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===Enrollment=== {| style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px; text-align:center; font-size:85%; margin:auto;" class="wikitable" |+ Enrollment in UF (2017–2021) ! Academic Year ! Undergraduates ! Graduate ! Total Enrollment |- ! 2017–2018<ref name="CDS2017-18" /> |35,247 ||17,422 ||52,669 |- ! 2018–2019<ref name="CDS2018-19" /> |35,491 ||16,727 ||52,218 |- ! 2019–2020<ref name="CDS2019-20" /> |35,405 ||17,002 ||52,407 |- ! 2020–2021<ref name="CDS2020-21" /> |34,931 ||18,441 ||53,372 |- ! 2022–2023<ref name="CDS2022-23" /> |34,552 ||20,659 ||55,211 |- ! 2023–2024<ref name="CDS2023-24" /> |34,924 ||19,890 ||54,814 |} {| font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:150%" |'''Student body composition''' |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Race and ethnicity (all undergraduate students, fall 2023) |- | [[White Americans|White]] |align=right| {{bartable|50|%|2||background:gray}} |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] |align=right| {{bartable|24|%|2||background:green}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] |align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:purple}} |- | [[African Americans|Black]] |align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |- | [[Foreign national]] |align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:orange}} |- | Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Race and ethnicity (incoming freshman class, fall 2023) |- | [[White Americans|White]] |align=right| {{bartable|49|%|2||background:gray}} |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] |align=right| {{bartable|22|%|2||background:green}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] |align=right| {{bartable|14|%|2||background:purple}} |- | [[African Americans|Black]] |align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}} |- | [[Foreign national]] |align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:orange}} |- | Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:brown}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]] (2017 cohort) |- | [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}} |align=right| {{bartable|24|%|2||background:red}} |- | [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}} |align=right| {{bartable|76|%|2||background:black}} |} According to the [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]], UF has "the largest [[American Jews|Jewish]] student body in the US."<ref name="jtalargestjewishstudentbody">{{cite news |last1=Dolsten |first1=Josefin |title=Richard Spencer will soon speak at the university with the largest Jewish student body in the US |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/10/17/news-opinion/united-states/richard-spencer-will-soon-speak-at-the-university-with-the-largest-jewish-student-body-in-the-us? |access-date=October 19, 2017 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020033600/https://www.jta.org/2017/10/17/news-opinion/united-states/richard-spencer-will-soon-speak-at-the-university-with-the-largest-jewish-student-body-in-the-us |archive-date=October 20, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is estimated that 18% of UF undergraduate and graduate students identify as Jewish compared to around 2% of the United States population.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/university-of-florida |title=Record |access-date=May 10, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806072524/https://hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/university-of-florida |url-status=live }}</ref> A 2014 social mobility report conducted by ''[[The New York Times]]'' found that 48% of UF undergraduate students came from families with incomes above the 80th percentile (>$110,000), while 6% came from families in the bottom 20th percentiles (<$20,000).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-florida |title=New York Times |website=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2017 |access-date=May 10, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003605/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-florida |url-status=live }}</ref> The same report also indicates that 30% of the student body came from families from the top 10% of households, and 3% came from the top 1%. In 2016, the university had 5,169 international students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ufic.ufl.edu/OpenDoorsISS.html |title=University of Florida International Center |website=Ufic.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402082203/https://www.ufic.ufl.edu/OpenDoorsISS.html |archive-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the Annual Admissions Report conducted by UF in 2019, roughly 17% of the incoming freshman class was entering from outside of Florida.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web |url=http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ |title=University of Florida Office of Admissions |website=admissions.ufl.edu |access-date=May 7, 2007 |archive-date=May 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507100647/http://www.admissions.ufl.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of freshmen starting at the University of Florida come from urban backgrounds with the biggest demographic hailing from [[South Florida]] cities; the metropolitan areas of [[Tampa]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], and [[Jacksonville]] historically form a significant share of the incoming class as well.<ref name="auto4"/> [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[New Jersey]] are the biggest feeder states outside of Florida.<ref name="auto4"/> The University of Florida is ranked second overall in the United States for the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to African-Americans, and third overall for Hispanics.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.gatorzone.com/football/media/2007/pdf/18.pdf |title=Florida Gators |website=Gatorzone.com |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043037/http://www.gatorzone.com/football/media/2007/pdf/18.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The university ranks fifth in the number of doctoral degrees awarded to African-Americans, and second overall for Hispanics, and third in number of professional degrees awarded to African-Americans, and second overall for Hispanics.<ref name="auto"/> The university offers multiple graduate programs—including engineering, business, law and medicine—on one contiguous campus, and coordinates 123 master's degree programs and 76 doctoral degree programs in 87 schools and departments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ufl.edu/academics/ |title=Academics |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526074507/http://www.ufl.edu/academics/ |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm |title=UF Factbook info about degrees offered |website=Ir.ufl.edu |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205165130/http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm |archive-date=December 5, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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