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The University of Tampa

FLLarge private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #1089 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth places The University of Tampa in the 26th percentile nationally.

Who it’s a good fit for

The University of Tampa is a private nonprofit university in Tampa, Florida, where Business is the largest program family. Access is above average, the strongest of the four , while affordability is below the levels seen at many peers.

Graduates earn less than predicts for students like them. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds, while the part it attributes to a remainder it cannot explain subtracts.

Return is modestly below average. Pell recipients complete at a rate below the overall cohort, and mobility is around the average.

The lowest income band pays well under the published cost, while the highest band pays closer to it. The admission rate is below the median for comparable institutions, and most graduates are estimated to enter the workforce rather than continue to graduate study.

A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the highest-earning ones, like Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, are not the largest.

The University of Tampa at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
40.3%
Six-year completion[2]
63.7%
Four-year earnings[3]
$62,720

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$31,898
Median student debt[4]
$24,211
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$53,549

The University of Tampa rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

The University of Tampa is a private nonprofit university in Tampa, Florida, enrolling 10,572 undergraduates. Its composite standing sits in the lower quarter of the Azimuth ranking, with the access pillar the strongest of the four and affordability the weakest.

The university admits 40.3% of applicants, well below the 47.1% median for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Of students who start full time, 85.5% return for a second year, against a peer median of 90.1%.

The six-year graduation rate is 63.7%, compared to a peer median of 80.0%. An estimated 14.8% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students, so the six-year rate describes a majority of the student body but not everyone who studies here.

The four pillars are spread out: access is the strongest, mobility sits near the middle, and return and affordability both fall below the midpoint. The distance between the strongest and weakest pillars is wide, with access and affordability more than sixty percentile points apart.

Access is the clearest strength for The University of Tampa, with Azimuth placing that pillar in the 74th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Mobility sits in the 52nd percentile.

The return pillar is in the 34th percentile, while affordability is the weakest area at the 6th percentile. Stronger access and middling mobility sit alongside a much weaker affordability picture.

15.2% of undergraduates at The University of Tampa receive Pell Grants, a measure of financial access. The university is a private nonprofit university in Tampa, Florida.

Azimuth ranks The University of Tampa #381 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The access pillar draws on the Pell share and on how Pell recipients fare once enrolled.

Those students complete at 55.2%, which is 8.5 percentage points below the overall six-year graduation rate. Azimuth ranks the university #708 for mobility. Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students.

How value-added outcomes are assessed · How to interpret program rankings

The University of Tampa rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#1,089

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 52
Access & reach
National percentile: 74
Affordability
National percentile: 6
Return on investment
National percentile: 34

01 / The University of Tampa briefing

The University of Tampa cost & financial aid[6][7]

The published annual price at The University of Tampa is substantial before aid is considered. The standard cost of attendance is $51,614, with tuition and fees at $34,408 and room and board at $14,612.

For aid recipients, average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $36,211. Aid reduces that published price by $15,403 on average.

At comparable institutions of the same type and size, the peer median net price is $36,211; the university’s average is level with that figure. Azimuth ranks the university #1,334 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The net figure is an average across aid recipients, not a quoted bill for any one family. The high sticker cost and above-peer net price point to a weak affordability picture.

The published cost at The University of Tampa is $51,614, leaving aid recipients with average net prices that differ across family-income bands. In the lowest family-income band, the is $30,011; it is $31,513 in the next band, $31,898 in the middle band, $34,691 in the next-highest band, and $37,975 in the highest family-income band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $7,964. Azimuth ranks the university #1,334 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 30% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, though that average does not promise a particular package. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $36,211, with $15,403 in average aid savings against the sticker price.

That average is level with the peer median of $36,211 for comparable institutions (same type and size). Published tuition and fees are $34,408, so aid reduces the charge but does not bring the average price below the peer median.

For federal-loan borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt at completion is $24,211. It is $1,043 above the peer median of $23,168 for comparable institutions (same type and size), and 91.3% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $275 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS borrowing of $53,549.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$31,898

After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ.

Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at The University of Tampa

Federal borrowing is widespread at The University of Tampa, with 91.3% of federal aid recipients taking federal loans. For borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $24,211.

Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median federal debt of $23,168, placing Tampa's median above it by $1,043. For the separate population of Parent PLUS borrowers, the median debt is $53,549.

At The University of Tampa, the investment picture is mixed: graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sit in the 9th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Median earnings are $62,720 four years after completion, and Azimuth places that figure in the 59th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings scenarios span $47,788 in the downside scenario, $62,720 in the typical scenario, and $87,643 in the upside scenario.

Median federal student loan debt at completion is $24,211, above the $23,168 peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), by $1,043. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $275 a month if repaid over ten years.

Below-peer debt sits alongside earnings that fall short of the model’s expectations.

For the separate population of Parent PLUS parent borrowers, median federal borrowing is $53,549. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $275 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$24,211
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$53,549

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$275/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$680/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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Read the full cost & aid brief

02 / The University of Tampa briefing

The University of Tampa career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $62,720, at the 59th percentile nationally. That is $20,895 below the $83,615 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 9th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,029. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $22,539.

Azimuth places the return pillar at the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The University of Tampa's federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $62,720 four years after completing a degree. That outcome draws on a cohort of 1,675 completers and falls at the 59th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The median is $20,895 below the $83,615 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students.

That result sits at the 9th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $47,788 on the downside to $87,643 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $62,720.

An estimated 28.5% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

The return picture is mixed: The University of Tampa posts median earnings of $62,720 four years after completion, placing it in the 59th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $83,615, leaving the university $20,895 below that reference.

Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 9th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,029. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $22,539.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $449. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $47,788 on the downside to $87,643 on the upside.

Azimuth places the return pillar in the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer comparison and model result point in the same direction, despite a wider modeled range across program mixes.

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management has the highest published program earnings, with 74 degrees awarded and median earnings of $99,980 four years after completion. Its 1.18x benchmark ratio is measured against the national median for its field.

At that same horizon, Finance records 150 degrees awarded and $90,485 in median earnings; Nursing has 74 degrees awarded and $89,223; and Accounting has 62 degrees awarded and $84,875. These program figures show that earnings differ across fields even among the school’s higher-earning programs.

Field choice makes a wide difference in the modeled earnings outlook at The University of Tampa. The downside and upside earnings scenarios extend from $47,788 to $87,643, with $62,720 as the typical scenario. That range appears across 23 fields with published earnings data.

At The University of Tampa, borrowing at completion is near the peer figure, but the price picture is higher and modeled earnings fall short of expectations. For borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $24,211, $1,043 above the $23,168 median at comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $275 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students.

Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $36,211 at the university. That is level with the peer median of $36,211 for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Aid covers about 30% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Parent PLUS borrowers are a separate population, with median borrowing of $53,549.

Debt sits slightly below the peer median, while the average net price is above it and graduates earn less than the model expects.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$8,029
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$22,539
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$14,510

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

03 / The University of Tampa briefing

The University of Tampa acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

With an admission rate of 40.3%, The University of Tampa admits fewer than half of applicants to its reported entering class. The rate sits below the median of 47.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size), so its applicant-pool outcome is lower than the comparable midpoint.

Admissions
Admission rate
40.3%
Read the full admissions brief

04 / The University of Tampa briefing

What are the largest majors at The University of Tampa?[12]

At The University of Tampa, earnings differ markedly across prominent fields, with several higher-earning programs standing apart from a large program with more moderate results. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management reports median earnings of $99,980 four years after completion and 74 degrees awarded.

Finance follows with $90,485 and 150 degrees awarded. Nursing has median earnings of $89,223 four years after completion, alongside 74 degrees awarded.

At the more moderate end among the largest fields, Criminology reports $60,742 and 120 degrees awarded. The contrast shows that the return picture can vary considerably by field at the university.

Business accounts for 32.6% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, making program choice especially consequential here. Among the higher-earning fields, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management awarded 74 degrees and its completers had median earnings of $99,980 four years after completion.

The University of Tampa awards bachelor's degrees across 23 programs with published four-year earnings data. The program mix is anchored by Business, which accounts for 32.6% of degrees awarded, followed by Health Professions at 10.0% and Social Sciences at 9.5%.

The largest single programs are Finance at 150 degrees awarded, Marketing at 135, and Business Administration and Management at 124. The highest-earning program is Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, where graduates earn a median of $99,980 four years after completion, from 74 degrees awarded a year.

Finance, the largest program, is also the second highest-earning at $90,485. Nursing graduates earn $89,223 from 74 degrees awarded, and Accounting follows at $84,875 with 62 degrees awarded.

The earnings pattern is concentrated in business and technology fields. Finance has a benchmark ratio of 1.09x against the national median for its field, and Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management has a benchmark ratio of 1.18x. 12.7% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Finance and Financial Management Services 150 degrees awarded
$90,485
Marketing 135 degrees awarded
$69,876
Business Administration, Management and Operations 124 degrees awarded
$67,521
Criminology 120 degrees awarded
$60,742
Psychology, General 111 degrees awarded
$53,744
International Business 90 degrees awarded
$75,090

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

Read the full majors brief

05 / The University of Tampa briefing

How does The University of Tampa serve students from different backgrounds?

Mobility brings completion figures together with modeled earnings below the model's expectation. For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 63.7%, and Pell recipients complete at 55.2%, below the overall rate by 8.5 percentage points.

Azimuth places mobility in the 52nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $14,510 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 9th percentile.

The reported admission rate at 40.3% gives a starting point for The University of Tampa, a private nonprofit university with 10,572 undergraduates. Pell Grants reach 15.2% of that undergraduate body, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 14.8%.

Azimuth puts its access pillar in the 74th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. These figures describe the school's strongest pillar.

06 / The University of Tampa briefing

What colleges are similar to The University of Tampa?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with The University of Tampa.

Admissions peerUniversity of South Florida43.2% admitted
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaUniversity of South Florida
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$62,079-$641 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$9,812-$26,399 vs The University of Tampa · lower cost
Admission rate40.3%43.2%
Explore University of South Florida →
Higher-admission alternativeSaint Leo University78.4% admitted
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaSaint Leo University
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$58,644-$4,076 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$21,293-$14,918 vs The University of Tampa · lower cost
Admission rate40.3%78.4%
Nearby alternativeRollins CollegeNearby option · FL
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaRollins College
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$65,488+$2,768 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$34,732-$1,479 vs The University of Tampa · lower cost
Admission rate40.3%47.5%
Explore Rollins College →
Higher-earnings alternativeBentley University$108,577 earnings
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaBentley University
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$108,577+$45,857 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$37,930+$1,719 vs The University of Tampa · higher cost
Admission rate40.3%45.1%
Explore Bentley University →
Lower-cost alternativeUniversity of Central Florida$10,411 average net price
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaUniversity of Central Florida
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$61,355-$1,365 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$10,411-$25,800 vs The University of Tampa · lower cost
Admission rate40.3%40.1%
Explore University of Central Florida →
Similar profileHoward UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with The University of Tampa
MeasureThe University of TampaHoward University
Peer earnings · 4 years$62,720$72,974+$10,254 vs The University of Tampa
Average annual net price$36,211$50,539+$14,328 vs The University of Tampa · higher cost
Admission rate40.3%41.3%

Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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