- March 3, 2025
Daytona State College plans to add two more bachelor’s degree programs for the Spring 2014 semester.
The new degrees — one in information technology, and one in nursing — will bring the total number of bachelor’s programs at the college to 11.
School officials said the information technology degree could impact the region’s economy.
“This is a program that prepares our graduates with the know-how to solve real-world IT challenges for business and industry,” Daytona State President Carol W. Eaton said. “It also supports our goal of having more STEM graduates who can boost the economic competitiveness of our region.”
U.S. Department of Labor statistics predict 496 job openings for graduates with bachelor’s degrees in IT over the next five years in Volusia and Flagler counties, according to a news release from the college.
The new IT program will admit graduates and associates degree students for a “2+2 program” of study that will allow them to finish the degree within two years, and will replace an information technology concentration of the college’s Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology program.
With the nursing program, Eaton said, Daytona State College will help supply health care providers for local hospitals.
“By adding Daytona State as an option for the BSN degree, we’re taking another crucial step against health care shortages in the region,” he said.
Linda Miles, chairwoman of Daytona State College’s School of Nursing, said the new nursing degree will help fill a void in local health care training.
“More than 50% of qualified students in Florida are turned away because of limited BSN program capacity,” she said.
The college expects to graduate at least 50 students from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program yearly by 2016.
The State Board of Education approved Daytona State College’s bid to offer the two new degrees on Sept. 17. The college believes both degrees will be approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges by Spring 2014.
