Largest Florida Private Colleges

Nova Southeastern University is the largest private Florida college with 20,948 students. The percentage of online students is 25.95% at the school.

University of Miami with 19,402 students and The University of Tampa with 10,566 students are following it in the largetst Florida college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Florida online colleges.

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Nova Southeastern University is the largest school with 20,948 students and University of Miami has the second largest population with 19,402 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Nova Southeastern University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Miami also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,845 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,051 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 58.71% and the average SAT score is 1,223 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Florida Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Florida Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL Private, four-years	20,948 60	6,971	13,977	5,925	15,023	5,437	17 to 1
2 -	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL Private, four-years	19,402 1,593	12,504	6,898	8,801	10,601	960	13 to 1
3 -	The University of Tampa Tampa, FL Private, four-years	10,566 961	9,602	964	4,399	6,167	15	17 to 1
4 1	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL Private, four-years	10,301 1,504	9,533	768	7,531	2,770	64	18 to 1
5 1	Southeastern University Lakeland, FL Private, four-years	10,044 498	8,840	1,204	4,033	6,011	2,073	27 to 1
6 1	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL Private, four-years	8,315 1,540	3,364	4,951	3,865	4,450	3,278	14 to 1
7 1	Barry University Miami, FL Private, four-years	6,958 557	3,122	3,836	2,243	4,715	1,150	12 to 1
8 -	St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL Private, four-years	6,370 769	3,950	2,420	2,640	3,730	1,416	18 to 1
9 -	Stetson University DeLand, FL Private, four-years	3,928 534	2,561	1,367	1,699	2,229	247	11 to 1
10 1	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL Private, four-years	3,837 216	2,563	1,274	1,314	2,523	670	13 to 1
	Average	10,067	6,301	3,766	4,245	5,822	1,531	16 to 1

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