P.O. Box 100547
Florence, SC 29501

Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina, is a state-supported comprehensive institution that provides a strong liberal arts education. FMU offers a broad range of undergraduate degrees and a select number of graduate programs.

FMU looks and feels like a small, liberal arts college yet offers students all the benefits of a larger university.

FMU's 300-acre campus is located about seven miles east of Florence. The campus includes 100 acres of forests as well as modern classrooms, laboratories, residence facilities, and recreation centers.

Francis Marion University is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award bachelor's and master's level degrees.

Quick Facts:

All faculty members have advanced degrees.

The school is named for Revolutionary War hero, General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion.

More than 90% of the student body comes from South Carolina, and the remaining students represent more than 30 states and foreign countries.

The student-to-faculty ratio is about 16:1, and the average class size is 20.

The FMU Patriots intercollegiate athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division II in baseball, softball, basketball, tennis, soccer, cross-country, and more.

FMU offers more than 60 student organizations, as well as social events, lectures, campus projects, community service, theater productions, and intramural sports.

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