University of Central Florida

Overview
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Total Enrollment: 66,183
  • Established: 1963
Designations

Excellence Model

Multicultural Discovery Enterprise

  • A top producer of faculty and student Fulbright scholars
  • Combines a traditional campus with a widening menu of online and hybrid courses

Urban Serving

  • Focused on student access through significant enrollment growth over the last two decades
  • Guarantees admission to local community college graduates - more students enter every fall as transfers than as freshmen

Institutional Excellence

  • Pursued new financial model in the face of dwindling state support
Ranking and Recognitions
  • #171 (tie) in National Universities (U.S. News)
  • #25 in Most Innovative Schools (U.S. News)
  • Carnegie Community Engaged University
  • Member of the University Innovation Alliance
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