DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A proposal to provide reduced tuition for graduates of Florida high schools who are admitted to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was approved Friday by the Board of Trustees as the university celebrated its 50th year in Volusia County and 90-year history.
“As the world’s largest and oldest institute focusing on aviation and aerospace – we are global, but it is a priority to provide access to a quality education for qualified students in our own community,” said Embry-Riddle Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. Mori Hosseini. “It’s not just about giving back, it’s about investing in our local talent and keeping them here in our state to continue solidifying Florida as an aerospace industry leader.”
Effective August 2016, a 5 percent reduced tuition rate will be applied to new students who have graduated from high school and have been accepted at the Daytona Beach Campus.
This falls in line with the nonprofit university’s other recent programs aimed at building and retaining a qualified, highly-skilled workforce on a local and state level.
Entering its second year, the Florida Scholars program provides affordable access to Embry-Riddle for more than 320of the state’s brightest students with degrees for in-demand careers in Engineering (Civil, Computer, Electrical, Software), Astronomy & Astrophysics, Space Physics, Business Administration and more. Sixty-four of these students are from Volusia County. Since inception in Fall 2014 the university has awarded nearly $6.5 millionin scholarships as part of the program.
Embry-Riddle’s Gaetz Aerospace Institute offers college courses and credits focusing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) at no cost to Florida high school students. Since its official launch in 2004, this concurrent enrollment program has grown considerably from a single academy to nearly 70 participating high schools with up to 20 courses in seven disciplines including unmanned aircraft systems and robotics, computer programming, engineering, flight physiology, computing in aviation and meteorology.
“Creating opportunities and access for these students is a win for everyone,” said Embry-Riddle Interim President Dr. John R. Watret.
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 75 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus with more than 125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle)and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos atYouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
