The University
of Tampa
Private College in Tampa, FL. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $59,436.
Students who entered The University of Tampa land at a median of $59,436 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,211, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 2.6% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 40% of applicants are offered a place. 37,954 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 64%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,093 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $35,679 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,011 at $0–30k against $37,975 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $13,999 on average. Most students borrow — 67% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,505 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $30,011 |
| $30–48k | $31,513 |
| $48–75k | $31,898 |
| $75–110k | $34,691 |
| $110k+ | $37,975 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,800 of these 10,093 students, totalling $45,211,811 — an average of $6,649 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsborough County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)