Florida State College at Jacksonville

Hakia’s take

What separates FSCJ's Network Systems Technology A.S. is breadth: after a core grounded in entry-level desktop support, students choose among six tracks including Computer Forensics and Network Security, Network Virtualization, Voice over IP, and Systems Administration, or mix courses across them. The technology list is unusually deep for a two-year program, spanning Cisco CCNA and CCNP, Microsoft, A+, Security+, VMware, Citrix, EMC, and Linux, and a documented internship is required rather than optional. It is a limited-access, 60-credit program carrying $2,095 in-state tuition and ranking 29th of 126. The sobering number is a 37 percent graduation rate, meaning well under half cross the finish line, so the internship requirement and certification ladder reward students who can commit. With 17 awards a year, it graduates a steady if modest cohort.