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University of Florida Overview

Located in Gainesville, Florida, University of Florida is a public institution. Gainesville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of Florida Known For?

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$29,776 Avg Cost After Aid
30% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at UF have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The highest award offered at UF is the doctor's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UF makes roughly $69,468 a year. This is 70% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is University of Florida?

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Contact details for UF are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Tigert Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-392-3261
Website: www.ufl.edu

How Do I Get Into UF?

You can apply to UF online at: https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/freshman

Admission Requirements for UF

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Required
TOEFL Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UF?

30% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
79% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to UF. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 30%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 29%, and the acceptance rate for women is 31%.

Average Test Scores

About 79% of students accepted to UF submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 720. Math scores were between 650 and 750.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Florida  ( 650 to 720 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for University of Florida  ( 650 to 750 )
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800
UF received ACT scores from 46% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 28 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 31. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

ACT English Scores for University of Florida  ( 28 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for University of Florida  ( 26 to 31 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Florida  ( 29 to 33 )
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36

Can I Afford University of Florida?

$29,776 Net Price
9% Take Out Loans
0.9% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of UF is $29,776. 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 UF, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $6,318 a year. That adds up to $25,272 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UF is 0.9%. 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.

University of Florida Undergraduate Student Diversity

31,337 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 34,876 undergraduate students at UF, with 31,337 being full-time and 3,539 being part-time.

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There are also 20,905 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 31,337 full-time undergraduates at UF, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,280
Black or African American 1,632
Hispanic or Latino 7,389
White 15,960
International Students 884
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,192

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at University of Florida. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 144 countries are represented at UF. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Florida

9,153 Took All Classes Online
32,018 Took At Least One Class Online
165.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 66 bachelor’s degree and 126 master’s degree programs available online at UF. In 2020-2021, 32,018 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UF

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Florida was 165.1%. This is the #316 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UF regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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