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Florida: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

Almanac 2013 »

Florida

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  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
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Florida Nation

Demographics

Population
Florida Nation
Total (State rank: 4) 19,057,542 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Florida Nation
Up to 4 5.6% 6.4%
5 to 14 11.6% 13.2%
15 to 19 6.4% 7.0%
20 to 24 6.7% 7.1%
25 to 44 24.8% 26.4%
45 to 64 27.2% 26.5%
65 and older 17.6% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Florida Nation
American Indian 0.3% 0.8%
Asian 2.4% 4.8%
Black 16.0% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
White 76.3% 74.1%
More than one race 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 22.9% 16.7%
Other 2.7% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Florida Nation
8th grade or less 5.6% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 8.4% 8.1%
High-school diploma 30.4% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 20.8% 21.2%
Associate degree 8.9% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 16.5% 17.9%
Master’s degree 6.4% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.1% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.9% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Florida Nation
27.6% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Florida Nation
(State rank: 28) $40,344 $42,693
Poverty rate
Florida Nation
17.0% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Florida Nation
Total for 2013-14 159,903 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 13.0% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Florida Nation
28,422 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Florida Nation
5.6% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $111,823 $118,822
Associate professor $77,896 $81,373
Assistant professor $70,334 $70,325
All $80,789 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $94,982 $89,076
Associate professor $71,671 $71,297
Assistant professor $60,808 $60,506
All $66,276 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $126,646 $152,042
Associate professor $86,150 $95,762
Assistant professor $73,799 $82,983
All $90,592 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $96,208 $91,161
Associate professor $71,650 $71,963
Assistant professor $59,603 $58,901
All $72,308 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Florida Nation
Public $57,476 $61,265
Private nonprofit $58,193 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Florida Nation
Public $53,194 $62,568
Private nonprofit n/a $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Florida Nation
Undergraduate 1,011,562 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 132,136 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 717,439 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 85,761 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 179,325 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 1,044 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 119,600 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 40,529 396,832
Total 1,143,698 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 70% 72%
4-year 89% 64%
2-year 11% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Florida Nation
Associate 86,254 942,217
Bachelor’s 86,281 1,712,538
Master’s 31,766 730,635
Doctorate 9,297 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 90% of all freshmen enrolled in Florida in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 89% of all Florida residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Florida Nation
All 58.3% 59.0%
Men 55.3% 56.4%
Women 60.9% 61.2%
American Indian 55.3% 40.6%
Asian 66.4% 69.7%
Black 47.0% 40.2%
Hispanic 55.5% 51.4%
White 62.5% 62.3%
2 or more races 64.4% 64.0%
Race unknown 45.5% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Florida Nation
American Indian 4,255 174,629
Asian 34,024 1,133,719
Black 213,429 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 1,986 61,179
Hispanic 242,779 2,695,637
White 526,503 11,519,372
2 or more races 16,855 405,812
Race unknown 72,441 1,409,094
Foreign 31,426 738,624
Total 1,143,698 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Florida Nation
Women 58.4% 57.0%
American Indian 0.4% 0.8%
Asian 3.0% 5.4%
Black 18.7% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.3%
Hispanic 21.2% 12.8%
White 46.0% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.5% 1.9%
Race unknown 6.3% 6.7%
Foreign 2.7% 3.5%
Minority 44.9% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 40.3% 27.2%
Full-time 58.1% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 19.8 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 70% of Florida’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 984 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 66% of Florida’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 4-year $3,569 $7,087
Public 2-year $2,370 $2,419
Private 4-year $21,160 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Florida Nation
State funds $3,341,628,971 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -8.0% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Florida Nation
Need-based grants $151,246,972 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $339,558,180 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $77,418,168 $1,737,198,826
Total $568,223,320 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Florida Nation
Total $2,125,648,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 6.6% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Florida Nation
Federal government 55.1% 62.6%
State and local governments 8.4% 5.9%
Industry 4.2% 4.9%
Nonprofit 3.8% 5.9%
Institution itself 27.7% 19.1%
Other 0.7% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Florida Nation
Engineering 12.0% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 6.7% 4.9%
Life sciences 53.7% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 2.0% 3.6%
Physical sciences 7.4% 7.3%
Psychology 3.3% 1.7%
Social sciences 2.9% 3.1%
Other sciences 1.3% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 10.8% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Florida
University of Florida Foundation $1,263,277,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Florida
University of Florida $173,384,839
University of Miami $163,977,551
Florida State University $54,942,326

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 4-year 34 679
Public 2-year 9 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 60 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 3 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 58 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 76 669
Total 240 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Florida
University of Florida 42,949
University of Central Florida 41,007
Florida State University 34,970

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Bethune-Cookman University, Miami Dade College (governance)

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of Central Florida

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Almanac 2013 »

Florida

Choose a section »

  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
  • Colleges and universities
Florida Nation

Demographics

Population
Florida Nation
Total (State rank: 4) 19,057,542 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Florida Nation
Up to 4 5.6% 6.4%
5 to 14 11.6% 13.2%
15 to 19 6.4% 7.0%
20 to 24 6.7% 7.1%
25 to 44 24.8% 26.4%
45 to 64 27.2% 26.5%
65 and older 17.6% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Florida Nation
American Indian 0.3% 0.8%
Asian 2.4% 4.8%
Black 16.0% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
White 76.3% 74.1%
More than one race 2.2% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 22.9% 16.7%
Other 2.7% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Florida Nation
8th grade or less 5.6% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 8.4% 8.1%
High-school diploma 30.4% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 20.8% 21.2%
Associate degree 8.9% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 16.5% 17.9%
Master’s degree 6.4% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.1% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.9% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Florida Nation
27.6% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Florida Nation
(State rank: 28) $40,344 $42,693
Poverty rate
Florida Nation
17.0% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Florida Nation
Total for 2013-14 159,903 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 13.0% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Florida Nation
28,422 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Florida Nation
5.6% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $111,823 $118,822
Associate professor $77,896 $81,373
Assistant professor $70,334 $70,325
All $80,789 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $94,982 $89,076
Associate professor $71,671 $71,297
Assistant professor $60,808 $60,506
All $66,276 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $126,646 $152,042
Associate professor $86,150 $95,762
Assistant professor $73,799 $82,983
All $90,592 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Florida Nation
Professor $96,208 $91,161
Associate professor $71,650 $71,963
Assistant professor $59,603 $58,901
All $72,308 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Florida Nation
Public $57,476 $61,265
Private nonprofit $58,193 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Florida Nation
Public $53,194 $62,568
Private nonprofit n/a $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Florida Nation
Undergraduate 1,011,562 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 132,136 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 717,439 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 85,761 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 179,325 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 1,044 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 119,600 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 40,529 396,832
Total 1,143,698 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 70% 72%
4-year 89% 64%
2-year 11% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Florida Nation
Associate 86,254 942,217
Bachelor’s 86,281 1,712,538
Master’s 31,766 730,635
Doctorate 9,297 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 90% of all freshmen enrolled in Florida in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 89% of all Florida residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Florida Nation
All 58.3% 59.0%
Men 55.3% 56.4%
Women 60.9% 61.2%
American Indian 55.3% 40.6%
Asian 66.4% 69.7%
Black 47.0% 40.2%
Hispanic 55.5% 51.4%
White 62.5% 62.3%
2 or more races 64.4% 64.0%
Race unknown 45.5% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Florida Nation
American Indian 4,255 174,629
Asian 34,024 1,133,719
Black 213,429 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 1,986 61,179
Hispanic 242,779 2,695,637
White 526,503 11,519,372
2 or more races 16,855 405,812
Race unknown 72,441 1,409,094
Foreign 31,426 738,624
Total 1,143,698 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Florida Nation
Women 58.4% 57.0%
American Indian 0.4% 0.8%
Asian 3.0% 5.4%
Black 18.7% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.3%
Hispanic 21.2% 12.8%
White 46.0% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.5% 1.9%
Race unknown 6.3% 6.7%
Foreign 2.7% 3.5%
Minority 44.9% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 40.3% 27.2%
Full-time 58.1% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 19.8 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 70% of Florida’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 984 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 66% of Florida’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 4-year $3,569 $7,087
Public 2-year $2,370 $2,419
Private 4-year $21,160 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Florida Nation
State funds $3,341,628,971 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -8.0% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Florida Nation
Need-based grants $151,246,972 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $339,558,180 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $77,418,168 $1,737,198,826
Total $568,223,320 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Florida Nation
Total $2,125,648,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 6.6% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Florida Nation
Federal government 55.1% 62.6%
State and local governments 8.4% 5.9%
Industry 4.2% 4.9%
Nonprofit 3.8% 5.9%
Institution itself 27.7% 19.1%
Other 0.7% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Florida Nation
Engineering 12.0% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 6.7% 4.9%
Life sciences 53.7% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 2.0% 3.6%
Physical sciences 7.4% 7.3%
Psychology 3.3% 1.7%
Social sciences 2.9% 3.1%
Other sciences 1.3% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 10.8% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Florida
University of Florida Foundation $1,263,277,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Florida
University of Florida $173,384,839
University of Miami $163,977,551
Florida State University $54,942,326

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Florida Nation
Public 4-year 34 679
Public 2-year 9 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 60 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 3 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 58 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 76 669
Total 240 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Florida
University of Florida 42,949
University of Central Florida 41,007
Florida State University 34,970

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Bethune-Cookman University, Miami Dade College (governance)

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of Central Florida

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.

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