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About Eckerd College

Eckerd College is a private 4-year coeducational liberal arts college at the southernmost tip of St. Petersburg, which is a city in Pinellas County, in the US state of Florida, with a population estimated at a number of more than 245 000 inhabitants, during the 2008 census.

The college was established in 1958, and since then has continuously grown, currently having an enrollment estimated at a number of nearly 2000 students, offering educational programs in numerous fields of study, including both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, also being known for its programs in Marine Science, Chemistry, Sociology, Literature, and Creative Writing.

Athletics

Eckerd's athletic teams are known as the Tritons, who compete in NCAA Division II, in several sports, for both men and women, including in soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, sailing and other sports. Their distinctive colors are teal, navy, and black.

Notable Alumni

Writers Dorothy Allison and Dennis Lehane, Bench coach of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, former Major League Baseball player Bill Evers, General Manager of the San Francisco Giants Brian Sabean, former New York Yankees first-baseman Steve Balboni and Director of American Institute for Pakistan Studies, Author, Professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University Hank Kennedy are Eckerd College's noteworthy alumni.

Quick Facts

• The coed status at Eckerd College is of 39%men and 61% women.

• Eckerd College is one of only 40 schools listed in Loren Pope's trusted Colleges That Change Lives.

• Eckerd is one of the youngest colleges to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter for the quality of its undergraduate education.

• The college has one of the highest proportions of students who study abroad during their college career.

• It has been named, in 2008, by PC Magazine as one of the top 20 wired colleges in the nation.

• 78% of the students live on campus.