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Tightest Florida Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Florida colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. University of Miami has the lowest acceptance rate as of 18.94% for academic year 2022-2023 in Florida. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Florida.
Tightest Florida Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Miami
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCoral Gables, FL
18.94%49,1699,3122,37125.46%
2University of Florida
Public, four-yearsGainesville, FL
23.35%64,47315,0546,61243.92%
3Florida State University
Public, four-yearsTallahassee, FL
25.04%78,08819,5526,03330.86%
4The University of Tampa
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTampa, FL
26.35%40,28610,6151,87817.69%
5Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Public, four-yearsTallahassee, FL
32.93%12,3724,0741,52037.31%
6University of Central Florida
Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL
41.04%54,97722,5607,51533.31%
7University of South Florida
Public, four-yearsTampa, FL
43.93%65,56828,8016,80023.61%
8Ave Maria University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAve Maria, FL
44.21%3,4041,50535623.65%
9HCI College
Private (for-profit), four-yearsWest Palm Beach, FL
47.32%59628219970.57%
10The University of West Florida
Public, four-yearsPensacola, FL
48.03%9,1134,3771,18327.03%