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University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

https://www.miami.edu

#61 National Colleges

27.13% Admission Rate
Moderately Selective

11,094 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily residential


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The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, Miami, UMiami, U of M or The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. As of 2020, the university enrolled approximately 18,000 students in 12 separate colleges and schools, including the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in Miami's Health District, a law school on the main campus, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key, with research facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami-Dade County.

The university offers 134 undergraduate, 148 master's, and 67 doctoral degree programs, of which 63 are research/scholarship and four are professional areas of study. Over the years, the university's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries. With more than 16,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff, UM one of the top 10 largest employers in Miami-Dade County. UM's main campus in Coral Gables has 239 acres and over 5.7 million square feet of buildings.

UM is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UM research expenditure in FY 2019 was $358.9 million. UM offers a large library system with over 3.9 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music.

UM's intercollegiate athletic teams, collectively known as the Miami Hurricanes, compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. UM's football team has won five national championships since 1983 and its baseball team has won four national championships since 1982.

UM also offers a wide range of student activities, including fraternities and sororities, and hundreds of student organizations. The Miami Hurricane, the student newspaper, and WVUM, the student-run radio station, have won multiple collegiate awards.


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Location

City
Coral Gables, Florida

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 20.9%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 13.5%
Health Professions And Related Programs 12.7%
Engineering 9.6%
Social Sciences 9.4%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 8.4%
Visual And Performing Arts 6.5%
Psychology 4.3%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 3.0%
Physical Sciences 1.9%
Architecture And Related Services 1.6%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 1.5%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.1%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 1.0%
Legal Professions And Studies 1.0%
Mathematics And Statistics 1.0%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.9%
Education 0.6%
History 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.4%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 0.3%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.2%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.1%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 0.0%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0.0%

Cost

Tuition
$51,930.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
26.04%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$46,949.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1371 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 740 690 640
Verbal 700 665 630

ACT Scores

31 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 31 29 26
English 35 32 29