University Of Florida Online: Cost, Admission Odds And Payoff
- UF Online is hard to rate because 100% of its undergraduates study online.
- Florida residents pay $129.18 per credit hour, about 40% less than students on campus pay.
- 11% of students take out federal student loans, and the typical borrower leaves owing $13,496.
Is UF Online Worth It? The College Investor Rating
| Family | What They Pay | Compared With Other Colleges |
|---|---|---|
| Low-Income Families | Average $630 a year | Cheaper than 99% of four-year colleges |
| Middle-Income Families | Average $4,514 a year | Cheaper than 99% of four-year colleges |
| High-Income Families, In-State | $18,200 a year | Cheaper than 95% of four-year colleges |
How Hard Is It To Get Into UF Online?
UF Online accepted 61% of applicants, according to federal data. UF Online doesn't publish a Common Data Set, so test scores, deadlines and the factors it weighs in admissions aren't available here.
What Will UF Online Actually Cost Your Family?
The average in-state UF Online student receiving financial aid paid $4,336 a year after grants.
That's against a sticker price of $18,200 a year for in-state students. Out-of-state tuition alone runs $16,579. Florida residents pay $129.18 per credit hour, about 40% less than students on campus pay.
| Total Borrowed Over Four Years | $0 |
| Within Federal Student Loan Limits | $0 |
| Beyond Federal Student Loan Limits | $0 |
| Monthly Student Loan Payment, 10-Year Plan | $0 |
| Expected Pay In Your Major | $0 |
Does A UF Online Degree Pay Off?
It's hard to say. That's why UF Online gets , instead of a letter grade.
UF Online students earn a median of $78,456 ten years after starting college, and 88% out-earn a typical high school graduate. 11% take out federal student loans, and the typical borrower leaves owing $13,496, about 17% of one year's pay. Earnings still depend heavily on major: Computer And Information Sciences graduates earned a median of $126,268 four years after graduating, compared with $47,546 for Visual And Performing Arts graduates.
How We Rated UF Online
We don't grade UF Online from A to F because most of its undergraduates study online. Federal graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, and federal earnings and student loan figures blend online and campus students, so those numbers don't describe the typical UF Online student fairly. Colleges where more than half of undergraduates study entirely online get an O for mostly online. UF Online still serves a real purpose for many students, so we show how its price compares instead.
Grade Checks
Financial Aid Check
UF Online doesn't publish a Common Data Set, so we can't check how it meets financial need.
Financial Health Check
No federal heightened cash monitoring and no closure, merger or financial exigency announcements.
Earnings Floor
88% of students out-earn a typical high school graduate. Schools where most don't are capped at a D.
Mostly Online
100% of UF Online's undergraduates study entirely online. Federal earnings and student loan figures blend online and campus students, and the graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students.
Shared Federal Data
Federal earnings and student loan figures for UF Online are the same as main-campus UF's, because the government reports them for UF as a whole. UF Online students' own results may differ.
UF Online In The News
We haven't covered UF Online in the news yet. These stories help families weighing a school like it.
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Sources And Methodology
The College Investor Rating scores every four-year college from 0 to 100 on payoff (30%), price (25%), graduation (20%) and student debt (25%) using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data. An earnings floor and a financial health check can cap the grade at D, and a financial aid check flags concerns without changing it. Price is judged on its own, without earnings. The grade measures financial return for families, not teaching quality, campus life or a school's mission.
Notes On The Data
- Low-income families earn under $48,000. Middle-income families earn $48,000 to $110,000. Their prices are federal averages for first-time, full-time students who received financial aid.
- High-income families are those who get no grant aid, so they pay the sticker price (cost of attendance). Out-of-state families pay the in-state cost of attendance plus the difference in tuition.
- Paying full price is the share of undergraduates who received no grant aid from any source in 2022-23, from the Education Department's IPEDS survey. The chance of merit aid divides merit scholarship recipients by full-time undergraduates without financial need, from the Common Data Set.
- Earnings by major are medians four years after graduation. Majors with too few graduates for the government to report earnings are left out. Debt by major is median federal student loan debt among borrowers.
- The calculator uses federal net price averages for in-state students and adds the tuition difference for out-of-state students. Borrowing up to the $27,000 federal limit for dependent undergraduates uses the 2026-27 undergraduate rate of 6.52%, and anything above it uses the 9.07% Parent PLUS rate. Parent PLUS loans are capped at $20,000 a year and $65,000 per student. See all federal student loan interest rates. UF Online's own net price calculator gives a personal figure, and College Aid Pro can compare costs across schools.
Data years: Earnings follow students who started college in 2011-12 and 2012-13, measured 10 years later. Net price and borrowing rates are for 2024-25. Graduation rates follow students who started in fall 2019. Median debt covers borrowers who left school in fiscal 2024 and 2025. Full-price shares are for 2022-23.
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Sources: UF Online doesn't publish a Common Data Set. U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data updated November 2, 2026. News from The College Investor.