UF Facts

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

President: Stuart R. Bell
Interim Provost: Joe Glover

ENROLLMENT (AS OF FALL 2025)

Undergraduate: 41,109
Non-degree seeking undergraduate: 2,023
Graduate: 14,894
Professional: 4,184

TOTAL: 63,148

STUDENTS (AS OF FALL 2025)

Male: 27,915
Female: 35,223
Black/African American: 3,214
Asian: 6,628
Hispanic/Latino: 14,292
White: 29,885
American Indian/Alaska Native: 65
Two or more races: 2,912
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: 36
Non-Resident Alien: 4,788
Unknown: 1,328

STUDENT RESIDENCY (AS OF FALL 2025)

In-state: 47,028
Out-of-state: 16,120

STUDENT FACULTY RATIO

16:1

ADMISSIONS (FALL 2025)

Applied to fall 2025: 137,525
Admitted to fall 2025: 34,546

FACULTY (AS OF FALL 2025)

6,195

EMPLOYEES (AS OF FALL 2025)

33,516 (includes faculty)

ALUMNI (AS OF FALL 2025)

Living: 525,000+

HISTORY

Traces its beginnings to 1853
Gainesville campus opened in 1906
First women admitted: 1947
First African American enrolled: 1958

MAIN CAMPUS

Size: 2,000 acres
Number of buildings: 1,000+
Undergraduate residence halls: 26
Colleges: 16
Libraries: 7

ACADEMICS (AS OF 2026)

Undergraduate programs: 100+
Graduate programs: 200+
Retention rate: 97%
4-year graduation rate: 78%

FINANCIAL DATA

In-state tuition and fees for academic year
2025–2026: $6,381 per semester

Out-of-state tuition and fees: $30,886 per semester

ATHLETICS

The Florida Gators sports teams compete in the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference and are supported by alligator mascots Albert and Alberta. As of June 2026, UF student-athletes have earned a total of 180 academic All-America Honors since 1965. Since the 1972 Olympiad held in Munich, 239 Gators have participated in the Olympic Games. Gators have won 156 Olympic medals with 74 gold, 45 silver and 37 bronze medals.

NOTABLE

UF ranks No. 1 among the top universities in the nation, public or private, as noted by the Wall Street Journal in an editorial, “The University Elite, Reconsidered.”

Forbes has named UF the No. 5 public university in the nation and among the top institutions in the country for return on investment for 2026.

UF is among the 10 public universities on Forbes’ 2026 “The New Ivies” list. 

UF ranks No. 30 overall and No. 7 among public universities in the U.S. News & World Report (2026 edition).

UF ranks No. 1 in the U.S. News & World Report for best online undergraduate program in the nation (2026 edition).

UF faculty conducted a record $1.33 billion in research in fiscal year 2024-2025.

UF is one of only two public universities in Florida that belong to the Association of American Universities, the top 64 research institutions in the U.S.

The UF Health network has facilities throughout the state of Florida, including Jacksonville and Orlando.

UF/IFAS has offices in each of Florida’s 67 counties as well as at the main campus in Gainesville.