Education

Based in Boca Raton, FAU offers 170 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs and enrolls 30,000 students. Florida Atlantic University covers a 6-county region and is strongly committed to continuing its longtime relationship with communities on the Treasure Coast as a partner in higher education and research innovation. Treasure Coast students are now being served at FAU’s Jupiter and Boca Raton campuses and at the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. 

Located in Ft. Pierce, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is one of the nation’s premier oceanographic centers. Harbor Branch’s research community of approximately 200 ocean scientists, staff and students drives innovation in: marine science and engineering; conservation of coral reefs, studies of marine mammals and fisheries; marine drug discovery; estuarine and coastal ecology and observation; ocean dynamics and modeling; aquaculture and marine science education. Harbor Branch engages with the community through the Ocean Discovery Visitor’s Center and the Ocean Science Lecture Series. Harbor Branch’s research and outreach programs translate marine science in order to provide solutions that improve economies and quality of life for coastal communities.  

Located in the Abacoa Community just south of Martin County, the John D. MacArthur Campus at Jupiter is one of FAU’s fastest growing, with business, education and arts & humanities as its largest areas of study. Additionally, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, FAU’s all-honors liberal arts college, is located here. What’s more, this campus hosts scientists from the Scripps Research Institute.

Florida State University College of Medicine
Fort Pierce Regional Campus
2498 S. 35^th St.
Fort Pierce, FL 34981
(772) 464-0034
www.med.fsu.edu/ftpierce

Created in 2000 to produce “compassionate physicians for the 21^st century,” the Florida State University College of Medicine offers the M.D. degree; the P.A. degree; the Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences; and the Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Bridge to Clinical Medicine Major. The College of Medicine’s mission emphasizes patient-centered health care and service to elder, rural, minority and underserved populations.

FSU medical students spend their first two years at the main campus in Tallahassee. Fort Pierce is one of six Florida cities that host a regional campus, where students spend Years 3 and 4 for clinical training. (The other regional campuses are in Daytona Beach, Orlando, Pensacola and Sarasota as well as Tallahassee.) There also are rural training sites in Marianna and Immokalee, in addition to Thomasville, Ga. The FSU physician assistant students spend 17 months in Tallahassee, then one year at a regional campus for their clinical training.

Rather than learning in an academic medical center, students learn one-on-one from community physicians in their offices, clinics and other outpatient settings as well as in hospitals. The Fort Pierce Regional Campus partners with several Treasure Coast healthcare institutions and over 300 local physicians to provide clinical training to students.

Hobe Sound Bible College
11298 S.E. Gomez Avenue
Hobe Sound 33455
(772) 546-5534
www.hsbc.edu

Hobe Sound Bible College is one of numerous North American institutions of learning designated as Bible Colleges. This title signifies a dedication to a unique philosophy of education. Offering four-year baccalaureate programs and two-year associate degree programs, the 80-acre campus is in Hobe Sound. The campus is secure and safe, yet close to essential commercial services — only 25 miles north of West Palm Beach and 12 miles south of Stuart. The campus is along the west bank of the Indian River, approximately one mile from the Atlantic Ocean. The mission of Hobe Sound Bible College is to provide a Christ-centered, Bible-based education in the Wesleyan tradition. Committed to preparing servant-leaders who think Biblically, live Spirit-filled lives, fulfill the great commission and glorify God in all they do.