University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida admitted 18,403 of 90,523 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (20.3%).
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 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University of Florida
Three things University of Florida 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.
University of Florida files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 78% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
1 admitted from a waitlist of 3,196.
2,737 students accepted a place on that list, and 1 was admitted from it, 0% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $6,541 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
20.3%
18,403 admitted of 90,523 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1330–1490
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
29–33
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.90
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
78%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
39%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Florida?
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 fell from 39% to 24%.
What University of Florida says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 3,196
- Accepted the place
- 2,737
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 1
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $6,541 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $1,982
- $30k–$48k
- $2,768
- $48k–$75k
- $7,151
- $75k–$110k
- $12,905
- Over $110k
- $16,723
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for University of Florida applicants
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
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.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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