New College of Florida Overview

New College of Florida is a public institution located in Sarasota, Florida. Sarasota is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is New College of Florida Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at New College since the student to facuty ratio is 7 to 1.
• The highest award offered at New College is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period80% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, New College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,082 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average New College student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is New College of Florida?

Contact details for New College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5800 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243-2109
Phone:	941-487-5000
Website:	www.ncf.edu

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How Do I Get Into New College?

You can apply to New College online at: www.ncf.edu/admissions/first-year-students/

Admission Requirements for New College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into New College?

The acceptance rate at New College of Florida is 75%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Average Test Scores

About 74% of students accepted to New College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 710. Math scores were between 523 and 650.

New College received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 33. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 24 and 31.

Can I Afford New College of Florida?

The overall average net price of New College is $27,466. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At New College, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $4,856 a year. That adds up to $19,424 over four years for those students.

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New College of Florida Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 29 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 646 full-time undergraduates at New College, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of New College of Florida students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	26
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	431
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at New College of Florida. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at New College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jordan, Palestine, State of, and China.

New College of Florida Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	55	0	57
Biological & Physical Science	0	45	0	45
Natural Resources Conservation	0	14	0	14
Computer Information Systems	0	0	7	7
International Studies	0	6	0	6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	4	0	4
TOTAL	2	124	7	133

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Garrett Crowell under License

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