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The University of Central Florida is a metropolitan research university located in Orlando, one of the most visited cities in the world. UCF benefits from a diverse faculty and staff who create a welcoming environment, a high quality of life, and opportunities to grow, learn and succeed.

UCF’s main campus is 13 miles east of downtown Orlando and adjacent to one of the top research parks in the nation. The university also has an accredited College of Medicine in the Medical City at Lake Nona, Rosen College of Hospitality Management located off International Drive, a campus in downtown Orlando and UCF Connect locations throughout Central Florida.

With more than 69,000 students, UCF is the largest university by enrollment in Florida and one of the largest universities in the nation. It has more than 13,000 employees and an operating budget of $1.8 billion. UCF researchers received $217.1 million in fiscal year 2023 for funded research. In Fall 2023, the freshman class had an average SAT combined score of 1332, the Burnett Honors College enrolled 510 new students, and the number of incoming National Merit Scholars ranked UCF among the top 25 colleges and universities.

The university offers 104 bachelor’s, 97 master’s, 33 research doctorates, 3 professional doctorates and 3 specialist degree programs, and it leads all universities in Florida in conferring more than 18,000 degrees a year. UCF is committed to innovative community partnerships, world-class research with local impact, and the integration of technology and learning.

Campus Information

General UCF campus information
Location Orlando, Florida
Construction Began January 1967
First Classes Began October 1968
Original Enrollment 1,948 students
SERB Classification Four-Year 1 Institution
Status One of Florida’s 12 public universities
SACSCOC Level 6 Institution
Fall 2023 Enrollment 69,320

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UCF’s Promise

  • Harness the power of scale to transform lives and livelihoods.
  • Attract and cultivate exceptional and diverse faculty, students and staff whose collective contributions strengthen us.
  • Deploy our distinctive assets to solve society’s greatest challenges.
  • Create partnerships at every level that amplify our academic, economic, social and cultural impact and reputation.
  • Innovate academic, operational and financial models to transform higher education.

Learn more about our strategic plan.

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Carnegie Classification

Basic Classification

  • RU/VH (Research Universities/Very High Research Activity)

Standard Classification

  • Undergraduate Instructional Program: Prof + A&S/HGC (Professions + Arts and Sciences/High Graduate Coexistence)
  • Graduate Instructional Program: CompDoc/NMedVet (Comprehensive Doctoral/No Medical, Veterinary)
  • Enrollment Profile: HU (High Undergraduate)
  • Undergraduate Profile: MFT4/S/HTI (Medium Full-Time Four-Year/Selective/Higher Transfer-In)
  • Size and Setting: L4/NR (Large Four-Year/Primarily Nonresidential)

Elective Classification

  • Community Engagement: Curricular Engagement and Outreach & Partnerships

Note: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifications underwent extensive revisions in 2005. The new classifications were released in March 2006 and are based on data from 2003 and 2004. The elective classification was awarded to UCF in December 2008.

Degrees

Degrees Offered

Total number of degree programs at UCF by program type.
Total 240
Bachelor’s 104
Master’s 97
Research Doctorates 33
Professional Doctorates (Medicine) 3
Specialist 3

Degrees Conferred (as of Aug. 2023)

Total degrees awarded by type.
Total 419,318
Bachelor’s 344,369
Master’s 66,231
Doctoral 6,871
Specialist 773
Professional (Medicine) 1,074

Degrees Awarded Per Academic Year


Housing

On Campus and Affiliated Housing

Number of students living in on campus and affiliated housing, by housing type.
Total 12,282
Housing — Orlando Campus 6,440
Sorority/Fraternity Housing 467
Rosen College Campus 384
Affiliated Housing 3,756
Managed Housing 594
UCF Downtown 641

Students sitting on couches in UCF housing

Growth with Quality and Diversity

  • Fall 2023 freshman class had an average SAT score of 1332 and an average high school GPA of 4.25.
  • UCF set records for diversity in Fall 2023: 50.7% of students are minorities and 29.2% are Hispanic.
  • UCF is the largest university by enrollment in Florida with 69,320 students, including 59,548 undergraduates, 9,294 graduate students and 478 M.D. students.
  • UCF ranks second among Florida’s state universities with 346 National Merit Scholars enrolled.
  • UCF’s six-year graduation rate is 75%.

Top 15 Degrees Programs (degrees conferred)

Top Undergraduate Disciplines (CIP)

  1. Business Management and Administration (52.xxxx)
  2. Health Professions and Related (51.xxxx)
  3. Psychology (42.xxxx)
  4. Engineering (14.xxxx)
  5. Visual and Performing Arts (50.xxxx)
  6. Life Sciences (26.xxxx)
  7. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (30.xxxx)
  8. Computer and Information Science (11.xxxx)
  9. Social Sciences (45.xxxx)
  10. Education (13.xxxx)
  11. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement (43.xxxx)
  12. Communications (09.xxxx)
  13. Letters (23.xxxx)
  14. Parks And Recreation (31.xxxx)
  15. Law And Legal Studies (22.xxxx)

UCF is in “the vanguard of an insurgency that aims to demolish the popular belief that exclusivity is a virtue in higher education.”

The Washington Post

Cost of Attendance [1]

In-State

Cost of attendance for in-state students, by fee
Total $24,668
Tuition and fees $6,368
Books $1,000
Room and Board $12,070
Transportation $2,126
Personal Expense $3,104

Out-Of-State

Cost of attendance for out-of-state students, by fee
Total $40,767
Nonresident tuition and fees $22,467
Books $1,000
Room and Board $12,070
Transportation $2,126
Personal Expense $3,104

[1] Based on 30 undergraduate credit hours, standard room and dining membership for 2023-24 academic year.

An Affordable, Best-Value Education

  • 68% of first-time-in-college students graduate without any educational debt at UCF. Nationally, only 42% of students graduate debt-free.
  • Kiplinger’s magazine and Forbes rank UCF among the nation’s best education values.

Student Profile

Enrollment

Number of enrolled students by student type
Total 69,320
Undergraduate 59,548
Freshman (New Admit | Summer-Fall 2023) 8,226
Transfer (New Admit | Summer-Fall 2023) 6,925
Graduate 9,294
Medical Professional 478

UCF Online Enrollment

Number of enrolled students by student type
Total 6,590
Undergraduate 3,734
Graduate 2,856

Enrollment by Gender

Student enrollment totals by gender and student type.
Student Type Male Female Not Specified
University Total 31,365 37,931 24
Undergraduate 27,259 32,278 11
Graduate 3,872 5,416 6
Medical 234 237 7

Freshman Class Profile

Average standardized testing scores and GPA for Fall 2021 freshmen.
FTIC Applicants 48,896
FTIC Acceptances 16,363
FTIC Enrolled 5,110
Average SAT Score 1332
Average ACT Score 28.2
Average High School GPA (weighted) 4.25

Freshman Class Profile, the Burnett Honors College

Average standardized testing scores and GPA for Fall 2021 freshmen in the Burnett Honors College.
Total 510
Average SAT Score 1469
Average ACT Score 32.7
Average High School GPA (weighted) 4.53

A Diverse Student Population

Diverse Student Population
Student Type Number of Students Percentage of Student Population
White 30,146 43.5%
Hispanic/Latino 20,260 29.2%
Black 6,400 9.2%
Asian 5,203 7.5%
International 3,196 4.6%
Multiracial 3,152 4.6%
Not Specified 815 1.2%
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 77 0.1%
American Indian/Alaska Native 71 0.1%

Florida Residency Status

Number and percentage of in-state vs out-of-state students.
Student Type Number of Students Percentage of Student Population
Total 69,320 100%
In-State 64,239 93%
Out-of-State 5,025 7%

Age Distribution

Average ages of students by student type.
Freshman 18.5
Sophomore 19.4
Junior 21.8
Senior 23.8
Over Age 25 19%
Average Age 23.3
Master’s 29.9
Specialist 28.9
Doctoral 32.4
Professional 25.3
Undergraduate 22.1
Graduate 30.7

Financial Aid Opportunities

$110.7 million

Awarded to Bright Futures students

72%

Undergraduate students received financial aid

$544.7 million

In financial aid awarded

346

National Merit Scholars enrolled

Fall Enrollment by College

College and Interdisciplinary School Undergraduate Graduate Medical Total
University Total 59,548 9,294 478 69,320
Arts and Humanities 4,215 447 4,662
Business 7,951 797 8,748
Community Innovation and Education 4,377 2,602 6,979
Engineering and Computer Science 12,442 2,065 14,487
Graduate Studies 75 75
Health Professions and Sciences 5,860 941 6,801
Medicine 2,149 139 478 2,766
Nursing 2,238 502 2,740
Optics and Photonics 134 134 268
Rosen College of Hospitality Management 2,227 357 2,584
Sciences 15,513 1,026 16,539
Undergraduate Studies 1,533 1,533
Undeclared 929 209 1,138

A Leader in Economic Impact

  • UCF employs more than 13,000 faculty and staff members. The university impacts more than 112,000 additional jobs and adds $7.73 billion of value to the economy, according to a 2009–10 study by the Florida Board of Governors.
  • More than 177,000 of our 368,000-plus alumni live in Orlando and the Central Florida region — each of them serving as a brand ambassador, boosting UCF’s national and global reputation.

Employees

Includes all permanent and temporary employees [2]

Number of UCF employees.
Category No. of Employees Full-time Equivalent (FTE)
University Total 13,004 9,291
Faculty 1,923 1,906
A & P Executive Service 2,420 2,414
Post-Doctoral 186 184
Medical Post-Doctoral 577 577
USPS 1054 1052
Adjunct 790 322
Graduate Assistants 1,706 866
OPS Student 3,732 1,623
OPS Non-Student 616 348

Faculty Doctoral Data [3]

Percentage of faculty with and without doctoral degrees.
Faculty with Doctoral Degrees 80%
(1,396)
Faculty without Doctoral Degrees 20%
(346)

Faculty Tenure Data [3]

Percentage of tenured and non-tenured faculty.
Faculty Tenured 46%
Faculty Non-Tenured on Track 12%
Faculty Non-Tenured Track 42%

Source: EEO Fall Staff File

[2] Totals may differ slightly due to rounding

[3] Includes all faculty in academic departments

Research and Endowment

Research Funding

Research funding in 2020-2021.
2022-2023 $217.1 million

UCF researchers have earned more than $1 billion in external grants and contracts during the past decade.

Endowment Assets

Endowment assets as of 2021
June 30, 2023 $228.4 million

Preparing Students for the Workforce

Campuses and Locations

Campus Size

Campus sizes by location
Location Net Square Feet Footage Acreage No. of
Main Campus (owned buildings) 8,677,102 10,338,272 1,420 275
Central Florida Research Park (owned buildings) 469,068 565,317 81 11
UCF Professional Development Center 12,018 11,857 24 2
UCF Higher Education Center at Daytona Beach 46,584 246,000 47 4
Clark Maxwell, Jr. Lifelong Learning Center at Cocoa 55,591 71,941 95 2
UCF Downtown 410,809 1,314,194 21 8
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) 98,686 104,052 20 13
Rosen College of Hospitality Management 265,274 448,891 20 5
Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona 593,818 754,141 87 7

Budget

2022–23 End-of-Year Expenditures

2020–21 End-of-Year Expenditures
Total $1,872,539,870
Education and General — Main [4] $648,783,703
Education and General — Medical School [4] $47,584,541
Auxiliary Enterprises [5] $284,449,981
Contracts and Grants $253,897,895
Local Funds $628,571,902
Faculty Practice (Medical School) $9,251,848

Source: F&A budget office

[4] Includes expenditure from carryforward funds

[5] Includes nonoperating expenditures per Schedule I

2022–23 Initial Operating Budgets

2021–22 Initial Operating Budgets
Total $2,149,734,118
Education and General — Main [6] $747,269,693
Education and General — Medical School [6] $48,630,720
Auxiliary Enterprises $392,383,971
Contracts and Grants $265,616,148
Local Funds $682,917,599
Faculty Practice (Medical School) $12,915,987

Source: F&A budget office

[6] Excludes technical transfers between main campus and College of Medicine, planned use of carryforward funds, and mid-year allocations from the state

Unless otherwise indicated, figures are for Fall 2023.