Editing University of Florida (section)

=== Undergraduate admissions ===

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|+ Fall first-time freshman admission statistics
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!2023<ref name="CDS2023-24"/> !!2022<ref name="CDS2022-23">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022-23 |url=https://data-apps.ir.aa.ufl.edu/public/cds/CDS_2022-2023_UFMAIN_Post.pdf |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803222949/https://data-apps.ir.aa.ufl.edu/public/cds/CDS_2022-2023_UFMAIN_Post.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !!2020<ref name="CDS2020-21">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2020-21 |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cds2020-2021Main.pdf |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114022819/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cds2020-2021Main.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !!2019<ref name="CDS2019-20">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2019-20 |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_2019-2020_UFMAIN_v12_06_22_20.pdf |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115084130/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_2019-2020_UFMAIN_v12_06_22_20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !!2018<ref name="CDS2018-19">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2018-19 |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_UFMain_1819.pdf |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115084132/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_UFMain_1819.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> !!2017<ref name="CDS2017-18">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set 2017-18 |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_2017-2018_UFMain_7_20_18.pdf |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115084137/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CDS_2017-2018_UFMain_7_20_18.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope = "row" |Applicants
|65,375 ||64,473 ||48,193 ||38,069 ||38,905 ||32,747
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! scope = "row" |Admits
|15,707 ||15,054 ||15,002 ||13,925 ||15,077 ||13,758
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! scope = "row" |Enrolls
|6,762 ||6,612 ||6,333 ||6,554 ||6,801 ||6,428
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! scope = "row" |Admit rate
|24.0% ||23.3% ||31.1% ||36.6% ||38.8% ||42.0%
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! scope = "row" |Yield rate
|43.1% ||43.9% ||42.2% ||47.1% ||45.1% ||46.7%
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! scope = "row" |SAT composite*
|1320⁠–1470<br /><small>(79%†)</small> ||1320⁠–1470<br /><small>(81%†)</small> ||1310⁠–1450<br /><small>(81%†)</small> ||1320⁠–1450<br /><small>(85%†)</small> ||1280⁠–1440<br /><small>(82%†)</small> ||1240⁠–1400<br /><small>(79%†)</small>
|- 
! ACT composite*
|28–33<br /><small>(41%†)</small> ||28–33<br /><small>(41%†)</small> ||29–33<br /><small>(50%†)</small> ||28–33<br /><small>(50%†)</small> ||27–32<br /><small>(57%†)</small> ||28–32<br /><small>(71%†)</small>
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| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> † percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
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The 2022 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes the University of Florida as "most selective."<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Florida |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-florida-1535 |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2022-11-15 |archive-date=April 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081329/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-florida-1535 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the Class of 2027 (enrolled fall 2023), Florida's acceptance rate was 24.0%. Of those accepted, 6,612 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 43.1%.<ref name="CDS2023-24"/>

Florida's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 97%, with 89% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |url=https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cds2020-2021Main.pdf |title=University of Florida Common Data Set 2020-2021 |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=2022-11-15 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114022819/https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cds2020-2021Main.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Independent Florida Alligator |url=https://www.alligator.org/article/2021/03/uf-admissions-2021 |title=UF welcomes more than 15,000 to the class of 2025 |work=Alligator.org |access-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301142110/https://www.alligator.org/article/2021/03/uf-admissions-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Fall 2023 incoming freshman class had an average 1390 SAT score, and a 31 ACT score. 3% of these students were foreign nationals, while 49% were White Americans, 22% were Hispanic Americans, 14% were Asian Americans, and 6% were Black Americans.<ref name="CDS2023-24"/>

The University of Florida is a college-sponsor of the [[National Merit Scholarship Program]] and sponsored 288 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 342 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf |title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report |publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation |access-date=2022-12-07 |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624044709/http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/ |title=Scholarships |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=2021-01-03 |archive-date=2021-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116175648/https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the University of Florida joined the [[University of Virginia]], [[Harvard University]], the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], and [[Princeton University]] in announcing the discontinuation of [[early decision]] admissions to foster economic diversity in their student bodies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/LOCAL/703300356/-1/news |title=To apply at UF it's now one deadline |work=Gainesville Sun |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529223447/http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070330%2FLOCAL%2F703300356%2F-1%2Fnews |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> These universities assert early decision admissions forces students to accept an offer of admission before evaluating the [[Student financial aid (United States)|financial aid]] offers from multiple universities. The university's single application deadline is November 1.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Elizabeth |last=Farrell |url=http://chronicle.com/news/article/1926/u-of-florida-abandons-early-decision-admissions |title=UF's abolishes Early Decision Admissions |journal=[[Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=April 3, 2007 |access-date=September 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192209/http://chronicle.com/news/article/1926/u-of-florida-abandons-early-decision-admissions |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>