University of Florida Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at University of Florida is 21:1, and the school has 45.0 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at University of Florida include: Social Sciences; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Engineering; Health Professions and Related Programs; and Biological and Biomedical Sciences. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 95.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities Mathematics English (including composition) Sciences (biological or physical) Social science
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	21:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Social Sciences 14% Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 13% Engineering 11% Health Professions and Related Programs 8% Biological and Biomedical Sciences 7%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	Accounting; Advertising; Aerospace Engineering; Agricultural Education and Communication; Agricultural Operations Management; Animal Sciences; Biological Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Botany; Building Construction; Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Digital Arts and Sciences; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Entomology and Nematology; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Science and Interdisciplinary Ecology; Family, Youth and Community Sciences; Finance; Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Food and Resource Economics; Forest Resources and Conservation; French; Geography; Geology; Golf and Sports Turf Management; Health Education and Behavior; History; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Information Systems and Operations Management; Interior Design; International Business; International Relations; Journalism; Landscape Architecture; Landscape and Nursery Horticulture; Latin American Studies; Linguistics; Management; Materials Science and Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Microbiology and Cell Science; Natural Resource Conservation; Nuclear Engineering Science; Nuclear and Radiological Engineering; Philosophy; Physics; Plant Science and Plant Pathology; Political Science; Portuguese; Public Health; Recreation, Parks and Tourism; Religion; Russian; Sociology; Soil and Water Science; Spanish; Sport Management; Statistics; Telecommunication; Urban and Regional Planning; Women's Studies
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Writing in the disciplines N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A Learning communities N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	96%
4-year graduation rate	59

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data