Stetson University is a private institution that was founded in 1883. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,516, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 155 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Stetson University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (South), 5.

While vacationers relax in Orlando and Daytona Beach, Fla., students at Stetson University study hard at the DeLand campus directly between the two cities. Tradition is important at SU. The DeLand campus is on the National Register of Historic Places, and SU gave Florida its first law, music, and business schools. Stetson now offers many undergraduate degrees with small class sizes.