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 Miami was awarded 120 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general music.
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U Miami landed the #175 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 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 70 colleges in Florida, U Miami is ranked at #6.
With an acceptance rate of 19%, U Miami 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 35% of students accepted to U Miami 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 660 and 750.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of Miami is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Miami is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 92% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Miami enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at U Miami for first-time, full-time students is 72%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,334 undergraduates at U Miami with 10,737 being full-time and 597 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,008 | $16,322 | $18,858 | $29,057 | $47,404 |
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 U Miami, 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 U Miami, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $8,432 a year. That adds up to $33,728 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at U Miami 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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Get more details about the location of University of Miami.
Contact details for U Miami are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | University Of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146 |
| Phone: | 305-284-2211 |
| Website: | www.miami.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 497 | $75,036 |
| Law | 384 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 356 | $70,352 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 290 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 247 | $48,793 |
| General Psychology | 228 | $30,417 |
| Medicine | 192 | NA |
| Music | 190 | $15,492 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 172 | $23,504 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 169 | $43,917 |
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, 4,953 students took at least one online class at University of Miami. This is a decrease from the 8,937 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,953 | 960 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,937 | 1,038 |
| 2020-2021 | 14,978 | 5,021 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,813 | 607 |
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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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