Admissions & selectivity
University of Florida Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UF?
UF’s reported acceptance rate is 24.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 24.2%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Florida admits 24.2% of applicants, a figure that sits well below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do UF students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported the middle 50% of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1330 and 1490. That range reflects the 78% of the entering class who provided SAT results.
For the ACT, the middle 50% of submitters—39% of the class—earned composite scores from 29 to 33. Among entering students with a reported class rank, 85% graduated in the highest tenth of their high school class and 98% in the highest quarter.
The university reported that 95.0% of enrolled first-year students had a GPA on file. Applicants can use the 1330–1490 SAT and 29–33 ACT ranges to understand the profile of recently enrolled students who chose to submit scores. SAT results were provided by 78% of the entering class and ACT results by 39%.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UF. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 1330
- 75th percentile
- 1490
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 29
- 75th percentile
- 33
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Who enrolls at UF?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 21.7%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 18.3%
- First-year retention
- 97.7%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
These measures use different populations and reporting periods, rather than one current entering class. The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
The University of Florida enrolls 35,629 undergraduates, with an estimated 18.3% of students entering as transfers or part-time students. Pell Grant recipients make up 21.7% of undergraduates across the university's federal-aid reporting units.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 6,709 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 2,718 admitted, and 1,762 enrolled. The fall census counted 37,283 undergraduates.
Applicants considering a transfer path should note the scale of the transfer pipeline alongside the Pell share, which signals a student body that includes substantial financial-access representation.
The University of Florida retains the vast majority of students who start, and most finish within six years. First-year retention for the full-time bachelor's-seeking cohort is 97.7%, against a peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The six-year graduation rate is 91.1%, compared with a peer median of 65.0%. Pell Grant recipients complete at 82.1%, 9.0 percentage points below the overall rate.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 97% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned for a second year. Enrolled students can expect a campus where most classmates stay and finish.
Data & methodology
A missing figure does not mean zero. Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.