Florida State University, Panama City (commonly referred to as FSU Panama City, Florida State PC or FSUPC) is located 100 miles (160 km) from the main campus in Tallahassee. Beginning in the early 1980s. Since that time the campus has grown to almost 1,500 students supported by 15 bachelor’s and 19 graduate degree programs. A full-time daytime program was introduced in the fall 2000 semester. Florida State University is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, Florida State University awards over 2,000 graduate and professional degrees each year. Florida State is one of two flagship universities in the State University System of Florida. Florida State has been delegated to the first tier of research universities by the state senate, a distinction allowing FSU, along with The University of Florida, to charge substantially more for tuition than other institutions in the State University System of Florida. Florida State University is also home to nationally ranked programs in many academic areas, including the sciences, social policy, film, engineering, the Arts, business, politics and law.