
workshops conducted by minority faculty.
2019 College Accomplishments
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