2001 - 2002
Undergraduate Catalog

Purpose Mission Goals

• Mission and Goals
• History
• Government
• Students
• Faculty
• Programs
• Semester System
• Facilities
• Campus Safety and Security
• Standard of Ethical Conduct
• Application Deadlines
• Critical Dates and Deadlines

Students

University of Florida students - numbering more than 45,000 in Fall 2000 - come from more than 100 countries (5,201 international students), all 50 states, and every one of the 67 counties in Florida. The ratio of men to women is 48/52. Seventy-two percent of UF students are undergraduates (32,680), 21% are graduate students (9,309) and 7% (3,125) are in the professional programs of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

Approximately 3,297 African-American students, 4,336 Hispanic students and 2,849 Asian-American students attend UF. Over ninety percent of entering freshmen rank above the national mean of scores on standard entrance exams taken by college-bound students. UF consistently ranks among the top five public universities in the nation in the number of enrolled National Merit Scholars, Achievement Scholars, International Baccalaureate graduates and Advance Placement score recipients.