Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL
Florida Gulf Coast University admitted 12,956 of 20,422 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (63.4%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Florida Gulf Coast University
Two things Florida Gulf Coast University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Florida Gulf Coast University files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 79% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Families paid $12,568 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
63.4%
12,956 admitted of 20,422 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1050–1200
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
20–25
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
4.12
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
79%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
45%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at Florida Gulf Coast University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 65% to 77%.
What Florida Gulf Coast University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $12,568 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $8,220
- $30k–$48k
- $8,191
- $48k–$75k
- $10,999
- $75k–$110k
- $15,450
- Over $110k
- $18,829
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Florida
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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