Florida 4-Years Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 35 Florida colleges that have competitive admission is 62.38% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 4.82%. The acceptance rate at 11 Florida colleges increased and the rate of 24 colleges decreased.

University of Miami has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 18.94%. University of Florida (23.35%) and Florida State University (25.04%) are following it in the list of Tightest Florida 4-Years Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

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University of Miami has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 18.94% and University of Florida has the second lowest rate of 23.35% among 35 Florida colleges with competitive admission. University of Miami stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Florida also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,490 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,686 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Florida 4-Years Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Florida 4-Years Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Private, four-years	18.94% 9.55%	25.46%	1,390	$59,926	19,402	84.00%	13 to 1
2 -	University of Florida Gainesville, FL Public, four-years	23.35% 6.78%	43.92%	1,390	$28,659 ($6,381)	55,211	90.00%	16 to 1
3 3	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Public, four-years	25.04% 12.03%	30.86%	1,290	$18,786 ($5,656)	44,161	84.00%	17 to 1
4 13	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL Private, four-years	26.35% 27.20%	17.69%	-	$33,424	10,566	65.00%	17 to 1
5 1	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL Public, four-years	32.93% 2.36%	37.31%	1,070	$17,725 ($5,785)	9,215	60.00%	14 to 1
6 1	DeVry University-Florida Miramar, FL Private, four-years	33.33% 7.58%	-	-	$17,488	294	15.00%	13 to 1
7 38	AdventHealth University Orlando, FL Private, four-years	33.72% 56.55%	32.48%	-	$20,880	1,610	54.00%	5 to 1
8 3	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Public, four-years	41.04% 4.67%	33.31%	1,278	$22,467 ($6,368)	68,346	75.00%	29 to 1
9 5	University of South Florida Tampa, FL Public, four-years	43.93% 5.45%	23.61%	1,230	$17,324 ($6,410)	49,600	74.00%	22 to 1
10 15	Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL Private, four-years	44.21% 19.84%	23.65%	-	$28,222	1,310	50.00%	14 to 1
	Average	32.28%	29.81%	1,275	$26,490 ($6,120)	25,972	65.10%	16 to 1

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