University of North Florida, History, Academics, Campus

According to the Princeton Review, UNF has an acceptance rate of 72%. Enrolled students scoring between the 25th and 75th percentile on the SAT score 530–640 on Reading and 530–620 on Math. Enrolled students who took the ACT score 20–25. The average high school grade point average is 3.91.

For the 2021–2022 academic school year, in-state tuition and fees is $212.98 per credit hour and out-of-state tuition and fees is $693.11 per credit hour. For the 2020–2021 academic year, UNF provided over $60 million in scholarships and grants to students. On average, for students who were awarded need-based aid, 90% of need was met.

As of fall 2020, UNF has 679 faculty members, 75 of which are visiting faculty. The faculty-to-student ratio is 1:19.^[29] Among all faculty, 656 (97%) are full-time; 334 (49%) are tenured and 113 (17%) are tenure-earning. About half (49.8%) of faculty are women, and 27% are non-white.

Academic rankings
National
Forbes	425
U.S. News & World Report	263
Washington Monthly	215

UNF was ranked #263 (tie) among National Universities in the 2022-23 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ranking.

In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNF 272nd in national universities and 136th in public universities. UNF was also ranked 39th for best online bachelor’s programs. Military Friendly’s 2021 designation of UNF a military-friendly school was its 12th consecutive designation; nearly 1,400 veterans and military-affiliated students attend UNF, or roughly 8% of all students. In 2020, INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine awarded UNF the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for the sixth time.

UNF is organized into six colleges, five of which offer various undergraduate degree and graduate-degree programs (the sixth is a honors college). In the 2019–2020 school year, UNF awarded 3,419 Bachelor’s degrees, 670 Master’s degrees, and 165 doctoral degrees.

Doctoral programs offered through the Brooks College of Health at UNF include Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition, BSN-DNP in Family Nurse Practitioner, BSN-DNP in Nurse Anesthetist, Post-MSN Doctor of Nursing Practice, Post-MSN Doctor of Nursing Practice in Psych-Mental Health and Doctor of Physical Therapy.

The College of Education and Human Services offers doctoral degrees in Specialist in Educational Leadership, Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership, and Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction.

• College of Arts and Sciences. Student enrollment is 6,572, making it the largest college by enrollment at UNF. Academic Departments include art and design, biology, chemistry, physics, communications, criminology and criminal justice, English, history, mathematics and statistics, music, philosophy, political science and public administration, psychology, sociology, anthropology, religious studies, French, and Spanish.
• Coggin College of Business. One of UNF’s three original colleges. Programs of the college are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Student enrollment is 3,079 students.
• College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction. Comprising the School of Computing, School of Engineering, and Department of Construction Management. Enrollment is 2,033 students.
• College of Education and Human Services. Also offers a Bachelor of Science in sport management. Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Student enrollment is 1,559.
• Brooks College of Health. Enrollment is 3,130 students.
• Hicks Honors College is an interdisciplinary program created to provide opportunities for experiential and active learning in small class environments.

The University of North Florida School of Music is well known for its jazz studies program, founded by jazz euphonium player Rich Matteson formally headed by saxophonist Bunky Green, with JB Scott now coordinator of jazz studies. The faculty of the Jazz Studies program includes other musicians such as Danny Gottlieb, Dennis Marks, Dave Steinmeyer, Todd DelGiudice, and Lynne Arriale.

The UNF Jazz Ensemble 1 is internationally renowned, having performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and a two-week tour of China. It was twice named the top collegiate jazz band in the nation by Down Beat magazine. A special component of the UNF jazz studies program is the Great American Jazz Series, which regularly brings in internationally known jazz artists as residents.

This series, along with other opportunities, has enabled students to perform in concert with more than 100 esteemed artists, such as Herbie Hancock, the Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Mike Stern, Dave Weckl, Christian McBride, Louie Bellson, Billy Taylor, Arturo Sandoval, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Green, Russell Malone, and Branford Marsalis.

In fall 2006, the Coggin College of Business was added to the Princeton Review’s Best 282 Business Schools list.UNF’s Coggin College Among “Best” Business Schools Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine”. (fall 2006.) Coggin College of Business Newsletter.

Retrieved on July 7, 2011.</ref> Two of the Coggin College of Business flagship programs are transportation and logistics and international business. The transportation and logistics program was ranked 13th in the nation by Supply Chain Management Review. The Princeton Review also recognized the college by naming it an “Outstanding Business School” in the 2009 and 2010 editions of the “Best 296 Business Schools”. The College of Business is accredited by AACSB.

The coastal biology program is a flagship program from the College of Arts and Sciences and community nursing is a flagship program from the Brooks College of Health.

In addition to six colleges, UNF houses several academic units that provide additional services to UNF and the community.

• Center for Community Based Learning
• Center for Urban Education and Policy
• Continuing Education
• Environmental Center
• Florida Institute of Education
• The Graduate School
• Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives (CCI)
• Public Opinion Research Lab
• Small Business Development Center
• Office of Undergraduate Studies
• UNF Online