Reduced Tuition
Non-Resident Merit-Based Waiver
Non-Florida resident freshman students may be eligible for an automatic out-of-state fee waiver based on the following criteria (effective Summer 2024).
First-time-in-College/Freshman Applicants
| Name | Amount (per year) |
GPA | SAT | ACT | CLT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Coast | $14,000 | 3.9 | 1300 | 28 | 92 |
| Atlantic | $10,000 | 3.7 | 1230 | 26 | 86 |
| Sunshine | $6,000 | 3.5 | 1160 | 24 | 79 |
| Latin American and Caribbean** | $1,000 | 3.4 | 1130 | 23 | 75 |
**scholarship
Undergraduate Transfer Applicants
|
|
Award amount$6,000* |
Award amount$8,000* |
Award amount$10,000* |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Transfer Level |
Minimum High school GPA |
Minimum |
Minimum |
Minimum |
|
Lower level |
3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
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Mid-level |
N/A | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
|
Upper level |
N/A | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
* per year
- Covers up to 30 hours per year (prorated based on credit)
- Partial waiver, applied only to the OOS tuition
- Qualifying Transfer GPA based on transferable hours
Strategic Emphasis Waiver
Students in select programs have the opportunity to take two 3000 or 4000-level courses for the tuition cost of just one course (buy one, get one). Students may be eligible for the Strategic Emphasis Waiver based on the following criteria:
- Earn at least 60 credit hours towards a first bachelor's degree within two academic years after initial enrollment at a Florida public postsecondary institution
- Courses taken must be requirements to complete the bachelor's degree
- Florida resident for tuition purposes
- Tuition and fees are not being covered/waived by any other statutory waiver
- Must be enrolled in one of the eligible programs: Accounting, Business Intelligence, Civil Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences (Data Science concentration only), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Elementary Education, Finance, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Special Education
If you are admitted to UNF and think you may be eligible for this waiver, please email records@unf.edu for next steps.
Grandparent Waiver
Eligible students with grandparents residing in Florida may be eligible for a tuition and fee waiver for out-of-state costs up to 110% of total degree hours.
Freshman applicants may request a waiver application after submitting an application for admission. Students who qualify for Florida residency should not seek this waiver. Please see the Grandparent Waiver document, as well as the Student Financial Services waivers webpage, for more information.
Eligibility requirements:
- Classified as a non-Florida resident
- Admitted as an undergraduate, full-time student
- Minimum test scores of 1340 SAT, 29 ACT or 96 CLT
Only a limited number of waivers are available, and they are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Eligible applicants may request a waiver by completing the form below after submitting an application for admission.
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