University of Florida [Acceptance Rate + Statistics] (2024)

Updated: February 29, 2024

EduRank

Position	Category
#27 of 14,131	In the World
#23 of 2,597	In North America
#22 of 2,496	In the United States
#1 of 109	In Florida
#1 of 5	In Gainesville
#1 of 2,377	For Forestry
Top10	For 14 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Aid receiving: 94%
Undergraduates: 34,552
Graduates: 20,659
Male:Female Ratio: 43:57
Control: Public
Highest Degree: Doctor's degree
Website: www.ufl.edu

University of Florida Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of Florida has an acceptance rate of 23% and is among the top 6% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	23%	23%	24%
Applicants	64,473	28,248	36,225
Admissions	15,054	6,358	8,696
Freshmen enrolled full time	6,594	2,721	3,873
Freshmen enrolled part time	18	9	9

22,792 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

8,791 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
5,358 or 81%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1300
or below

75% of them
had 1490
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in the University of Florida are 1300-1490 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
2,729 or 41%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 28
or below

75% of them
had 33
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in the University of Florida are 28-33 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program	Required
SAT/ACT	Required
Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school record	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White	27118 (49%)
Hispanic	11404 (21%)
Asian	5093 (9%)
Nonresident Alien	4951 (9%)
Black or African American	3079 (6%)
Two or more races	2272 (4%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown	1223 (2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native	28 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	25 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded: $10,555
Students receiving aid: 94%

Tuition and fees

	Undergraduates	Graduates
Tuition in-district	$4,477	$10,770
Tuition in-state	$4,477	$10,770
Tuition out-of-state	$25,694	$27,335
Fee in-district	$1,904	$1,967
Fee in-state	$1,904	$1,967
Fee out-of-state	$2,965	$2,795

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity	11,375
Combined charge for room and board	$10,950
Room charge	$6,350
Meal charge	$4,600

University of Florida majors

University of Florida has granted 9,703 bachelor's degrees across 95 programs, 4,517 master's across 120 programs, and 1,906 doctorate degrees across 89 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of Florida.

Major	Associate	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Business Administration and Management, General		452	973	23
Psychology, General		582	22	28
Biology & Biological Sciences, General		587
Computer and Information Sciences, General		331	108	6
Mechanical Engineering		309	109	27
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology		216	191	8
Political Science and Government, General		348	11	3
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology		251	88	15
Finance, General		248	38
Economics, General		242	27	10
Pharmacy				275
Electrical and Electronics Engineering		121	103	42
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management		117	122
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other			237
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse		235
Community Health and Preventive Medicine		192	40
Accounting		140	87
Law				220
Chemistry, General		165	12	42
Marketing & Marketing Management, General		218
Health Services & Allied Health & Health Sciences, General		217
Mass Communication & Media Studies			193	13
Civil Engineering, General		128	63	11
Systems Engineering		123	69	8
Public Relations & Image Management		198
Computer Systems Analysis & Analyst			186
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General		123	42	10
Advertising		171
Criminology		162	3	4
Public Health, General		58	97	9
Animal Sciences, General		144	11	5
English Language and Literature, General		141	1	18
Architecture		92	67
Radio and Television		158
Sociology, General		144	9	5
Anthropology, General		133	2	12
Journalism		145
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering		105	28	11
Chemical Engineering		106	21	13
Forestry, General		78	52	8
Management Science		138
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other			97	37
Construction Engineering Technology & Technician		100	34
Medicine				130
Computer Engineering, General		118	5	4
Mathematics, General		101	10	16
Family and Community Services		91	23	5
Veterinary Medicine				118
Agricultural Economics		99	11	4
Elementary Education and Teaching		70	44
History, General		107	3	3
Nutrition Sciences		101		6
Agricultural Teacher Education		63	26	12
Materials Engineering		53	27	19
Statistics, General		84	9	6
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General		71	27
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies	97
Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist		66	30
Veterinary Sciences & Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General			89	7
Curriculum and Instruction			43	48
Dentistry				90
Sustainability Studies		87
International & Globalization Studies		84
Nursing Practice				84
Fine & Studio Arts, General		69	11
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering		46	31	2
Music, General		46	15	15
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General		65	9
Tax Law & Taxation			70	3
Physical Therapy & Therapist				71
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management		38	28	4
Digital Arts		56	12
Entomology		15	32	19
Music Teacher Education		16	46	4
Physics, General		31	7	28
Physician Assistant			57
Education, General		56
Plant Sciences, General		51
Horticultural Science		12	16	22
Linguistics		39	2	6
Mental Health Counseling & Counselor			46
Art Teacher Education		1	44
Environmental Science		45
Occupational Therapy & Therapist				44
Zoology & Animal Biology		26	5	13
Philosophy		40	3
Special Education and Teaching, General			40	3
Real Estate			42
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies			39
Food Science		21	14	3
Astronomy		14	17	4
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other		26	9
Women's Studies		29	6
Educational Leadership and Administration, General			21	12
Geography		25	4	4
Geology & Earth Science, General		26	1	5
Soil Science and Agronomy, General		1	20	10
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management			26	4
Spanish Language and Literature		26	4
Dietetics & Dietitian		29
Interior Design		24	4
Graphic Design		27
Health & Health Care Administration & Management			26
Dance, General		25
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning			24
Biostatistics			17	6
Ecology			7	16
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General		23
Landscape Architecture		13	9
Marriage and Family Therapy & Counseling			22
Nuclear Engineering		12	6	4
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General		18	1	2
Pharmaceutical Sciences				21
Plant Pathology & Phytopathology			8	12
Agronomy and Crop Science			12	7
Art History, Criticism and Conservation		13	2	4
School Psychology			10	9
Agricultural Engineering			4	14
Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology				17
Biological & Biosystems Engineering		17
Dental Clinical Sciences, General			17
Higher Education & Higher Education Administration				15
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law			15
Marine Sciences		15
Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services			8	6
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other			14
Latin American Studies			14
Surveying Technology & Surveying		14
Athletic Training & Trainer				13
Botany & Plant Biology		11	1	1
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services			13
African-American & Black Studies		11
Audiology & Audiologist				11
Creative Writing			11
Reading Teacher Education			11
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General		9
Social Studies Teacher Education			9
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology			3	5
Fire Science & Fire-fighting			8
Mathematics Teacher Education			8
Comparative Law			7
Early Childhood Education and Teaching			7
English & Language Arts Teacher Education			7
Informatics				7
Nursing Science				7
Epidemiology			1	5
Genetics, General				6
Ocean Engineering			6
Rehabilitation Science				6
Religion & Religious Studies		6
Environmental Health			5
Plant Sciences, Other				5
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology			4
Counseling Psychology				4
Engineering & Engineering-Related Technologies & Technicians, Other			4
Museology & Museum Studies			4
Plant Molecular Biology				4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other				4
Design and Visual Communications, General			3
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics				3
Educational Statistics and Research Methods			2	1
French Language and Literature			3
International Relations and Affairs			3
Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education			3
Anatomy			2
German Language and Literature			2
Latin Language and Literature			2
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other		1
Historic Preservation and Conservation, General			1
Jewish & Judaic Studies		1
Portuguese Language and Literature		1
Grand Total	97	9,703	4,517	1,906

University of Florida has a graduation rate of 90%, which is among the 5% highest for universities in the US.

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	90%	88%	92%
Full-time retention rate - 97% Part-time retention rate - 96%

Publications & Citations

University of Florida is a world-class research university with 269,824 scientific papers published and 7,271,566 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Engineering, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Physics, Computer Science, Genetics, and Biochemistry.

Publications: 269,824
Citations: 7,271,566

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology	175,812 / 5,283,040
Medicine	137,035 / 3,854,375
Chemistry	131,264 / 4,180,816
Environmental Science	115,161 / 3,122,487
Engineering	110,559 / 3,134,346
	102,920 / 2,534,728
Physics	100,161 / 2,985,966
Computer Science	99,346 / 2,827,305
Genetics	86,158 / 2,810,989
Biochemistry	80,265 / 2,754,254
Psychology	67,004 / 1,950,379
Ecology	62,947 / 1,799,493
Geology	61,586 / 1,824,080
Quantum and Particle physics	60,448 / 1,865,878
Organic Chemistry	59,108 / 1,923,159
Pathology	57,083 / 1,758,537
Geography and Cartography	53,391 / 1,355,285
Materials Science	48,112 / 1,449,347
Mathematics	45,708 / 1,258,172
Political Science	45,091 / 1,029,207
Law	42,701 / 998,182
Sociology	41,765 / 1,062,342
Paleontology	41,233 / 1,245,054
Philosophy	39,958 / 958,421
Botany	39,417 / 1,073,538
Surgery	38,178 / 1,022,027
Psychiatry	37,692 / 1,133,571
Statistics	36,245 / 1,051,069
Business	34,538 / 832,737
History	33,144 / 765,073
Neuroscience	28,717 / 955,810
Immunology	28,633 / 939,390
Archaeology	28,590 / 720,393
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	27,888 / 703,047
Optical Engineering	27,371 / 798,383
Economics	25,893 / 631,938
Radiology and Nuclear medicine	24,961 / 641,903
Agricultural Science	23,476 / 550,702
Public Health	21,654 / 650,960
Electrical Engineering	21,055 / 593,031

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1991	2825	25337
1992	2846	27495
1993	2984	29083
1994	2895	32047
1995	2987	34836
1996	3469	37748
1997	3381	41013
1998	3571	46824
1999	3391	52128
2000	3853	59315
2001	3707	65398
2002	4816	75590
2003	4862	84185
2004	5025	96680
2005	5634	113313
2006	6927	131368
2007	6797	148428
2008	7390	167004
2009	7793	189217
2010	7655	215172
2011	7975	241511
2012	8315	269165
2013	8573	295221
2014	8640	316375
2015	9075	335178
2016	9779	343112
2017	10262	353148
2018	11075	390411
2019	12551	435452
2020	13403	509555
2021	13390	578542
2022	12776	587943
2023	13322	583283

Academic rankings

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Years

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Biography

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Years

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Occupations

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Biography

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Born in

Philippines

Years

1987-.. (age 37)

Occupations

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Biography

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Born in

United States

Years

1941-.. (age 83)

Occupations

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Biography

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General info

Alternative names	UF
Founded	1853
Motto	Civium in moribus rei publicae salus The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens
Colors	blue, orange
Academic calendar	August to April
Total FTE staff	16,025
Carnegie classification	Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address	Tigert Hall Gainesville, Florida, 32611 United States
City population	141,000
Phone	3523923261