Academics
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| ARWU | 90–111 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 170 |
| Global | |
| ARWU | 201–300 |
In the 2009–2010 academic year, the university awarded 10,805 degrees: 7,863 undergraduate degrees, 2,526 masters degrees, 17 education specialists degrees, 243 doctoral degrees and 156 first professional degrees.
In fall of 2012, the university had a first-time-in-college acceptance rate of 38%. The student-to-faculty ratio was reported as being 20:1. Also for the 2009–2010 academic year, the mean first-time-in-college graduation period was 4.19 years. For the fall 2010 semester, of the total student population, there were 36,358 undergraduate students (76 percent), 9,355 graduate students (20 percent), 1,863 non-degree seeking students (4 percent). As of 2010, the university offers: 89 undergraduate degrees programs, 97 master degree programs, 2 Ed Specialist degrees, 36 Doctoral Degrees and 4 First Professional degrees (MD).
87 percent of USF faculty members hold terminal degrees: 28 hold endowed professorships and 62 are Distinguished University Professors. There is a total of 1,937 instructional faculty members, 1,303 adjunct professors, and 183 post-doctoral appointees. The student faculty is composed of 1,763 graduate assistants and 2,419 student assistants. (Figures are for the 2006–2007 academic year). USF faculty continue to be recognized on the global academic stage with over 35 scholars receiving prominent scholarly awards since 2009, including Fulbright, National Science Foundation, AAAS, Guggenheim, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships.
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