- FGCU is currently the fastest growing public
university in nation.
- In early 1992, the Board of Regents selected the
site offered by Ben Hill Griffin III and Alico, Inc. of 760 acres of
land located just east of Interstate 75 between Alico and Corkscrew
Roads.
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here for enrollment statistics and comparisons to other Florida
universities.
- Florida Gulf Coast University opened in the Fall
of 1997 with 2,500 students enrolled.
- By the Fall of 2005, enrollment at FGCU had more
than tripled what it had been in the university's opening year in
1997.
- University
president William Merwin predicts enrollment to reach between
12,000-15,000 in the next 4 years, with 3,000 students living on
campus in student housing.
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In 2005, a cap
was lifted that previously limited class sizes in order to
accommodate enrollment growth.
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FGCU has lobbied
the state government for more than $46 million to accommodate
building expansions on the main campus.
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Jeb Bush
mandated that FGCU receive 2.2 million for enrollment growth
funding in the 2006 Florida state budget.
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