Florida Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 11 public Florida colleges that have competitive admission is 52.71% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 4.01%. The acceptance rate at 3 public Florida colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.

University of Florida has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 23.35%. Florida State University (25.04%) and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (32.93%) are following it in the list of Tightest Florida Public 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 Florida has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 23.35% and Florida State University has the second lowest rate of 25.04% among 11 Florida colleges with competitive admission. University of Florida stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Florida State University ranked 2nd, up 2 places from 4th last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,906 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,184 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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

Table. Tightest Florida Public 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 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
2 2	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
3 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
4 1	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
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
6 -	The University of West Florida Pensacola, FL Public, four-years	48.03% 4.78%	27.03%	1,140	$19,241 ($6,360)	13,521	53.00%	22 to 1
7 -	Florida International University Miami, FL Public, four-years	63.86% 0.15%	39.95%	1,150	$18,963 ($6,565)	55,609	69.00%	24 to 1
8 1	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL Public, four-years	70.50% 6.99%	22.51%	1,110	$20,793 ($6,389)	16,406	67.00%	19 to 1
9 2	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL Public, four-years	74.39% 14.82%	24.07%	1,110	$25,162 ($6,118)	15,969	58.00%	20 to 1
10 2	New College of Florida Sarasota, FL Public, four-years	75.41% 1.23%	13.62%	1,230	$29,944 ($6,916)	689	62.00%	7 to 1
	Average	49.85%	29.62%	1,200	$21,906 ($6,295)	32,873	69.20%	19 to 1

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