The University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP), commonly known as USF St. Pete, is a separately accredited, autonomous institution in the University of South Florida System, located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida by the Tampa Bay waterfront. The campus is bounded by the Salt Creek Marine District, Bayfront Medical Center and All Children's Hospital and the Roser Park and Bartlett Park residential neighborhoods. Opened in 1965 as a satellite campus of the University of South Florida, USFSP gained accreditation as a separate entity in 2006. USF St. Petersburg is the only public university in Pinellas County and the only public university offering bachelors and graduate degree programs in the area. USF St. Petersburg enrolled nearly 5,000 students during the fall 2012 semester. Students across the USF System enroll at USF St. Petersburg, creating a typical semester student population of more than 6,000. The other separately accredited, autonomous institutions in the system are the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and Sarasota.
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