Private Florida university offering flexible bachelor's and master's degrees for working adults across five campuses and online.
Everglades University offers bachelor's and master's degree programs designed for working adults, with a distinctive one-month compressed course format allowing students to focus on one subject at a time. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award both bachelor's and master's degrees. Programs span diverse fields including aviation/aerospace, business administration, sustainability, hospitality management, marine resources management, and public health administration, with multiple concentrations available at the graduate level.
The university operates five physical campuses across Florida—Boca Raton (main campus, 37,000 sq ft), Miami, Orlando (28,000 sq ft in Maitland), Sarasota (20-acre shared facility with Keiser University, 43,000 sq ft), and Tampa (66,000 sq ft)—plus a robust online division housed at Boca Raton. All campuses feature classrooms, computer labs, libraries, and student lounges. The Sarasota campus includes a solar energy teaching lab and sustainability features. Students benefit from evening and weekend classes, access to facilities for all learners including online-only students, and active community service participation.
The university accepts applications with no application fee and no obligation to enroll. Military students are supported through dedicated benefits. Admissions are available for undergraduate and graduate programs across all five campuses and the online division. The university serves primarily working adults seeking flexible, career-focused education.
Originally founded as American Flyers College in Fort Lauderdale in 1990, the institution was purchased by Arthur and Belinda Keiser in 1998 and rebranded as Everglades College, then Everglades University in 2003. The main campus relocated to Boca Raton in 2004. In 2011, the parent company purchased Keiser University and converted it to nonprofit status. The university was included in a 2022 Department of Education settlement regarding student loan misconduct allegations, though it contested the inclusion.