College profile
University of Miami
FL · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 48,286 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Pine Crest School (10), Greenwich High School (9), Berkeley Preparatory School (7), The Bolles School (7), The Benjamin Private School, Inc. (6.8). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 183 high schools' lists name University of Miami; every one is ranked below.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer Science grads from here earn about $121,589 four years out; music grads about $29,090 — a 4.2× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- There is merit money here, but you compete for it. Every named award at this college is competitive — the published GPA and score figures describe who tends to win them, not a bar that guarantees anything. Worth applying for; not worth counting on when you budget.
- The 5× payoff headline requires aid. Without aid this runs ~$86,078/yr. There's no income cutoff for need-based aid — whether you qualify depends on the gap between a school's price and your family's finances, so at a price like this even six-figure incomes often show need. Families who receive aid average ~$37,244/yr — against that, ten years of median earnings run ~5× the cost. Run the college's own net-price calculator before anchoring on the multiple.
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 Miami?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Miami, from each school's own published list: Pine Crest School (10), Greenwich High School (9), Berkeley Preparatory School (7), The Bolles School (7), The Benjamin Private School, Inc. (6.8). 183 high schools' lists name University of Miami.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 183 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name University of Miami 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 (2, 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
183 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name University of Miami on it. Between them they printed 882 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at University of Miami, 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 21 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
21 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name University of Miami on it. Between them they printed 175 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to University of Miami, 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 199 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.
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 Scholars or Foote Fellows on offer (see merit-scholarship tab below)
- Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Health Professions (the two biggest majors)
- Research-oriented students (R1 — top tier of federal research funding)
- A long-term payoff that holds even at full price — ten years at the $75,328 median runs about $408K ahead of four years at the ~$86,078/yr sticker (aid recipients average ~$37,244/yr)
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1330, or ACT below 30, or unweighted GPA below 3.69 (test bands are the school's own; the 3.69 line is our estimate, not a published figure)
- With selective universities, build a balanced college list of Reaches, Targets, and Safeties ⓘ
- High cost — full price is ~$86,078/yr without aid, and aid-receiving families still average ~$37,244/yr — verify the major's earnings track record before committing
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
3.89 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, admitted students
| Admitted | 3.89 unweighted |
| Enrolled first-years | 3.75 unweighted |
Enrolled first-years by GPA band: 4.00 17.88% · 3.75-3.99 42.31% · 3.50-3.74 26.7% · 3.25-3.49 10.09% · 3.00-3.24 2.31% · 2.50-2.99 0.56% · 2.00-2.49 0.07%
unweighted 4.0 scale. Audit 2026-10-07: CDS 2025-26 (cds2526.pdf, CDS-C p.21) C12 = 3.75, 99.96% submitting, for ALL enrolled first-years, Fall 2025 — added under `enrolled`; the C11 'All enrolled students' column is the stored distribution. The 3.89 under `admitted` is UM's Class Profile for Fall 2025 admits (the live page now shows Fall 2026 admits at 3.81), so the two scopes differ by design. University of Miami Common Data Set 2025-2026, Section C11/C12 (enrolled first-years), plus UM Admissions Class Profile Fall 2025 (admitted GPA) ↗
As published by the college in its Common Data Set / admissions data (2025-26) (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 Miami actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by University of Miami's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
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
+$409K ahead at full price +$604K 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; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at University of Miami
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Miami actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of Miami's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Computer Science. | $121,589 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | $116,367 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | $110,240 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | $102,484 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $102,344 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies. | $99,836 |
| Industrial Engineering. | $99,068 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | $98,997 |
| Economics. | $92,998 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | $92,555 |
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 Miami
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 Scholars
Stamps · any
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$87,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
1500+ SAT |
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Foote Fellows
Foote Fellows · any
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$45,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
1480+ SAT |
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Singer Scholarship
Singer · any
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$32,000/yr as published, checked 2026-06-06 · source ↗ |
1400+ SAT |
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 →
AI program signal
AI + computing education at University of Miami
Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantUniversity of Miami is a private nonprofit four-year college in FL. It admitted 18% of applicants (48,286 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1330–1470, ACT 30–33. Average admitted GPA 3.89 (unweighted, 2025-26, as published by the college).
Cost: about $37,244 a year on average with aid, $86,078 a year at full price.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $75,328 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $604,304 ahead with aid, $408,968 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($121,589); Business/Managerial Economics ($116,367); Finance and Financial Management Services ($110,240).
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 7% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 40% of those reached the top fifth as adults.
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name University of Miami: 183, 882 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Pine Crest School (10.0 per class year, 50 over 5 class years, 2022-26); Greenwich High School (9.0 per class year, 9 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Berkeley Preparatory School (7.0 per class year, 7 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). 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-miami.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming University of Miami: 21, 175 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often St Andrews School of Boca Raton Inc (29.0 per class year, 29 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Mira Costa High School (20.0 per class year, 20 over 1 class year, 2022-2026 College Admission Data, counted column "The first column represents the number of students admitted from the Class of 2026"); Archbishop Mitty High School (9.0 per class year, 9 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). 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-miami.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/university-of-miami.json
Questions families ask
What is University of Miami's acceptance rate? University of Miami is a private nonprofit four-year college in FL. It admitted 18% of applicants (48,286 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Does University of Miami require the SAT or ACT? University of Miami is a private nonprofit four-year college in FL. It admitted 18% of applicants (48,286 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
What SAT or ACT scores do University of Miami students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1330–1470, ACT 30–33. Average admitted GPA 3.89 (unweighted, 2025-26, as published by the college).
How much does University of Miami cost? Cost: about $37,244 a year on average with aid, $86,078 a year at full price.
What do University of Miami graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $75,328 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $604,304 ahead with aid, $408,968 ahead at full price.
Which majors at University of Miami pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($121,589); Business/Managerial Economics ($116,367); Finance and Financial Management Services ($110,240).
Which high schools send the most graduates to University of Miami? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Miami, from each school's own published list: Pine Crest School (10), Greenwich High School (9), Berkeley Preparatory School (7), The Bolles School (7), The Benjamin Private School, Inc. (6.8). 183 high schools' lists name University of Miami.
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