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Florida Colleges by the Numbers

51 four-year Florida colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 51, with Florida medians up top.

In Florida, 18 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 16 — including Baptist University of Florida — still require them. Florida has 51 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Central Florida at 59,146 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is University of Miami at 18.9% admitted; the most open is Arizona College of Nursing-Sarasota at 100%.

Published in-state tuition runs from $3,876 at the cheapest campus to $62,616 at the most expensive — a $58,740 spread inside Florida alone. Florida's ten-year earnings benchmark of $48,082 sits 11% below the national median for college-goers.

Each Florida school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Florida, bring your saved calculator numbers.

Florida medians

Acceptance rateTuition (in-state)Median earnings (10 yr)6-yr graduation
64.8%$19,975$48,08255.3%

Medians across 68 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Florida; the table below lists the 51 with complete admissions records.

All Florida colleges in our data

CollegeCityAcceptanceSAT middle 50%Tuition (in)UndergradsMedian earnings (10 yr)
Albizu University-MiamiMiami75.7%not considered$13,818287$41,544
Arizona College of Nursing-SarasotaUniversity Park100%not considered$23,093133$34,657
Arizona College of Nursing-TampaTampa100%not considered$23,093335$34,657
Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria41.4%not considered$30,1981,298$49,520
Baptist University of FloridaGraceville36%930–1200$15,000360$42,836
Barry UniversityMiami77.2%not considered$34,3502,212$55,966
Beacon CollegeLeesburg43.5%not considered$51,680506$29,420
Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach88.2%830–1000$14,7942,732$38,518
Chamberlain University-FloridaJacksonville90.9%$19,975821$92,405
Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg75.8%1150–1336$51,8841,888$51,819
Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville85%not considered$16,3661,087$34,782
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach64.8%1140–1350$44,2497,860$84,131
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach57.9%1070–1260$12,0979,139$84,131
Everglades UniversityBoca Raton81.5%not considered$21,6802,789$47,597
Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine80.8%990–1200$29,9002,391$49,483
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee20.6%1030–1150$5,7857,582$44,349
Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton66.1%1040–1210$4,87923,757$56,746
Florida CollegeTemple Terrace69.7%950–1250$20,360588$43,445
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers63.4%1040–1210$6,11813,874$54,560
Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne57.7%1130–1320$45,9003,404$43,137
Florida International UniversityMiami54.7%1060–1250$6,56539,508$60,249
Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens85.3%not considered$20,1741,183$36,624
Florida Southern CollegeLakeland64.4%1170–1310$44,0402,656$55,294
Florida State UniversityTallahassee24.2%1240–1390$5,65632,212$61,675
Herzing University-OrlandoWinter Park94.2%not considered$13,450714$36,909
Herzing University-TampaTampa89.7%not considered$13,450251$36,909
Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville56.9%1110–1260$47,8302,930$68,010
Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale97%not considered$25,05617,678$39,696
Lynn UniversityBoca Raton73.5%1030–1200$44,4802,859$49,006
New College of FloridaSarasota73.2%1030–1250$6,916843$48,082
Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale73.2%1050–1310$38,7007,240$59,209
Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach82%970–1210$40,6502,603$49,232
Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota69.7%not considered$57,9001,662$43,325
Rollins CollegeWinter Park47.5%1210–1360$60,5802,631$58,295
Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo78.4%$30,0006,721$48,364
Southeastern College-Boynton BeachWest Palm Beach87%not considered$24,480563$41,200
Southeastern UniversityLakeland53%not considered$32,9504,813$46,744
St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens97.9%not considered$34,7702,214$54,272
Stetson UniversityDeLand71.6%1090–1290$57,4102,297$51,642
The University of TampaTampa40.3%not considered$34,40810,572$59,436
Trinity College of FloridaTrinity91.9%810–980$16,300148$32,465
Trinity College of JacksonvilleJacksonville53.3%880–1055$15,100386$37,275
University of Central FloridaOrlando40.1%1190–1350$6,36859,146$58,308
University of FloridaGainesville24.2%1300–1480$6,38135,629$71,588
University of Florida-OnlineGainesville61.3%1255–1390$3,8764,627$71,588
University of MiamiCoral Gables18.9%1330–1470$62,61612,913$75,328
University of North FloridaJacksonville53.2%990–1210$6,38913,359$56,343
University of South FloridaTampa43.2%1140–1330$6,41037,207$57,743
University of West FloridaPensacola58.2%1020–1230$6,3609,330$49,137
Warner UniversityLake Wales42.8%840–1070$29,992756$46,086
Webber International UniversityBabson Park69.4%not considered$33,770813$45,606

Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.

Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.