College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · Public · Bachelor-granting · 35,629 undergrads · 24% admitted

Do students finish?

91% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$22,523/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$90,092 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$71,588 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $47,083 median $71,588 75th pct $106,122

83% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

67 Bachelor's programs · $16,602 to $76,743 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $76,743 $20,447

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $76,677 $15,000

Systems Engineering.Bachelor's $75,217 $19,750

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $72,850 $19,600

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $72,430 $20,650

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician.Bachelor's $71,213 $14,869

Materials Engineering.Bachelor's $70,098 —

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $67,197 $18,131

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $66,726 $17,416

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $62,005 $18,609

Fire Protection.Bachelor's $61,715 —

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $60,614 $16,500

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.Bachelor's $60,076 $18,625

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $59,482 $16,681

Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $56,734 —

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.Bachelor's $56,025 $21,000

Landscape Architecture.Bachelor's $50,971 —

Statistics.Bachelor's $49,309 $13,191

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $46,557 $15,000

Marketing.Bachelor's $46,403 $15,250

Economics.Bachelor's $45,380 $15,000

Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $43,267 $19,839

Agricultural Business and Management.Bachelor's $42,963 $15,000

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $42,180 $13,650

Mathematics.Bachelor's $40,935 $16,111

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $40,235 $15,321

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $38,395 $19,737

Journalism.Bachelor's $36,136 $16,454

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $35,672 $16,407

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.Bachelor's $33,795 $16,172

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $32,896 $13,000

Forestry.Bachelor's $32,521 $15,500

Plant Sciences.Bachelor's $32,036 $13,015

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $32,008 $15,000

Visual and Performing Arts, General.Bachelor's $30,849 $18,657

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $30,778 $15,000

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $30,613 $15,523

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $29,990 $22,692

Criminology.Bachelor's $29,868 $15,224

Sustainability Studies.Bachelor's $29,586 $15,000

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $28,878 $15,000

History.Bachelor's $26,805 $16,896

Sociology.Bachelor's $26,610 $15,000

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $26,279 $17,758

Public Health.Bachelor's $26,242 $15,454

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $26,055 $11,625

Philosophy.Bachelor's $25,985 $17,413

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $25,888 $15,000

Food Science and Technology.Bachelor's $25,513 —

Architecture.Bachelor's $24,994 $18,953

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $24,721 $14,800

Zoology/Animal Biology.Bachelor's $24,610 $17,603

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $23,761 $14,942

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $23,033 $16,598

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $22,915 $15,591

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $22,293 $13,750

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $22,127 $15,000

Anthropology.Bachelor's $21,265 $14,491

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $21,118 $20,200

Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.Bachelor's $21,021 $16,500

Biology, General.Bachelor's $19,456 $15,000

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $19,245 $16,046

Physics.Bachelor's $18,888 $13,750

Chemistry.Bachelor's $18,586 $14,824

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.Bachelor's $18,077 $16,776

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $16,785 $15,000

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $16,602 $16,500

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$14,000

≈ 20% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (126 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website