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UF is divided into twenty-one colleges, which offer over 100 undergraduate majors and an equally wide array of 200 graduate degrees, including the only dentistry and veterinary medicine programs in the state.
Florida's programs are generally ranked highly among public universities, and the university was ranked as a Top Tier school by US News and World Reports for 2004. The graduate programs in chemistry and tax law, are consistently ranked among the best in the United States. UF's engineering programs are very well-funded, partly from royalties on the sale of an UF invention, Gatorade. The university is 13th among all universities - public and private - in the number of U.S. Patents awarded in 2000.
The acceptance rate at UF has slowly fallen over the past decade as more students apply. In 2004, the average incoming freshman had a weighted GPA of 4.0, an SAT score of 1290, and an ACT composite of 28. Undergraduate tuitionTuition is a fee tuition by educational institutions around the world. Tuition is charged by educational institutions to assist with funding of staff and faculty, course offerings, lab equipment, computer systems, libraries, facility upkeeping, and to pro is around $100 per credit for Florida residents, and $460 per credit for out-of-state students, with a typical load of 30 credits per year.
The school's sports teams are called the Gators. They compete in the East Division of the Southeastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-A. History The SEC was established in December 1932, when the 13 members of the Southern Conferen of the NCAA's Division I-A. Florida has one of the strongest collegiate athletic programs in the United States, and dedicates $44 million each year to its sports teams and facilities.
FootballThis article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as "Football". For links to specific articles on each type of football, please see the list at the bottom of this article. Football is the name given to a n is the most important sport at UF, and the school's football team is typically ranked among the top 25 in the NCAA. Their most recent national championship was at the Sugar BowlThe Sugar Bowl is an annual college football ( American football) bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana usually on January 1. The bowl is one of the original members of the Bowl Championship Series. The game was played in Tulane Stadium from 1935 thr in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, under coach Steve SpurrierSteve Spurrier (born April 20, 1945 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a former American football player and current head coach. He played quarterback for the University of Florida and won the Heisman Trophy in 1966. From 1967- 1976, he played quarterback in the and quarterback Danny Wuerffel . The Gators under Spurrier were a national powerhouse, and have been coached by former Florida assistant Ron Zook since Spurrier's departure in 2001. Their traditional rivals are the Seminoles of Florida State University, the Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, and since the early 1990's the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee: UF usually plays UT in September, FSU in late November, and UGA in late October/early November in what has been billed " The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party". Basketball is also popular at UF, although it is not quite as popular as football. The UF basketball squad appeared in the 1994 Final Four and lost in the 2000 National Finals to Michigan State. They are currently coached by Billy Donovan , who has been the head coach of the Gators since 1995. Florida's primary men's basketball rival is traditional SEC basketball superpower Kentucky.