Top 10 Marks of Excellence

• Forbes Magazine named UNF the No. 19 Best College Buy, a Best College in America and a Best College in the South. 
   
• The Princeton Review named UNF a Best College in the Southeast, a Best Value Public College, a Top Green College and one of the Best 294 Business Schools in the country. 
   
• G.I. Jobs Magazine named UNF a Military Friendly School for the third consecutive year. 
   
• UNF was ranked in the top 100 “Coolest Schools” by Sierra magazine, the award-winning magazine of the Sierra Club, America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmentaln organization, for its “green” endeavors on campus. More than 900 four-year colleges and universities were queried for the survey by the magazine. 
   
• UNF has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of 100 best values in public colleges for 2011-12. The ranking cites four-year schools that combine an outstanding education with great economic value. 
   
• UNF’s academic profile continues to gain strength. The incoming freshmen in Fall 2011 had a grade point average of 3.84 and an SAT score of 1208, the highest in UNF’s history. 
   
• Students take part in hands-on Transformational Learning Opportunities (TLOs), which include study abroad, undergraduate research projects and internships. 
   
• UNF students study abroad at twice the national average. 
   
• UNF now has a total of six flagship programs designated to achieve national reputation: Nursing, Coastal Biology, International Business, Transportation & Logistics, Nutrition & Dietetics and Music. 
   
• The new $20 million Student Wellness Complex is a state-of-the-art wellness, fitness and sports-learning center.