University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
University of South Florida is a public research university in Tampa, Florida, a large city, with 37,207 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 19% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice its share across the colleges we cover. 77% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $57,743 ten years after starting.
University of South Florida admitted 29,196 of 71,722 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (40.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 40.7%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $6,410
- $17,324 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $9,812
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1160–1340
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, 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 University of South Florida is known for
Measured by the 10,081 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
19.1%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Biology1,19711.9% of degrees$49,395−14% vs $57,214 nationally
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences1,07810.7% of degrees$56,452−8% vs $61,296 nationally
- Psychology9059.0% of degrees$47,257−7% vs $50,706 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing4794.8% of degrees$84,694−5% vs $88,910 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services4654.6% of degrees$73,933−11% vs $83,343 nationally
- Criminology3873.8% of degrees$53,883About the $55,556 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Tampa, FL
Undergraduates
37,207
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
22 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
8%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of South Florida
Two things University of South 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 South Florida files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 77.8% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $9,812 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
40.7%
29,196 admitted of 71,722 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1160–1340
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
25–29
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.09
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
77.8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
21.7%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of South Florida?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of South Florida costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $6,410 ($17,324 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $22,859. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $9,812 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$6,410
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$17,324
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$22,859
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$9,812
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $22,859 full cost.
- Under $30k$4,122Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$5,444Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$9,326Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$15,224Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$18,497Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
77%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
91%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$57,743
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$17,988
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of South 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
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Florida
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Rollins College40.6%
- The University of Tampa40.9%
- Florida Polytechnic University39.6%
- University of Central Florida39.5%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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