The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Florida colleges that have competitive admission is 50.27% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 2.44%. The acceptance rate at 3 public Florida colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 21.00%. University of Florida (24.00%) and Florida State University (25.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Florida Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked 1st, up 2 places from 3rd last year. University of Florida ranked second, a drop from first place last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,216 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,910 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4-year | 21.00% 11.93% | 28.99% | 1,090 | $17,725 ($5,785) | 9,215 | 60.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 2 1 | University of Florida Gainesville, FLPublic, 4-year | 24.00% 0.65% | 43.00% | 1,390 | $28,659 ($6,381) | 55,211 | 90.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4-year | 25.00% 0.04% | 31.00% | 1,310 | $21,683 ($6,517) | 44,161 | 84.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Central Florida Orlando, FLPublic, 4-year | 40.00% 1.04% | 34.00% | 1,272 | $22,467 ($6,368) | 68,346 | 75.00% | 29 to 1 |
| 5 - | University of South Florida Tampa, FLPublic, 4-year | 41.00% 2.93% | 22.00% | 1,230 | $17,324 ($6,410) | 49,600 | 74.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 6 - | University of West Florida Pensacola, FLPublic, 4-year | 57.00% 8.97% | 27.00% | 1,120 | $18,658 ($5,776) | 13,521 | 53.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 7 - | Florida International University Miami, FLPublic, 4-year | 59.00% 4.86% | 35.00% | 1,150 | $18,964 ($6,565) | 55,609 | 69.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 8 - | University of North Florida Jacksonville, FLPublic, 4-year | 62.00% 8.50% | 21.00% | 1,100 | $19,407 ($5,964) | 16,406 | 67.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FLPublic, 4-year | 73.00% 8.32% | 22.00% | 1,110 | $17,324 ($4,879) | 29,592 | 62.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 10 - | New College of Florida Sarasota, FLPublic, 4-year | 74.00% 1.41% | 14.03% | 1,130 | $29,944 ($6,916) | 689 | 62.00% | 7 to 1 |
| Average | 47.60% | 27.80% | 1,190 | $21,216 ($6,156) | 34,235 | 69.60% | 19 to 1 |