tied for 29th among public ones.
== Athletics ==
FGCU's athletics teams are known as the Eagles. FGCU completed the four-year transition to NCAA Division I for all athletics programs in 2011. The Eagles compete in the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), which they joined in 2007.
FGCU intercollegiate athletics offers:
Men's and women's golf
Men's and women's tennis
Men's and women's basketball
Women's softball
Men's baseball
Men's and women's cross country
Women's volleyball
Men's and Women’s soccer
Women's swimming and diving
Women's beach volleyball
FGCU is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. FGCU plays its men's and women's basketball games at Alico Arena and its baseball games at Swanson Stadium, with other on-campus facilities including softball and soccer fields, tennis courts and an aquatics complex for intercollegiate competition.
The average GPA of a student athlete at FGCU was 3.27 in the spring semester …