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Located at the Urban Resource Center
601 W. State Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202

Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) offers military service members regionally accredited education anywhere worldwide.

Mission
The Military Education Institute (MEI) mission is to serve the education needs of military, government, and public service employees and family members throughout the nation and globally. MEI provides credit and non-credit education and training access through distance learning, on-site, and classroom environments in directed disciplines that foster lifelong learning and the issuance of college credit. MEI supports servicemembers and their families as they seek to advance their degrees and careers.

The Military Education Institute (MEI) at Florida Community College has been providing quality college education to military personnel for more than 30 years. The majority of the MEI staff are veterans of the US Armed Services.

American Council on Education
The American Council on Education (ACE) catalogs the training service members receive during their military career and recommends college equivalency credits. MEI recognizes ACE credit recommendations toward completion of Florida Community College associate degree programs. Students can earn even more credit for what they already know through experience testing programs such as CLEP or DSST.

Regionally Accredited
Florida Community College is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and is eligible to receive military tuition assistance benefits.

SOC Member
Florida Community College is a participating member of Service members Opportunity Colleges (SOC), a consortium of 1,550 colleges and universities dedicated to providing educational opportunities for service members and their families.

News and Events

• FCCJ Honors the Navy’s First Accelerate to Excellence Program Graduate
  
  
• New Post-9/11 GI Bill pays much more than tuition
  
  
• New out-of-state tuition rate for all active military personnel
  receiving tuition assistance
  
  
• Military Spouse Career Advancement Initiative
  
  
• Tuition waivers available for Purple Heart recipients
  
  
• MEI and US Army Mobile Learning Technologies
  
  
• Associate's Degree for Navy Accelerate to Excellence Students
  
  
• Associate's Degree required for NJROTC Instructors
  
  
• MEI Accomplishments
  
  
• Online Accelerated Business Administration Degree
  
  
• Online Accelerated Industrial Management Degree
  
  

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