College profile
University of Florida
FL · Public · Mid-size city · 65,375 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Berkeley Preparatory School (28), The Bolles School (23), Pine Crest School (16.4), Episcopal School of Jacksonville (12.5), Syosset Senior High School (12). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 86 high schools' lists name University of Florida; every one is ranked below.
- Built for the AI economy. Top 21 in the country. About 1 in 21 degrees here is already in AI, computer science, or data fields; its AI research output ranks #21 among US universities. This campus is leaning into the shift, not waiting for it.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer Engineering grads from here earn about $128,140 four years out; fine and studio arts grads about $39,332 — a 3.3× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 8× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$22,523/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$71,588/yr) still runs about 8× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to University of Florida?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Florida, from each school's own published list: Berkeley Preparatory School (28), The Bolles School (23), Pine Crest School (16.4), Episcopal School of Jacksonville (12.5), Syosset Senior High School (12). 86 high schools' lists name University of Florida.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 86 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name University of Florida on a list of where their graduates enrolled whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: The Lovett School (3, List as of 5/1/2026 (no class year printed on the list itself; page 2 header reads "College Acceptance and Matriculation" and links this file as the "Class of 2026 matriculation list")); Garrison Forest School (1, Three-Year Survey).
How this is counted
86 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name University of Florida on it. Between them they printed 483 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at University of Florida, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 16 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name University of Florida on a list of the colleges that admitted their graduates whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: Seven Lakes High School (4, not stated).
How this is counted
16 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name University of Florida on it. Between them they printed 127 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to University of Florida, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 100 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
SelectiveSelective but achievable for strong students. Affordable — net price averages ~$6,541/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- Strong academic profiles — students here cluster in the top test and GPA tiers (bands above)
- Strong test/GPA students chasing merit aid — Stamps Scholarship or John V. Lombardi Scholarship on offer (see merit-scholarship tab below)
- In-state residents (tuition ~$6,381 — major value play)
- Research-oriented students (R1 — top tier of federal research funding)
- Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1300, or ACT below 28, or unweighted GPA below 3.72 (test bands are the school's own; the 3.72 line is our estimate, not a published figure)
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- Out-of-state tuition is 4.5× the in-state rate
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
High-school GPA
3.92 avg unweightedGPA on the plain 4.0 scale, no honors/AP bonus. When a college publishes an "average admitted GPA of 3.9," it's often this scale — don't compare it to a weighted 4.3. GPA, enrolled first-years
Enrolled first-years by GPA band: 4.00 53.0% · 3.75-3.99 41.0% · 3.50-3.74 6.0%
unweighted 4.0 scale. University of Florida Common Data Set 2024-2025 (UF Main Campus), Section C11/C12 (enrolled-student GPA); admitted middle-50% GPA from UF Admissions Freshman Student Profile (Class of 2029) ↗
As published by the college in its Common Data Set / admissions data (2024-25) (source linked above). GPA basis (weighted vs. unweighted vs. 4.0-scale) varies by college and is labeled above.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What University of Florida actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by University of Florida's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
University of Florida's own published aid policy · last published for 2022-23
The most recent policy we verified covered tuition for families under $55,000. Thresholds change most years, so treat this as history, not a promise — confirm the current policy with the college or run its calculator below.
Who qualifies: FL first-generation students; selected by invitation.
Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarships (MFOS) are designed to ensure that those who meet eligibility requirements will not have to work or borrow to attend UF, but rather will have their need fully met with grants and scholarships. Awards are offered to Florida resident first-time-in-college freshmen students and undergraduate renewal students from historically low-income families whose parents have not earned a bachelor's degree. ... parents', stepparents', or legal guardians' combined total income be below $55,000; parents', stepparents', or legal guardians' assets must be below $35,000.
Income thresholds assume typical assets. Policy independently verified against the college's financial-aid pages ↗.
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The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways
+$626K ahead at full price +$690K with aidSource: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at University of Florida
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Florida actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of Florida's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Computer Engineering. | $128,140 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | $126,268 |
| Systems Engineering. | $122,299 |
| Chemical Engineering. | $109,607 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | $109,220 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician. | $109,139 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | $107,543 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | $106,153 |
| Statistics. | $98,409 |
| Fire Protection. | $97,839 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
Merit aidScholarship money awarded for grades or test scores, not financial need — at many colleges it's automatic at certain GPA/score levels.
What your test score unlocks at University of Florida
Score-or-merit-based scholarships published by the institution. Stackable in most cases — confirm with the financial aid office.
| Award | Annual award | Score gate |
|---|---|---|
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Stamps Scholarship
Stamps (full COA + enrichment) · any
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$45,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
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John V. Lombardi Scholarship
Lombardi Scholars ($7,000/yr stipend) · any
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$7,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
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See all merit scholarships across colleges + 13 national awards on /merit-scholarships →
Student body & economic mobility
Who attends here — and what the campus adds.
Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.
Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantUniversity of Florida is a public four-year college in FL. It admitted 24% of applicants (65,375 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1300–1480, ACT 28–33. Average enrolled GPA 3.92 (unweighted, 2024-25, as published by the college).
Cost: about $6,541 a year on average with aid, $22,523 a year at full price for in-state students.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $71,588 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $689,716 ahead with aid, $625,788 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Engineering ($128,140); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($126,268); Systems Engineering ($122,299).
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 6% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 43% of those reached the top fifth as adults.
Aid pledge published by the college for 2022-23: families earning under $55,000 pay no tuition; aid packages carry no loans for families under $55,000 (FL first-generation students; selected by invitation).
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name University of Florida: 86, 483 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Berkeley Preparatory School (28.0 per class year, 28 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); The Bolles School (23.0 per class year, 23 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Pine Crest School (16.4 per class year, 82 over 5 class years, 2022-26). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-florida.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming University of Florida: 16, 127 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Canterbury School-Fort Myers (27.0 per class year, 27 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); St Andrews School of Boca Raton Inc (25.0 per class year, 25 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); LASA High School (11.0 per class year, 11 over 1 class year, Class of 2025, counted column "Accept"). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-florida.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/university-of-florida.json
Questions families ask
What is University of Florida's acceptance rate? University of Florida is a public four-year college in FL. It admitted 24% of applicants (65,375 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Does University of Florida require the SAT or ACT? University of Florida is a public four-year college in FL. It admitted 24% of applicants (65,375 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
What SAT or ACT scores do University of Florida students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1300–1480, ACT 28–33. Average enrolled GPA 3.92 (unweighted, 2024-25, as published by the college).
How much does University of Florida cost? Cost: about $6,541 a year on average with aid, $22,523 a year at full price for in-state students.
What do University of Florida graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $71,588 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $689,716 ahead with aid, $625,788 ahead at full price.
Which majors at University of Florida pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Engineering ($128,140); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($126,268); Systems Engineering ($122,299).
Does University of Florida offer free tuition or meet full need? Aid pledge published by the college for 2022-23: families earning under $55,000 pay no tuition; aid packages carry no loans for families under $55,000 (FL first-generation students; selected by invitation).
Which high schools send the most graduates to University of Florida? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Florida, from each school's own published list: Berkeley Preparatory School (28), The Bolles School (23), Pine Crest School (16.4), Episcopal School of Jacksonville (12.5), Syosset Senior High School (12). 86 high schools' lists name University of Florida.
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