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University of Central Florida

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Orlando, FL
Population 1,700,000
Website http://www.ucf.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 59,095
Men / Women 47% / 53%
White 39%
Hispanic 30%
Black 9%
Asian 8%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Native American 0%
From State 93%
From Region 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 35%
Business & Economics 19%
Health Sciences 16%
Engineering 8%
Life & Natural Sciences 7%
Computer Science 6%
Arts 5%
Education 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,368
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,467
Est. In-State Cost $8,238
Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,063
10-Year ROI $214,000
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%
4-Year Graduation Rate 55%
6-Year Graduation Rate 78%
Transfer-Out Rate 9%

Weather

Comfortable Days 60 (5% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,872 (82%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 43%
Yield (Unbound) 28%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $106M #61
Humanities & Social Sciences $21M #75
Life & Natural Sciences $115M #108
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 114 #46
Life & Natural Sciences 269 #99
Humanities & Social Sciences 115 #176

Honors College

Name Burnett Honors College
Students 2,245 (4%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 99%
SAT Range 1230 – 1320
SAT Math Range 590 – 670
SAT RW Range 610 – 680
ACT Range 25 – 29

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Humanities 1,688 41% / 59% 3% $51,820 88%
Emerging Media 452 — 48% / 52% 3% $68,613 83 82%
English 311 +5 23% / 77% 1% $44,571 33 88%
French 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,584 51 —
History 122 +6 63% / 37% 0% $50,950 52 92%
International and Global Studies 43 — 28% / 72% 7% $63,756 77 96%
Philosophy 26 — 58% / 42% 4% $51,010 52 100%
Religion and Cultural Studies 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $48,228 44 —
Spanish 12 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,070 49 —
Writing and Rhetoric 16 +1 19% / 81% 0% $38,109 16 89%
Film 232 +1 57% / 43% 2% $36,327 12 86%
Music - Entertainment and Media Industries 152 — 38% / 62% 15% $58,456 68 100%
Music Education 19 — 42% / 58% 0% $50,972 52 94%
Music Performance 51 — 63% / 37% 0% $51,751 54 84%
Photography 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $36,327 12 86%
Studio Art 29 — 14% / 86% 3% $42,318 27 90%
Theatre 69 — 29% / 71% 3% $34,631 10 95%
Visual Arts 129 — 24% / 76% 3% $42,318 27 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 1,704 60% / 40% 5% $71,140 94%
Accounting 196 +10 51% / 49% 4% $76,442 89 94%
Business Economics 50 +2 78% / 22% 10% $77,643 90 92%
Finance 374 +5 75% / 25% 5% $76,925 89 94%
Integrated Business 610 +1 61% / 39% 5% $66,733 81 94%
Management 180 — 58% / 42% 4% $65,840 80 91%
Marketing 214 +3 40% / 60% 3% $71,999 85 96%
Nonprofit Management 25 +2 20% / 80% 24% $65,840 80 91%
Real Estate 42 +2 71% / 29% 2% $70,622 84 100%
Risk Management and Insurance 13 — 54% / 46% 23% $77,737 90 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Community Innovation and Education 1,293 27% / 73% 1% $52,551 96%
Criminal Justice 430 +1 36% / 64% 1% $51,773 54 92%
Integrative General Studies 31 — 13% / 87% 0% $45,460 36 96%
Legal Studies 189 +1 35% / 65% 2% $58,521 68 100%
Public Administration 29 — 52% / 48% 0% $53,850 59 96%
Social Work 92 +1 16% / 84% 0% $47,972 43 96%
Career and Technical Education 14 — 43% / 57% 0% $50,972 52 94%
Early Childhood Development and Education 68 — 4% / 96% 1% $50,464 50 96%
Elementary Education 268 — 6% / 94% 0% $50,464 50 96%
English Language Arts Education 21 — 43% / 57% 0% $50,464 50 96%
Exceptional Student Education 29 — 7% / 93% 0% $69,813 84 100%
Physical Education 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $50,972 52 94%
Science Teacher Education — — — — $53,595 58 —
Secondary Education 86 — 35% / 65% 2% $50,464 50 96%
Emergency Management 34 +1 68% / 32% 6% $60,177 71 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering and Computer Science 2,044 79% / 21% 6% $89,864 97%
Aerospace Engineering 226 — 85% / 15% 1% $84,789 94 100%
Civil Engineering 132 — 68% / 32% 8% $86,452 94 97%
Computer Engineering 120 — 87% / 13% 5% $99,037 98 88%
Construction Engineering 13 — 69% / 31% 0% $86,452 94 97%
Electrical Engineering 145 — 86% / 14% 14% $99,495 98 97%
Environmental Engineering 32 — 59% / 41% 6% $81,842 92 100%
Industrial Engineering 110 — 57% / 43% 10% $83,520 93 100%
Materials Engineering 12 — 50% / 50% 8% $85,049 94 —
Mechanical Engineering 376 — 81% / 19% 5% $92,483 97 96%
Computer Science 501 — 82% / 18% 4% $89,759 96 97%
Information Technology 349 — 81% / 19% 5% $89,759 96 97%
Architecture 28 — 32% / 68% 11% $63,529 77 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Professions and Sciences 1,886 27% / 73% 2% $61,111 94%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 227 — 4% / 96% 1% $50,223 50 92%
Health Sciences 923 — 27% / 73% 3% $58,955 69 94%
Kinesiology 418 — 43% / 57% 2% $73,025 86 94%
Medical Laboratory Sciences 26 — 35% / 65% 0% $76,122 89 95%
Aging Services Administration 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,999 67 97%
Health Informatics and Information Management 40 — 15% / 85% 8% $57,999 67 97%
Health Services Administration 251 — 19% / 81% 2% $57,999 67 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Medicine 418 37% / 63% 6% $55,500 96%
Biomedical Sciences 401 +1 37% / 63% 5% $55,579 63 96%
Biotechnology 17 +5 35% / 65% 12% $53,638 59 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 711 15% / 85% 1% $82,872 96%
Nursing 711 — 15% / 85% 1% $82,872 93 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Optics and Photonics 37 65% / 35% 3% $99,495 97%
Photonic Science and Engineering 37 — 65% / 35% 3% $99,495 98 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Sciences 3,106 28% / 72% 3% $51,087 93%
Data Science 15 — 93% / 7% 0% $74,840 88 —
Chemistry 47 — 51% / 49% 6% $56,167 64 100%
Mathematics 51 — 67% / 33% 2% $67,625 82 100%
Physics 34 — 65% / 35% 9% $80,948 92 94%
Statistics 43 +3 65% / 35% 2% $74,845 88 100%
Biology 449 +1 30% / 70% 1% $55,579 63 96%
Cell Biology 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $56,612 65 —
Environmental Studies 106 — 23% / 77% 3% $48,865 46 97%
Microbiology and Molecular Biology 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $56,622 65 —
Economics 61 — 69% / 31% 10% $74,833 88 89%
Anthropology 103 +2 27% / 73% 1% $38,533 17 89%
Forensic Science 38 — 24% / 76% 0% $60,400 72 94%
Political Science 394 +5 45% / 55% 2% $56,469 64 92%
Psychology 1,642 +2 18% / 82% 3% $46,522 39 92%
Sociology 108 +2 21% / 79% 0% $46,721 40 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Undergraduate Studies 759 42% / 58% 3% $50,514 92%
Humanities 12 — 8% / 92% 8% $55,048 62 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies 747 — 43% / 57% 3% $50,442 50 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Nicholson School of Communication and Media 625 29% / 71% 1% $51,667 94%
Advertising-Public Relations 134 — 16% / 84% 1% $58,523 68 94%
Communication 362 — 28% / 72% 0% $48,282 44 94%
Journalism 55 — 24% / 76% 4% $59,669 70 91%
Radio-Television 74 — 59% / 41% 0% $49,868 49 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rosen College of Hospitality Management 586 29% / 71% 11% $49,679 93%
Event Management 159 +1 16% / 84% 17% $49,679 48 93%
Hospitality Management 391 +2 34% / 66% 9% $49,679 48 93%
Lodging and Restaurant Management 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $49,679 48 93%
Restaurant and Foodservice Management 32 +1 38% / 62% 3% $49,679 48 93%

Rankings

Prestige

I Peaked in AP Calc But Now I Get Priority Registration Top 15 Honors Colleges
I Only Came Here For The Better Dorms And Free Printing

My Tribe

Little Meca Most Muslim
Growing Presence

Engineering

Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Solid Programs

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Policy, Pharma & Forensics Faction
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Photonics Pioneers
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Petal Pushers
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Sustainability Squad
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Diagnostic Detectives

Health Sciences

Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Care Coordinators
Where Diagnoses Begin Laboratory Sciences
Lab Coats Required
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Scrub Life
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
Articulation Crew
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Population Health

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
Spreadsheet Soldiers
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Urban Economists & Regional Anchors
Move Fast, Break Tuition Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Side Hustle Squad
The Spreadsheet Doctors Healthcare Administration
VP of Patient Throughput
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
The Gold Standard
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
People Operations
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Aspiring Ari Golds

Humanities & Social Sciences

Nosy for a Living Journalism
Live at 11 with the Local Affiliate
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Generalist Geniuses
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
Hot Takes from the Local Market
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Uncommitted Generalists
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Story Time Pros
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Substitute Teachers
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Conjugation Crew
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Document-Based Question Crew
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Resource Room Heroes
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Coaches and Conductors
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Equation Educators

Arts

Trapped in the Render Queue Digital Arts & Photography
Digital Innovators

Professional

Future Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Managers Public Safety
First Due on Scene