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Best Colleges in Florida

Top Florida colleges ranked by what actually matters after graduation: earnings, completion rates, and what you actually pay. Federal data. No surveys, no sponsorships.

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How We Rank Florida Colleges

Rankings use a composite score from verified federal data: graduate earnings (28%), graduation rate (25%), social mobility via Pell Grant share (20%), debt burden (15%), and net cost for low-income students (12%). Only 4-year non-profit schools with sufficient data qualify.

→Earnings: Median annual earnings 10 years after enrollment. Source: College Scorecard.
→Graduation rate: Full-time first-time students completing within 150% of normal time. Source: IPEDS.
→Net price: Average annual cost after all grants and scholarships. Source: IPEDS.
→Social mobility: Share of students receiving Pell Grants — a direct measure of access for low-income students. Source: IPEDS.
→Debt burden: Median federal loan debt at graduation. Source: College Scorecard.

Top 10 Colleges in Florida (2026)

Ranked by composite: earnings, graduation rate, social mobility, debt, affordability.

#	School	Accept	Net Price/yr	Grad Rate	Earnings (10yr)
1	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	24%	$6,351	91%	$71,588
2	University of Fort Lauderdale Lauderhill, FL	50%	$15,245	100%	$38,062
3	Florida International University Miami, FL	55%	$9,133	74%	$60,249
4	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	24%	$10,997	86%	$61,675
5	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	40%	$10,650	78%	$58,308
6	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	43%	$10,043	77%	$57,743
7	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	53%	$10,353	69%	$56,343
8	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	66%	$8,001	63%	$56,746
9	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	19%	$36,803	84%	$75,328
10	New College of Florida Sarasota, FL	73%	$4,536	67%	$48,082