Home to 14 academic colleges, USF offers more than 180 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, first-rate facilities, 15,378 engaging faculty staff members and Division I athletics. USF's mission is to help students succeed as a global community citizen through a competitive curriculum and access to real-world research.
NEW: Ranked #46 Top Public Schools U.S. News & World Report 2021
#46 Top Public Schools (U.S. News & World Report 2021).
1 of 81 Public Universities with Carnegie Foundation's Tier 1 Highest Research Activity (Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education).
#4 "Golden Age Universities" (Times Higher Education 2020).
Key rankings
Preeminent State Research University: One of the top three universities in Florida.
76% of alumni earn $50,000 or more and 32% earn $100,000 or more per year.
Top 250 Best Universities in the World (Times Higher Education 2021).
16th Worldwide for the number of research patents granted (National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association 2019).
#26 public university in the nation for research expenditures (National Science Foundation 2019).
