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 6 to 1.
• The 2% student loan default rate at New College is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at New College is the master's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 83% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from New College with a bachelor's degree make about $49,341 a year. That's 21% more than those who graduate from 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into New College?

New College has an acceptance rate of 74%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% 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 590 and 700. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

New College received ACT scores from 35% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 30. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

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 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,569 a year. That adds up to $22,276 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at New College is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

New College of Florida Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 632 undergraduate students at New College, with 615 being full-time and 17 being part-time.

There are also 27 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 615 full-time undergraduates at New College, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	23
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	113
White	392
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

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.

Online Learning at New College of Florida

In 2020-2021, 72 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at New College has changed over the last few years.

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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