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Best Colleges in Florida

The strongest colleges and universities in Florida, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Florida, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 24% $6,541 1320-1480 See record
2 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 24% $11,297 1270-1410 See record
3 St. John Vianney College Seminary Miami, FL 93% - - See record
4 Millennia Atlantic University Doral, FL - $26,879 - See record
5 Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami Miami, FL - - - See record
6 Strayer University-Florida Tampa, FL - $16,064 - See record
7 University of Fort Lauderdale Lauderhill, FL - $19,965 - See record
8 Southeastern College-West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, FL 87% $28,820 - See record
9 City College-Hollywood Hollywood, FL 100% $32,777 - See record
10 Daytona College Ormond Beach, FL - $28,706 - See record
11 University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL 61% $4,815 1250-1410 See record
12 Miami Regional University Miami Springs, FL - $22,113 - See record
13 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 18.9% $37,244 1320-1480 See record
14 Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp Hialeah, FL - $49,299 - See record
15 URBE University Sweetwater, FL - - - See record
16 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 40% $10,411 1200-1350 See record
17 University of South Florida Tampa, FL 43% $9,812 1130-1320 See record
18 Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology Delray Beach, FL - $21,276 - See record
19 Rollins College Winter Park, FL 48% $34,732 1160-1370 See record
20 Florida International University Miami, FL 55% $9,288 1070-1260 See record
21 Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota, FL 70% $57,742 - See record
22 Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL 64% $28,551 1150-1330 See record
23 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 53% $10,154 1070-1270 See record
24 New College of Florida Sarasota, FL 73% $7,195 1060-1245 See record
25 ATA Career Education Spring Hill, FL - $28,250 - See record
26 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL 65% $41,272 1160-1360 See record
27 Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL 76% $38,071 1160-1330 See record
28 The University of Tampa Tampa, FL 40% $36,211 - See record
29 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL 58% $35,639 1120-1320 See record
30 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL 73% $30,371 1030-1300 See record
31 Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay Saint Petersburg, FL - $28,197 - See record
32 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 66% $8,752 1040-1200 See record
33 Talmudic College of Florida Miami Beach, FL - $17,000 - See record
34 Stetson University DeLand, FL 72% $19,372 1060-1270 See record
35 Everglades University Boca Raton, FL 81% $27,371 - See record
36 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL 97% $30,498 - See record
37 Beacon College Leesburg, FL 43% $53,517 - See record
38 United International College Dania Beach, FL - $33,234 - See record
39 North Florida College Madison, FL - $804 - See record
40 University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 58% $9,364 1020-1230 See record