Admissions & selectivity
University of North Florida Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of North Florida?
University of North Florida’s reported acceptance rate is 53.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 53.2%
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.
Source: University of North Florida Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of North Florida admits 53.2% of applicants, a rate well below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 21,778 applicants, 11,594 admitted students, and 1,908 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of North Florida students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 4.10 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students. This is an average of those who reported, not a cutoff.
The middle half of enrolled SAT submitters scored from 1070 to 1260. For ACT submitters, the middle half scored from 19 to 25.
These ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission. Of the entering class, 71% reported a high-school class rank.
Within that group, 22% placed in the highest tenth of their class and 55% in the highest quarter.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of North Florida. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 1070
- Median
- 1180
- 75th percentile
- 1260
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of North Florida Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of North Florida?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30.7%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 44.0%
- First-year retention
- 84.7%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
With 13,359 undergraduates, the University of North Florida draws a student body that includes an estimated 44.0% transfer entrants and 30.8% Pell Grant recipients. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 21,778 first-year applicants, 11,594 admitted students, and 1,908 enrolled first-year students.
The same source reported 3,215 transfer applicants, 1,802 admitted transfer students, and 773 enrolled transfer students. This mix coincides with a campus serving many students who began college elsewhere alongside a substantial share of aid recipients.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should contact the admissions office to learn about credit-transfer policies and support services for students entering from other institutions.
The University of North Florida retains and graduates students at rates that exceed the medians for comparable institutions. First-year retention is 84.7%, against a peer median of 83.1%.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 69.2%, above the peer median of 65.0%. Pell Grant recipients in that cohort complete at 60.8%, which is 8.4 percentage points below the overall rate.
A student who enrolls can expect a campus that moves most of its class forward, and the numbers bear that out.
Data & methodology
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.
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