by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of South Florida - Main Campus was awarded 133 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, USF Tampa is ranked #198 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when USF Tampa held the #229 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 70 colleges in Florida, USF Tampa is ranked at #8.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus has an acceptance rate of 44%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for USF Tampa.
About 76% of students accepted to USF Tampa submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 560 and 670.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of South Florida - Main Campus is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of South Florida - Main Campus is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at USF Tampa for first-time, full-time students is 59%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 38,582 undergraduates at USF Tampa with 29,650 being full-time and 8,932 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,820 | $6,645 | $10,184 | $15,279 | $16,504 |
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 USF Tampa, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At USF Tampa, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $8,261 a year. That adds up to $33,044 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for USF Tampa are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-9951 |
| Phone: | 813-974-2011 |
| Website: | www.usf.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 1,269 | $27,034 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 1,044 | $34,073 |
| General Psychology | 836 | $32,438 |
| Nursing | 817 | $72,879 |
| Criminology | 477 | $37,108 |
| Business Administration & Management | 452 | $45,966 |
| Marketing | 425 | $40,575 |
| Computer Information Systems | 421 | $61,046 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 416 | $45,230 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 415 | $49,906 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 33,237 students took at least one online class at University of South Florida - Main Campus. This is an increase from the 32,712 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 33,237 | 8,621 |
| 2021-2022 | 32,712 | 9,813 |
| 2020-2021 | 45,596 | 24,202 |
| 2018-2019 | 23,785 | 5,468 |
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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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