by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Florida was awarded 134 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is educational administration.
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UF landed the #56 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UF held the #58 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UF also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 23%, UF is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 81% 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 730. Math scores were between 650 and 760.
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 University of Florida, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Florida is 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Florida has a freshmen retention rate of 97%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UF the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 34,931 undergraduates at UF with 31,476 being full-time and 3,455 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,033 | $3,599 | $8,897 | $14,440 | $15,203 |
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 UF, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 $6,122 a year. That adds up to $24,488 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UF is 1.0%. 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.
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Contact details for UF are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Tigert Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 |
| Phone: | 352-392-3261 |
| Website: | https://www.ufl.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,471 | $52,032 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 694 | NA |
| General Psychology | 650 | $26,003 |
| General Biology | 595 | $24,713 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 487 | $76,228 |
| Computer Information Systems | 459 | $90,651 |
| Political Science & Government | 453 | $31,574 |
| Microbiological Sciences & Immunology | 425 | $27,994 |
| Public Health | 422 | $30,056 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 386 | $42,099 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 31,583 students took at least one online class at University of Florida. This is a decrease from the 32,018 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 31,583 | 8,791 |
| 2021-2022 | 32,018 | 9,153 |
| 2020-2021 | 49,050 | 35,113 |
| 2018-2019 | 26,279 | 4,766 |
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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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