University of
South Florida
Public Research University in Tampa, FL. Six-year graduation rate 77%. Median 10-year earnings $57,743.
Ten years after entry, the median University of South Florida student earns $57,743 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 77% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $17,988, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 2.7% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 77% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 43% of applicants are offered a place. 68,576 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 23% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
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 | 580–660 | 5,369 (78%) |
| SAT Math | 550–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–29 | 1,531 (22%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 77% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 91% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The part-time picture is harder: 70% return, against 91% full-time. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 36,299 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,579 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $4,122 while those at $110k+ pay $18,497. 69% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,311 — common but not automatic. 24% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 5,676 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 | $4,122 |
| $30–48k | $5,444 |
| $48–75k | $9,326 |
| $75–110k | $15,224 |
| $110k+ | $18,497 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 8,892 of these 36,299 students, totalling $70,566,543 — an average of $7,936 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)