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University of Central Florida Rankings 2025
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- UCF Ranking Highlights
- UCF University Ranking
- UCF US News & World Report Ranking 2025
- UCF QS Ranking 2025
- UCF THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
- UCF ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
- UCF Course Ranking
UCFRanking Highlights
Renowned for its academic excellence and diverse campus community, University of Central Florida has consistently secured top global university rankings. Offering a wide array of courses across various fields and disciplines for its students, University of Central Florida stands out and has an impressive global ranking, and is surely a world-class education place for international students.
Rated A by Shiksha Grading, University of Central Florida is also rated B++ for courses, such as MS and BBA. Looking at the Shiksha Grading by Courses, most of the University of Central Florida courses are in the range of B++ and C++ grades.
Although there are multiple grading platforms accessible for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading stand out is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving on, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of Central Florida ranks #741, which is declining in comparison to its last year’s ranking, i.e., #551 in 2024. University of Central Florida also ranks #401 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of Central Florida witnessed an improving trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #601 in 2023. Additionally, University of Central Florida ranks #124 in US News 'National University' category in 2024.
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UCFUS News & World Report Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
Global Universities | 413 | 432 | – / – |
| National University | 137 | 124 | 121 |
| Aerospace Engineering PG | 50 | 47 | – / – |
| Best Graduate Medical Schools | 93 | 93 | – / – |
| Biomedical Engineering PG | 112 | 120 | – / – |
| Civil Engineering PG | 64 | 69 | – / – |
| Computer Engineering PG | 57 | 50 | – / – |
| Electrical Engineering PG | 58 | 53 | – / – |
| Mechanical Engineering PG | 71 | 70 | – / – |
| UG Business | 108 | 118 | 114 |
UCFQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 801 | 551 | 741 |
| Accounting and Finance | 251 | 251 | – / – |
| Biological Sciences | 551 | 601 | – / – |
| Communication and Media Studies | 151 | 201 | – / – |
| Engineering and Technology | 366 | 370 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 351 | 351 | – / – |
| Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 301 | 301 | – / – |
| Medicine | 451 | 551 | – / – |
| Physics and Astronomy | 251 | 251 | – / – |
UCFTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 601 | 401 | 401 |
| Arts and Humanities | 501 | 501 | – / – |
| Clinical and Health | 601 | 401 | – / – |
| Engineering | 301 | 201 | – / – |
| Life Sciences | 301 | 301 | – / – |
| PG Business and Economics | 251 | 251 | – / – |
| PG Computer Science | 251 | 201 | – / – |
| Psychology | 251 | 301 | – / – |
UCFARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 301 | 301 | 401 |
| Law | 76 | 51 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 201 | 201 | – / – |
| Nursing | 201 | 201 | – / – |
| Political Sciences | 201 | 201 | – / – |
UCFCourse Ranking
Shiksha has graded University of Central Florida streams, such as Business & Management Studies, Engineering, and Science with B++, B++, and B+ grades, respectively. The availability of multiple rankings on the web can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad. Hence, Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. With it, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Just checking Shiksha rating will suffice.
When it comes to global level course rankings of University of Central Florida, the Aerospace Engineering PG, Computer Engineering PG, Communication & Media Studies, and Accounting & Finance courses of the university rank well in the rankings by US News and QS. Its Aerospace Engineering PG program has been ranked at #50 by US News 2024. Additionally, University of Central Florida ranks well for Computer Engineering PG course as well. According to US News 2024, the Computer Engineering PG course ranks at #57 in the 2024, whereas, in 2023, its ranking stood at #50.
In the rankings by QS Communication & Media Studies 2024, University of Central Florida ranks at #201. Know more about University of Central Florida courses and subject rankings in the below article.
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| Ranked by | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Communication and Media Studies | - | 101 | 151 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Political Sciences | 201 | 201 | 201 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Arts and Humanities | - | 501 | 501 |
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
With the Central Florida University acceptance rate of 43%, the university is selective to get into. To get into this prestigious institution, Indian applicants must:
- Meet the minimum entry qualifications;
- Submit proof of English language proficiency;
- Maintain excellent academic records;
- Participate in
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Usually, the University of Central Florida acceptance rate is around 43%. For Fall 2023 admissions, Central Florida University received over 55,000 applications from prospective undergraduates and graduates. Out of these, nearly 24,000 candidates secured an admission offer from the university. Henc
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In order to secure admission, all overseas applicants must fulfill certain UCF admission requirements listed below:
Undergraduate Requirements:
- Official secondary school transcripts;
- Proof of English language proficiency; and
- SAT/ACT scores (not mandatory).
Graduate Requirements:
- Four-year bachelor's degr
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Beginner-Level 4
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Uni of Central Florida is a competitive university to get into, as its acceptance rate stands at 43%. This figure tells us that only 43 out of every 100 applicants manage to get enrolled in the university, which is less than half of all the applicants. However, students must not get discouraged and
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Beginner-Level 4
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University of Central Florida and the University of Florida are some of the most prestigious in USA and students across the globe desire to study here. In terms of tuition fee, U of CF is more affordable. Also, it is lesser selective.
A comprehensive comparison between UCF and UF:
| Parameters | UCF | U of F |
|---|---|---|
| Shiksha Rankings | A | A |
| Annual Fees (MBA) | INR 17 L - 33 L | INR 18 L - 52 L |
| Acceptance Rate | 43% | 23% |
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