University of Florida

The University of Florida, is a public university located in Gainesville, Florida. It is the fourth-largest university in the United States, with over 48,000 students; it also has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year) and is considered one of the top public universities in the United States. UF is also one of the Public Ivies, the only one in the Deep South.

Academics

UF is divided into twenty-one colleges, which offer over 100 undergraduate majors and an equally wide array of 200 graduate degrees, including the only dentistry and veterinary medicine programs in the state. The centerpiece of the critically-acclaimed journalism programs at UF is WUFT, which consists of both a PBS television station and an NPR radio station.

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College - Dentistry - Veterinary medicine - Journalism - WUFT - PBS - NPR

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Florida's programs are generally ranked highly among public universities, and the university was ranked as a Top Tier school by US News and World Reports for 2005. The graduate programs in chemistry and tax law are consistently ranked among the best in the United States. UF's engineering programs are very well-funded, partly from royalties on the sale of a UF invention, Gatorade. The university is 13th among all universities - public and private - in the number of U.S. Patents awarded in 2000.

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Chemistry - Tax law - Gatorade

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The acceptance rate at UF has trended downward as the applicant pool has become more competitive. In 2005, the average incoming freshman had a GPA of 3.9, an SAT score of 1340, and an ACT composite of 29. Undergraduate tuition is around $100 per credit for Florida residents, and $520 per credit for out-of-state students, with a typical load of 30 credits per year.

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Freshman - GPA - SAT - ACT - Tuition

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