Located on Boca Ciega Bay, Eckerd College is Florida?s only private national liberal arts college offering bachelor?s degrees in arts and sciences. 

Founded in 1958 as Florida Presbyterian College, Eckerd College continues to be related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Eckerd College has a diverse student body of 1,750 residential students from 47 states and 39 countries. In addition, 1,000 students are enrolled in the Program for Experienced Learners, a bachelor's degree program for adult learners.

Eckerd College is one of only 40 schools listed in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives and, in 2003, became one of the youngest colleges to receive a Phi Beta Kappa chapter.

Eckerd's Leadership Development Institute executive education program, Academy of Senior Professional at Eckerd (ASPEC), and offerings through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Elderhostel identify the college as a national leader of innovative programs in continuing education.