By Glyn Caddell, BSME · Author of Digital SAT Math Secrets · Tutoring since 2008 — Updated October 3, 2026
Ten Florida colleges with pre-med programs, what they cost, and the SAT scores of the students they admit.
Florida also ties two specific SAT scores directly to tuition money through Bright Futures, which is covered after the table. For a Florida student those two numbers matter as much as any college’s published range.
Scores are given by section rather than as a single total, because a student at 680 Reading & Writing and 590 Math is in a different position from a student at 590 and 680.
Table of Contents
- Florida Pre-Med Colleges by SAT Score
- Two SAT Scores That Pay for College in Florida
- Florida Has Ten Medical Schools
- What If Your Scores Are Below the Range You Want?
Florida Pre-Med Colleges by SAT Score
| College | Reading & Writing | Math | Cost of attendance | Undergraduates | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida | 660 to 730 | 660 to 750 | $22,523 | 35,629 | 24% |
| University of Miami | 660 to 730 | 660 to 750 | $86,078 | 12,913 | 19% |
| Florida State University | 640 to 710 | 630 to 700 | $25,720 | 32,212 | 24% |
| University of Central Florida | 610 to 680 | 590 to 670 | $23,133 | 59,146 | 40% |
| University of South Florida | 580 to 660 | 550 to 660 | $22,859 | 37,207 | 43% |
| Florida Institute of Technology | 560 to 660 | 560 to 660 | $62,440 | 3,404 | 58% |
| University of North Florida | 550 to 650 | 520 to 620 | $20,983 | 13,359 | 53% |
| Florida International University | 550 to 640 | 520 to 620 | $21,462 | 39,508 | 55% |
| Florida Atlantic University | 530 to 610 | 510 to 590 | $21,522 | 23,757 | 66% |
| Florida A&M University | 520 to 610 | 510 to 570 | $23,970 | 7,582 | 21% |
Each range covers the middle 50% of admitted students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the lower number, and the top quarter scored at or above the upper one. Being under the lower number does not rule a student out, and being just above it is not as safe as it looks.
Two things in that table deserve attention.
Florida’s public universities are cheap. The University of Florida has the same reported score ranges as the University of Miami and costs $22,523 against Miami’s $86,078. That’s close to a four-to-one difference for students with similar academic profiles, and it’s the widest public and private gap in this series.
A sorted score table is not a selectivity ranking. Florida A&M sits at the bottom of this list by score and admits 21% of applicants, which is more selective than the University of Florida at 24%. Score ranges tell you who enrolled. Admit rates tell you how many applied relative to places.
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University of Florida
The University of Florida is the state flagship, in Gainesville, with 35,629 undergraduates and its own College of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 660 to 730, Math 660 to 750. The top quarter of admitted students scored at or above 730 and 750. Cost of attendance $22,523, with tuition and fees at $6,381 in-state and $28,659 out-of-state. 35,629 undergraduates, 24% admitted.
In-state tuition here is $6,381, which is the number Bright Futures acts on below.
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private research university in Coral Gables and runs the Miller School of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 660 to 730, Math 660 to 750. The top quarter scored at or above 730 and 750. Cost of attendance $86,078, with tuition and fees at $62,616. 12,913 undergraduates, 19% admitted.
Its reported score ranges are identical to the University of Florida’s at every point, and it costs approximately $63,500 more a year.
Florida State University
Florida State University is in Tallahassee with 32,212 undergraduates and its own College of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 640 to 710, Math 630 to 700. The top quarter scored at or above 710 and 700. Cost of attendance $25,720, with tuition and fees at $5,656 in-state and $18,786 out-of-state. 32,212 undergraduates, 24% admitted.
This is the lowest in-state tuition of the large publics.
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida is in Orlando and is the largest university on this page, with 59,146 undergraduates and its own College of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 610 to 680, Math 590 to 670. The top quarter scored at or above 680 and 670. Cost of attendance $23,133, with tuition and fees at $6,368 in-state and $22,467 out-of-state. 59,146 undergraduates, 40% admitted.
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida is in Tampa with 37,207 undergraduates and runs the Morsani College of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 580 to 660, Math 550 to 660. The top quarter scored at or above 660 in both sections. Cost of attendance $22,859, with tuition and fees at $6,410 in-state and $17,324 out-of-state. 37,207 undergraduates, 43% admitted.
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology is a private STEM-focused university in Melbourne with 3,404 undergraduates, the smallest school on this page.
Reading & Writing 560 to 660, Math 560 to 660. The top quarter scored at or above 660 in both sections. Cost of attendance $62,440, with tuition and fees at $45,900. 3,404 undergraduates, 58% admitted.
University of North Florida
The University of North Florida is in Jacksonville with 13,359 undergraduates and the lowest cost of attendance on this page.
Reading & Writing 550 to 650, Math 520 to 620. The top quarter scored at or above 650 and 620. Cost of attendance $20,983, with tuition and fees at $6,389 in-state and $20,793 out-of-state. 13,359 undergraduates, 53% admitted.
Florida International University
Florida International University is in Miami with 39,508 undergraduates and runs the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.
Reading & Writing 550 to 640, Math 520 to 620. The top quarter scored at or above 640 and 620. Cost of attendance $21,462, with tuition and fees at $6,565 in-state and $18,964 out-of-state. 39,508 undergraduates, 55% admitted.
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University is in Boca Raton with 23,757 undergraduates and runs the Schmidt College of Medicine. It has the lowest in-state tuition on this page at $4,879.
Reading & Writing 530 to 610, Math 510 to 590. The top quarter scored at or above 610 and 590. Cost of attendance $21,522, with tuition and fees at $4,879 in-state and $17,324 out-of-state. 23,757 undergraduates, 66% admitted.
Florida A&M University
Florida A&M University is a historically Black university in Tallahassee with 7,582 undergraduates, and it admits a smaller share of applicants than any public university on this page.
Reading & Writing 520 to 610, Math 510 to 570. The top quarter scored at or above 610 and 570. Cost of attendance $23,970, with tuition and fees at $5,785 in-state and $17,725 out-of-state. 7,582 undergraduates, 21% admitted.
Two SAT Scores That Pay for College in Florida
Florida attaches scholarship money to two specific SAT scores through Bright Futures, and the tuition figures in the table above are what it acts on.
We sell SAT preparation, so read the arithmetic below knowing that. The numbers are the state’s and the tuition figures are the Department of Education’s, and you can check both.
The two tiers.
| Award | SAT | Weighted GPA | Service hours | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Academic Scholars | 1330 | 3.50 | 100 | 100% of tuition |
| Florida Medallion Scholars | 1190 | 3.00 | 75 | 75% of tuition |
Both require a standard Florida high school diploma, completion of the 16 college-preparatory courses required for state university admission, and the Florida Financial Aid Application submitted by 31 August after graduation. The test has to be taken on or before 31 August of your graduation year.
What the gap between them is worth.
Average in-state tuition and fees across the six large public universities above, which are Florida, Florida State, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida International and Florida Atlantic, works out at approximately $6,043 a year.
Over four years:
- Florida Academic Scholars covers approximately $24,173
- Florida Medallion Scholars covers approximately $18,130
- The difference is approximately $6,043
The score gap between the two tiers is 140 points.
A 130 to 250 point improvement takes approximately 80 hours of effective studying, based on the students we’ve worked with since 2008. So for a Florida student sitting at 1190 with the GPA and service hours in place, approximately 80 hours of work is worth about $6,043 in tuition.
That’s what 140 points is worth, and it’s a more concrete answer than any college’s published range gives you.
Two warnings before you plan around this.
The thresholds change by legislation and they have changed more than once. Check the current figures on Florida’s Bright Futures site rather than trusting any third party, including this page. We’ve seen at least one tutoring company still publishing a superseded number.
And the deadline is real. A score earned after 31 August of your graduation year does not count, however good it is.
More on closing a gap like that on how to improve your SAT score.
Florida Has Ten Medical Schools
Florida has eight LCME-accredited MD programs plus osteopathic programs, which most counts total at ten. That is the fourth most of any state, behind New York, California and Texas.
The MD programs are at the University of Florida, the University of Miami, the University of South Florida, Florida State, the University of Central Florida, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, and Nova Southeastern.
Seven of those sit at universities in the table above.
What that’s worth to an undergraduate, and what it isn’t. A medical school on campus means shadowing and research are available without driving somewhere else, which matters during a degree. And several Florida medical schools give preference to in-state applicants, which matters when you apply.
It does not decide where to do an undergraduate degree. Medical school applications are national, and a student at a Florida college with no medical school attached is not at a disadvantage applying to one.
Counts vary between eight and ten depending on whether osteopathic programs are included, so check the current list if the number matters to you.
What If Your Scores Are Below the Range You Want?
Being below a school’s published range doesn’t disqualify anyone. A quarter of the students admitted to every school on this list scored below its lower number.
It does mean the score isn’t helping the application, and at a selective school that matters more than at a less selective one. The number worth aiming for is the upper end of a school’s range, the one the top quarter cleared, rather than the middle. The reasoning behind that is on what SAT score you need for college.
A Florida student has two targets rather than one. There’s the range of the college he wants, and there’s the Bright Futures threshold, and they are rarely the same number. A student aiming at Florida Atlantic needs approximately 610 in each section to sit at the top of its range, and 1190 combined to reach Medallion. Those two goals point in different directions and the scholarship one has a hard deadline attached.
The gap is measurable and so is the work to close it. A 70 to 130 point improvement takes approximately 40 hours of effective studying, and a 130 to 250 point improvement takes approximately 80.
How to improve your SAT score covers the method, including how to work out which topics are actually costing you points. If you don’t have a recent score to compare against either target, a free diagnostic SAT gives you one, broken down by section and by topic.
How to Read These Score Ranges
Every range on this page covers the middle 50% of admitted students who submitted scores. The lower number is the 25th percentile and the upper number is the 75th, which means a quarter of admitted students scored at or above it.
Because most colleges are now test-optional, these ranges describe only the students who chose to submit. Students with strong scores submit and students with weak ones don’t, so a published range sits higher than the range for everyone who was actually admitted. More on test-optional colleges.
Bright Futures works differently. Its thresholds are not percentiles or estimates. They are fixed numbers and you either clear them or you don’t.
Pre-Med Programs in Nearby States
Florida borders only two states, which makes this a shorter list than most.
See pre-med colleges in Georgia and pre-med colleges in Alabama.
Pre-Med Colleges in Other States
We publish the same breakdown for pre-med programs in every state.
See pre-med colleges by state for the full list.
Glyn Caddell
Glyn Caddell holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from NJIT and has been tutoring New York City students since 2008. He founded Caddell Prep in 2012 and is the author of Digital SAT Math Secrets: Lessons & Tricks to Quickly Improve to a Perfect 800 on the Math Test, which contains over 900 practice problems and is used in Caddell Prep’s SAT math classes. He is founding president of the Staten Island Technical High School alumni association and teaches every lesson on this site personally.
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