Florida recently surpassed New York as the third-largest state in the country.
With a growing population of 22 million people, the Sunshine State is making considerable investments in its public higher education institutions, while private universities are also seeing increasing enrollment.
Here's a look at some of the best universities in Florida based on tuition.
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University of Florida
Long famous for its legendary football program, the University of Florida now boasts an impressive academic record and admission is extremely competitive, with an acceptance rate of just 23%.
Located in North Florida in Gainesville, it is the flagship school of the Florida State University System. As the fifth largest university in the country, it has more than 57,000 students studying in 16 academic faculties.
In addition, it offers several postgraduate programs, including medicine, pharmacy, engineering, law, business administration and dentistry.
Gainesville, University of Florida, campus entrance with students. (Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Florida State University
Founded in 1851, Florida State University is located in Florida's capital, Tallahassee.
Comprised of 16 colleges, it has a student body of more than 45,000 students from all 50 states and 130 countries. It has an annual budget of $2.2 billion and its athletics programs have won 20 NCAA Division I national championships. It currently offers 104 bachelor's programs, 112 master's programs and 70 doctoral programs.
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private research university located in the Coral Gables neighborhood of Miami.
The university's enrollment is nearly 20,000 students, and the school is the second largest employer in Miami-Dade County. Like UF and FSU, it is known for its athletics programs, particularly football, in which it has won five national championships. Admission is highly competitive, with a 2023 acceptance rate of 18.5%.
The University of Miami plays at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
University of Central Florida
Formerly known as Florida Technical University, the University of Central Florida is located near Orlando in unincorporated Orange County and has a student body of more than 68,000.
It is particularly strong in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with a historic relationship with the US Space Program at the nearby Kennedy Sapce Center. Located 13 miles east of downtown Orlando, the school offers 230 degrees across 13 colleges.
Heavily focused on research, it is known for corporate partnerships with major companies including Disney, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, SpaceX and Universal.
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Florida International University
Florida International University, commonly known as FIU, was founded in 1965 by the state legislature and is located in Miami-Dade County in University Park.
As the third largest university in the state, it has a budget of more than US$1.7 billion, with more than 45 thousand undergraduate students and 10 thousand graduate students. FIU offers 60 bachelor's degree programs, 81 master's degree programs, and 34 doctoral programs. It has a sizable international student population, with the largest groups of students coming from Venezuela, China, Kuwait, India and Brazil.
Students on the campus of Florida International University in Miami. (Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University is a public research university in Boca Raton with 180 undergraduate and graduate programs across 10 colleges.
Its 30,000 students come from all 50 states and 180 countries. The school is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse in the country and receives high marks for its two honors programs: the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and the University Scholars Program.
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Florida A&M University
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Florida A&M, located in Tallahassee, is a historically black land-grant school founded in 1887.
It is the third largest historically black university in the country, and its creation was promoted by prominent abolitionist and Florida legislator Jonathan C. Gibbs. It offers 54 bachelor's degrees, 29 master's degrees, and 12 doctoral programs, and competes in the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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University of South Florida
The University of South Florida was founded in 1956, with its main campus in Tampa.
Additionally, it has satellite campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Its 14 colleges offer more than 240 undergraduate and graduate programs. The fourth largest school in the state, its student body of 50,000 students comes from all 50 states and 145 countries.
Known for its cutting-edge research, the USF community holds more than 2,400 patents, while the National Academy of Inventors and the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame are located on school grounds.
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