Florida SouthWestern State College

"Edison State College" redirects here. For other uses, see Edison State College (disambiguation).
Florida SouthWestern
State College
FSW logo
Former names
  • Edison Junior College
  • Edison Community College
  • Edison College
  • Edison State College
MottoA Higher Degree of You
TypePublic college
Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Parent institution
Florida College System
Endowment$49,513,921 (2024)
Budget$81,597,242 (2022-2023)[1]
PresidentJeffery Allbritten
Academic staff
594 (279 full-time, 315 adjunct)[1]
Administrative staff
1043 (493 full-time, 550 part-time)[1]
Students13,860 (Fall 2023)[1]
Location
Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Naples, & LaBelle
,
Florida
,
U.S.

26°33′05″N 81°53′14″W / 26.5513°N 81.8872°W / 26.5513; -81.8872
CampusSuburban
Colors   Purple & aqua
NicknameThe Buccaneers[2]
MascotBuc
Websitewww.fsw.edu

Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW or Florida SouthWestern) is a public college with its main campus in Fort Myers, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. The college has satellite campuses in Charlotte County and Collier County, and outreach programs in Hendry County and Glades County.

FSW was founded in 1962 as Edison Junior College, named after Thomas Edison, and was subsequently renamed Edison Community College in 1972, Edison College in 2004, Edison State College in 2008, and Florida SouthWestern State College in 2014.

  1. ^ a b c d "General Statistics & Demographics".
  2. ^ "FSW Buccaneers". fsw.edu. Retrieved April 20, 2019.