• In the Community

• Centers Clinic & Institute
• Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Criminal Justice
• Health Management & Informatics
• Health Professions
• Legal Studies
• Public Administration
• Public Affairs
• Social Work

• Prospective Students
• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students
• Faculty & Staff
• Alumni

Quick Facts

• 4 - Number of graduate programs in the college ranked in the top 100 nationwide by U.S. News and World Report in March 2011
• 147 - Number of students receiving full-tuition scholarships in 2010-11 with federal grant support secured by the college
• 100% - Percent of Doctor of Physical Therapy graduates (inaugural class) who passed the national certification exam on the first try (national average is 88%)
• 2 - Number of programs in the college that are the sole offering in the field in Florida (health care informatics and research administration)
• 2011 - Year that undergraduate social work coordinator and Instructor Robin Kohn won the national Outstanding Advising Award in Faculty Advising
• 3 - Number of human rights centers being established in southern Russia by Associate Professor K. Michael Reynolds
• 22% - Percent of international students in the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs in 2010-11
• 800 - number of students majoring in legal studies in 2010-2011
• > 1,000 - Number of children and adults with speech, language and hearing problems served by the Communication Disorders Clinic in 2010-2011

The College of Health and Public Affairs is actively engaged in education, research, service and community partnerships that enrich the lives of its students, faculty and staff while strengthening communities both in the region and beyond.

Highlights

• The School of Social Work is training child protective investigators with a $1.4 million contract from Florida Department of Children and Families.
• The health care informatics program, the only one of its kind in Florida, prepares professionals to work with electronic medical record systems.
• The Communication Disorders Clinic annually serves more than 1,000 children and adults with speech, language and hearing problems.
• The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities annually coordinates services for 6,000 children in seven-county service area.
• The Department of Criminal Justice is establishing human rights centers in Russia with support from a U.S. State Department grant.
• The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management recently provided technical support and training to 80 local nonprofits with a $1 million federal grant.

Student Service-Learning

Many of the college's students gain real-world experience while addressing needs in the community through service-learning; for example:

• Doctor of Physical Therapy students complete 30 weeks of full-time clinical training at affiliated sites throughout the region.
• Master of Public Administration students assess, analyze or evaluate programs for local public and nonprofit organizations.
• Nearly 200 health services administration majors annually complete a semester-long internship at a health care organization.
• Social work majors annually gather supplies from organizations and distribute them to disadvantaged citizens in the region.

Regional Campus & Online Programs

• The college offers bachelor's degree, master's degree or minor programs at all nine of UCF's regional campuses.
• The college offers many online courses and several completely online programs and is a leader in online education at UCF.

Alumni Serving the Region

College alumni serve the region in many ways; highlights include:

• The police chiefs for Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Ocoee, Palm Bay, Sanford and St. Augustine Beach are graduates of the college's criminal justice or public administration programs.
• The managers of Brevard, Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties are graduates of the college's Master of Public Administration program. Learn more
• The chief executive officers of Orlando Health in Orange County, Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange in Volusia County, and Palm Bay Hospital and Viera Hospital in Brevard County are graduates of health-related programs in the college.