Farmingdale State College (FSC) today announced it has received two Federal designations from the U.S. Department of Education, for higher education institutions enrolling populations with significant percentages of undergraduate minority students. The designations will make available increased federal funding for programs to recruit and retain minority undergraduate students that will assist them from admission to graduation.
FSC been designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), having achieved a full-time undergraduate enrollment of Hispanic students that is more than 25 percent of the student body. FSC has also been designated an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), with an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 10 percent Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander.
