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Tightest Florida Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following 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 18.90% for academic year 2023-2024 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 (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Miami
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCoral Gables, FL
18.90%53,95410,1952,47324.26%
2Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Public, four-yearsTallahassee, FL
20.56%22,7564,6781,42930.55%
3University of Florida
Public, four-yearsGainesville, FL
24.20%73,55717,8047,51342.20%
4Florida State University
Public, four-yearsTallahassee, FL
24.22%78,27218,9545,85530.89%
5University of Central Florida
Public, four-yearsOrlando, FL
40.11%61,45624,6538,25933.50%
6The University of Tampa
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTampa, FL
40.34%37,95415,3112,54416.62%
7Ave Maria University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAve Maria, FL
41.39%2,6891,11336532.79%
8Warner University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLake Wales, FL
42.81%1,25953924846.01%
9University of South Florida
Public, four-yearsTampa, FL
43.19%68,57629,6216,90423.31%
10Beacon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLeesburg, FL
43.47%67429311338.57%