Eastern Florida State College

Eastern Florida State University

Motto	Explore. Achieve. Succeed.
Type	Public
Established	1960
President	Dr. James H. Richey
Academic staff	251
Administrative staff	185
Students	25,000
Location	Brevard County, Florida, USA
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	NJCAA Region 8 11 major sports teams
Mascot	Titans
Affiliations	Florida College System
Website	www.easternflorida.edu

Eastern Florida State College, formerly Brevard Community College, is a public state college on Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County, Florida. A member institution of the Florida College System, it has four campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus.

Since its inception, the college has served more than a half-million students. About 35,000 students take courses annually on the Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne and Palm Bay campuses, and online. According to state Florida College System statistics, the college has among the top graduation rates in the 28-member Florida College System, and the highest graduation rate among state and community colleges in Central Florida.

In 2010, the college reported 25,000 students enrolled for courses. There were 1,200 employees in 2011, including support personnel and faculty. Eastern Florida State College is ranked 19th among more than 1,200 community colleges in the nation in awarding associate degrees.

Then called Brevard Junior College, the school opened with 768 students in the fall of 1960 in the former Cocoa High School on Forrest Avenue in Cocoa. Dr.J. Bruce Wilson was president. There were 31 faculty members. Four associate degrees were offered.

At the time, it was racially segregated, and a separate Carver Junior College for African-American students was opened the same year. To accomplish desegregation in compliance with the law, Brevard Junior College merged with the all-black Carver Junior College in 1963 and moved to the present location of the Cocoa Campus at 1519 Clearlake Rd in Cocoa. The college was renamed Brevard Community College in 1970 when the state of Florida created a system of two-year colleges. In 1966, the enrollment reached 4,335.