Editing University of Central Florida (section)

===Admissions===
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|+ Fall first-time freshman admission statistics
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! &nbsp; 
!2022<ref name="CDS2022-23">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022-23 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2022/12/CommonDataSet-2022-2023.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref> !!2021<ref name="CDS2021-22">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2021-22 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2022/07/Common-Data-Set-2021-2022.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref> !!2020<ref name="CDS2020-21">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2020-21 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2021/08/Common-Data-Set-2020-2021.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref> !!2019<ref name="CDS2019-20">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2019-20 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2020/08/Common-Data-Set-2019-2020.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref> !!2018<ref name="CDS2018-19">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022-23 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2019/11/Common-Data-Set-2018-2019.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref> !!2017<ref name="CDS2017-18">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022-23 |url=https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2019/11/Common-Data-Set-2017-2018.pdf |publisher=University of Central Florida |access-date=17 January 2023 }}</ref>
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! scope = "row" |Applicants
|54,977 ||48,927 ||47,957 ||45,118 ||41,816 ||37,693
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! scope = "row" |Admits
|22,560 ||17,797 ||21,661 ||20,016 ||17,786 ||18,810
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! scope = "row" |Enrolls
|7,512 ||7,091 ||8,039 ||7,323 ||7,234 ||6,860
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! scope = "row" |Admit rate
|41.0% ||36.4% ||45.2% ||44.4% ||42.5% ||49.9%
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! scope = "row" |Yield rate
|33.3% ||39.8% ||37.1% ||36.6% ||40.7% ||36.5%
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! scope = "row" |SAT composite*
|1200–1360<br /><small>(71%†)</small> ||1170⁠–1350<br /><small>(73%†)</small> ||1160⁠–1340<br /><small>(77%†)</small> ||1170–1340<br /><small>(79%†)</small> ||1160–1340<br /><small>(70%†)</small> ||1150–1320<br /><small>(60%†)</small> 
|- 
! ACT composite*
|25–29<br /><small>(29%†)</small> ||25–30<br /><small>(27%†)</small> ||25–30<br /><small>(23%†)</small> ||25–30<br /><small>(21%†)</small> ||25–29<br /><small>(30%†)</small> ||24–29<br /><small>(40%†)</small>
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| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> † percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
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UCF's admission rate for first-time-in-college freshmen has declined from 61% of prospective students admitted in the fall of 2005, to 42% for fall 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020|title=UCF Facts 2020-2021|url=https://www.ucf.edu/about-ucf/facts/|url-status=live|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=UCF Facts 2020-2021|archive-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730030439/https://www.ucf.edu/about-ucf/facts/}}</ref>

34% of accepted applicants were in the top ten percent of their graduating class, while 72% of accepted applicants were in the top quarter of their high school [[class rank]]ings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1455 |title=University of Central Florida Admissions Information – CollegeData College Profile |access-date=November 22, 2011 |publisher=CollegeData College Profile |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001034351/https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1455 |url-status=live }}</ref> Freshmen enrolled in fall 2020 posted average [[SAT]] scores of 1320, [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] scores of 28.7 and average high school [[Academic grading in the United States#Weighted GPA|weighted]] GPAs of 4.18.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://today.ucf.edu/accomplished-incoming-class/ |title=UCF Today Most Accomplished Incoming Class |date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2018 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826080736/https://today.ucf.edu/accomplished-incoming-class/ |url-status=live }}</ref> UCF is in the top 20 percent of universities in the nation for SAT average and the top 25 percent for GPA average.<ref name="UCFEarnsaTop5">{{cite web |url=https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-earns-a-top-5-u-s-news-ranking/ |title=UCF Earns a Top 5 U.S. News Ranking |access-date=September 13, 2011 |date=September 13, 2011 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923181349/http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-earns-a-top-5-u-s-news-ranking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 71% of undergraduates receive financial aid. 90% of students receive scholarships through the [[Florida Bright Futures]] program.<ref name="fin aid">{{cite web |url=https://www.ucf.edu/admissions/undergraduate/tuition-aid/ |title=UCF Undergraduate Admissions – Cost & Aid |access-date=September 18, 2010 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206102301/https://www.ucf.edu/admissions/undergraduate/tuition-aid/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Forty percent of incoming freshman received [[Advanced Placement]], [[International Baccalaureate]], or an equivalent college credit upon entrance, while 30% of the freshman class received merit based scholarships.<ref name="fin aid" /> The retention rate of the 2010 freshman class was 87%.<ref name="commondataset">{{cite web |url=http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/commondataset/commondataset11/commondataset11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415044012/http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/commondataset/commondataset11/commondataset11.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |title=UCF – Common Data Set 2011–2012 |access-date=November 22, 2011 |publisher=University of Central Florida}}</ref>

More freshmen and transfer students applied to UCF during 2015 than any other public university in Florida, and UCF also awarded more bachelor's degrees than any other Florida public university that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/02/how-high-school-seniors-really-pick-the-colleges-they-attend-new-report/ |title=How high school seniors really pick the colleges they attend – new report |date=May 2, 2016 |access-date=August 5, 2016 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822230609/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/02/how-high-school-seniors-really-pick-the-colleges-they-attend-new-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://today.ucf.edu/short-history-bright-future/ |title=Short History, Bright Future |date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=April 3, 2012 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=June 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603061903/http://www.today.ucf.edu/short-history-bright-future/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, UCF was ranked 2nd in Florida, and 34th in the United States, by the number of [[PSAT/NMSQT|National Merit Scholars]] enrolled.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://today.ucf.edu/ucf-national-merit-scholars/ |title=UCF & National Merit Scholars |access-date=September 18, 2010 |date=April 6, 2009 |publisher=University of Central Florida |archive-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213150144/http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-national-merit-scholars/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Outdated statistic}} 335 National Merit Scholars enrolled at UCF for the fall 2020 term.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}