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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

Michael Frumkin, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Health & Public Affairs

Welcome to the College of Health and Public Affairs! We are a college committed to our mission of "Strengthening Communities. Changing Lives." through the development of community partnerships that provide extraordinary experiences for students and unique research opportunities for faculty members.

As you explore our website you will find:

• seven exciting departments and schools that allow you to receive an excellent education while making a difference in your community
• an extraordinary Doctoral Program in Public Affairs that uses an interdisciplinary lens to redefine social problems and find exciting solutions leading to their resolution
• four of UCF's eight nationally ranked graduate programs and a faculty committed to pursuing community-based research that truly makes a difference in people's lives
• the nation's largest Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, whose Communication Disorders Clinic annually serves more than 1,000 children and adults with speech, language and hearing problems and whose Aphasia House is a national model for helping stroke survivors regain their speech
• a School of Social Work that is actively involved in the training of child welfare workers and in preparing students to work with military families
• a Legal Studies Department that is home to the nationally recognized Mock Trial Team at UCF
• a Department of Health Professions that has developed a pre-clinical (allied-health) major to prepare students for a variety of health-related graduate professional programs
• a School of Public Administration that has created opportunities for students to help hundreds of nonprofit agencies increase their capacity to provide services in their communities
• a Health Management and Informatics Department, the largest in the nation, that offers Florida's only fully online master's degree program in health care informatics
• a Department of Criminal Justice that offers a number of exciting certificate opportunities for its students, providing them with specialized skills valued in today's competitive labor market

If you are intrigued about our academic programs, please contact our undergraduate or graduate services offices to learn more. And if you are inspired by our commitment to community change, I encourage you to contact our administrators or faculty members to discuss how your goals and our mission can form a mutually beneficial partnership.