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UCF: Did You Know?

Ten things you should know about UCF
Ten more things you should know about UCF
Another ten things you should know about UCF



Ten things you should know about UCF
1.UCF’s economic impact is more that $1.7 billion to the Central Florida Region (2004 study)

2. UCF’s operating budget this year is $817 million

3. 29.1% of total operating budget funded by the state

4. The university’s endowment and grant & contract awards both exceeded $100 million this past year

5. In-state tuition, fees, room & board = $11,000 (avg. cost)

6. More than 45,000 students this year with teaching occurring on average at 22 locations in an 11 county
service area

7. Approximately the same number of freshmen from Broward County as Orange County this year

8. 1,650 active Burnett Honors College students with average SAT for Honors College freshmen at 1340

9. UCF has ten colleges:
• College of Arts & Humanities
• College of Sciences
• Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences
• Burnett Honors College
• College of Business Administration
• College of Education
• College of Engineering & Computer Science
• College of Health & Public Affairs
• Rosen College of Hospitality Management
• College of Optics & Photonics:  CREOL & FPCE

10. UCF is the only university in Florida with an indoor full-size practice football field


Ten more things you should know about UCF

1. 77% of UCF students are 25 years of age or younger

2. 55.6% of UCF students are female

3. The first Monday of fall 2005 classes, 28,000 people visited the Student Union, 5,000 of those during the lunch hour.

4. 11,000 students participate in intramural sports programs

5. There are in excess of 13,000 daily boardings on the UCF shuttle buses this semester

6. UCF’s payroll is $10 million every 2 weeks

7. Last year, $190,572 was donated by faculty and staff to the Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign

8. Last year UCF hired 729 full time employees and 1,925  temporary employees

9. UCF buildings total 6,032,365 square feet

10. UCF’s main campus has 1,415 acres of which 72 acres are in lakes and ponds, 191 acres in conservation easements and 246 acres in wetlands and riparian habitat protection zones


Another ten things you should know about UCF
1. UCF is now the 7th largest university in the nation

2. UCF has the largest undergraduate enrollment in the state

3. UCF is second in the state with on-campus affiliated housing with nearly 10,000 beds in use or under construction

4. UCF is the sixth-largest employer in the region

5. UCF has the second-highest number of National Merit Scholars in the state

6. UCF is the second-largest producer of bachelor's degrees in the state

7. UCF is the fourth-largest producer of medical school preparatory degrees in the state

8. More than $153 million dispersed for student financial aid

9. Ed Davis, theatre major, won the Best Scene Partner Award in a national competition at the 2005 Kennedy Center American College National Theatre Festival

10. One of UCF's graduates, Tico Perez, is now on the Board of Governors





   
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