In over 50 years of service, Northwest Florida State College has earned a reputation for educational excellence and community involvement. As part of Florida’s public system of 28 state and community colleges, NWF State College offers bachelor’s degree programs, associate degrees, and certificates. The college’s primary service district, Okaloosa and Walton counties, stretches across the Florida panhandle from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. The college’s 264 acre main campus in Niceville includes instructional facilities, administrative offices, Raider Arena sports complex and wellness center, the Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center and Amphitheater, technical programs, the Mary Lou O’Connor Child Development & Education Center, a Criminal Justice Training Center, the college’s Learning Resources Center, an observatory, VetSuccess on Campus Center, and the Collegiate High School. In addition to the college’s main campus, NWF operates a joint campus with the University of West Florida in Fort Walton Beach, the Chautauqua Center in DeFuniak Springs, the Robert L.F. Sikes Education Center in Crestview and a center at Hurlburt Field and in South Walton County.