List of colleges and universities in Florida

The following is a list of accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Florida.

Prior to 1968, racially integrated education was prohibited by the Florida Constitution of 1885.

In an effort to show that the state of Florida had a separate but equal college system for black people, counties, with state support, established 11 junior colleges for black people; only one already existed (Booker T.

[5] In several cases a new junior college for whites was founded at approximately the same time.

They were abruptly closed following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.