by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Jacksonville University was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked JU as #840 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when JU held the #1,027 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
JU also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
If you're applying to Jacksonville University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 58%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 30% of students accepted to JU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 620.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Jacksonville University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Jacksonville University is 75%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Jacksonville University is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at JU for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Jacksonville University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,771 undergraduates at JU with 2,354 being full-time and 417 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,275 | $23,778 | $26,247 | $30,566 | $32,239 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of JU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At JU, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $9,901 a year. That adds up to $39,604 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for JU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2800 University Blvd N, Jacksonville, FL 32211-3394 |
| Phone: | 904-256-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.ju.edu/index.php |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 498 | $78,924 |
| Business Administration & Management | 105 | $56,477 |
| Health & Physical Education | 90 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 55 | $48,375 |
| General Business/Commerce | 49 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 46 | NA |
| Air Transportation | 44 | $45,875 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 35 | NA |
| Accounting | 33 | NA |
| General Psychology | 33 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 776 students took at least one online class at Jacksonville University. This is a decrease from the 2,036 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 776 | 670 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,036 | 589 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,591 | 793 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,757 | 930 |
Learn more about online learning at Jacksonville University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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