By Mallorie Williams and Michael Dudeck
A small private university, South University is constantly evolving and tracking to assist our students to meet demands of yesterday and the ever-changing demands of tomorrow. South University continues to be discovered by the traditional college student, but South has long served the non-traditional student in supporting their desire to improve their lives and that of their families with highly respected professional programs.
South University offers all levels of degrees: Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate, and SU is Regionally Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The South difference is easy to explain: small classes and personalized attention make South University a unique learning experience, offering all learning modalities, including online, on-campus, virtual, and the ability for our students to blend these modalities to meet their busy schedules while earning their degree.
Although South University has an administrative team to help students be successful, the charge into the community is led by a cooperative effort of the Community Outreach and Admissions Departments. These individuals work to host and attend every opportunity to educate our community about South University Programs and collaborate with students from initial meeting through graduation.
Once a student has enrolled with South University, the support and encouragement of Admissions and Outreach does not stop, as Student Services and Academic Support continue to serve the ever-changing needs of our students. South University champions our students’ efforts with an outstanding Academic Support Coordinator to tutor and counsel students with technical support, eBook support and the course-by-course tutors needed to be successful.
South offers our students a rolling admissions process with fresh new 10-week starts every 5 weeks to allow the student to begin or renew their academic goals when they’re ready. This allows a student to start sooner, and with five 10-week sessions per year, the student may complete up to 20 classes in one year and set a pace toward graduation much faster than traditional semester-based institutions.
Our undergraduate programs include Associate of Science in Allied Health and Associate of Science in Physical Therapy Assistant. The Physical Therapist Assistant graduates boast a 100% pass rate on their boards. Our Bachelor programs include the traditional Business, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Healthcare Management, along with the high demand of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Our nurses are found in every hospital in Palm Beach County and beyond. Our master degree programs are designed to be completed in 6 10-week terms (Master of Business Administration, Master of Healthcare Administration, Master of Criminal Justice, and our combination Master of Business Administration/Master of Healthcare Administration). With our Clinical Mental Health Counseling being a 2-year program.
The Master of Medical Science in Anesthesia Science and the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Program here at South University, West Palm Beach offer an exceptional, instructive journey in which the chief focus is to advance each cohort into becoming successful, innovative, skillful clinical leaders. We are so excited to announce that the inaugural class of the South University West Palm Beach MSPA program is set to graduate in March 2023! These students have paved the way for our future PA cohorts, and will undoubtedly make a positive impact to society and the community as newly certified Physician Assistants.
As fairly new programs, the cohorts are growing, and our reputation is becoming well known in the community. Our students represent a level of professionalism, adaptability, and grit that contest the long-established programs. We advocate to recruit diverse student cohorts and faculty that is reflective to the surrounding community and progressively advances these professions. This is done by understanding the immense importance of taking a holistic approach when reviewing candidates and therefore matriculating cohorts that are multiculturally, socio-economically, ethnically, and intellectually diverse.
The uniqueness of the Anesthesiologist Assistant Program, is the full simulation lab/mock operating room that has all of the equipment and supplies you would find in a real-world operating room. Our AA faculty sometimes joke that we could open someone up right here at the campus and perform a full-blown operation!
Our staff strive for customer service superiority, and the faculty work exceptionally hard to ensure from the moment the students walk into new student orientation, to the day they graduate, they will receive nothing short of an excellent experience here at the educational hidden gem, South University of West Palm Beach.
For more information about South University, our programs and enrollment process, call (561) 273-6500 today and ask for Admissions.
