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Fast Facts

While numbers alone can't define USF, they do tell some of our story. Explore these statistics and see what makes USF, USF.

USF Ranks

#1

in campus diversity among national universities

U.S. News & World Report 2025
Best Value

among national universities

U.S. News & World Report 2025
Top 25%

among national universities

U.S. News & World Report 2025
Top 15%

Featured in the Princeton Review Best 390 Colleges list for 2025
 

The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition
Top 20

for tech salaries

Wall Street Journal
Ani de Lira Lopez '26

"Not only am I benefitting, but hundreds of students, past and future, will benefit from my education. Every day I’m aware of how important it is to pay that generosity forward.”

Ani De Lira Lopez ’26

Viraj Kavle '25

"I joined the marketing club. I worked for USF TV. I joined the Campus Activities Board. I met a lot of people and through those people, I got a lot of new opportunities."

Viraj Kavle ’25

Ryan Lopez

“The teachers care. They don't just show up and give a lecture. They interact with you. They treat you with respect.”

Ryan Lopez ’25

USF Plays

198

Students on full or partial athletic scholarships

2023-24 Academic Year
31

Intramural and Club Sports

Best in the West
The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition

USF Cares

A Top Green College
Princeton Review 2025
580

tons of waste recycled or composted annually

750

megawatt-hours of clean, renewable electricity generated on campus annually

12%

reduction in annual water use since 2018

22%

reduction in annual waste generated since 2018

5,000

pounds of food donated annually

2,400

pounds of clothing and other textiles donated annually

1,700

monthly bikeshare trips that start or end at USF

93%

of USF students, faculty, and staff walk, bike, carpool, or take public transit to campus