What You'll Actually Pay
Price after grants
$15,978 to $50,352 a year, depending on income.
College Scorecard 2024 estimate
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Full cost before aid: $86,078 a year. Average need-based aid package: $56,585.Aid and debt
32.7%
receive need-based grants
$25,250
average debt at graduation
3,429
students got merit aid
about 26% of undergraduates
$23,579
average merit award
Getting In
Admit rates
17.6%
admitted overall
44.3%
admitted Early Decision
17.6%
admitted Regular Decision
Early Decision
Early Decision applicants were admitted at nearly 3x the Regular Decision rate, and Early Decision is binding: you commit to attend if admitted.
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Some of that gap reflects who applies early (recruited athletes, legacy applicants and highly committed students concentrate in that pool), so it isn't proof that applying early would raise any one student's own odds.
Key dates
Transfer Deadlines
Test scores
SAT, middle 50% of those who submitted: 1350–1450 · 34% of the class submitted
ACT, middle 50% of those who submitted: 30–33 · 17% of the class submitted
55% were in the top 10% of their high school class.
What they value
- Very important
- Course rigor (AP/IB)
- Class rank
- GPA
- SAT/ACT scores
- Personal essay
- Extracurriculars
- Important
- Special talent
- Character
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
- Considered
- Recommendations
- First-gen status
- Where you're from
- In-state residency
- Demonstrated interest
- Not considered
- Legacy status
What this means for you
Miami (Florida) rates three things you can work on as Very Important: course rigor, your essay, and your activities.
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Rigor means AP, IB, and dual enrollment carry real weight — make sure your mix of AP or IB courses is strong. The essay is weighted like your GPA. And depth in a few activities beats a long list.
Miami (Florida) rates demonstrated interest 'Considered' — it can tip a close decision, without being decisive.
Source: Common Data Set 2025–26, Section C7 (admissions factors)
Miami (Florida) just showed you what it values in an application. Use that to write a Why-Miami (Florida) essay that's actually about you — not a template.
Get sourced starting points for your essayStudent Life
45.7% of Miami (Florida) classes have fewer than 20 students.
45.7%
under 20 students
47.4%
20 to 49
6.9%
50 or more
Every class section counts, labs and seminars included; first-year courses tend to be larger. Miami (Florida) CDS 2025–26, I-3.
11:1
student:faculty ratio
Campus life
62.8%
first-years from out of state
36%
live on campus
24%
of men in fraternities
25%
of women in sororities
Who attends
- White46.6%
- Hispanic26.6%
- Black6.4%
- Asian4.9%
- Multiracial4.7%
- Unknown / other3.3%
Enrolled undergraduates; international students are counted separately and not included. Miami (Florida) CDS 2025–26, B2.
Popular majors
Will They Graduate?
71.5% of Miami (Florida) students graduate in 4 years.
71.5%
finish in 4 years
Entered fall 2019
83.6%
finish in 6 years
Entered fall 2019
93%
return after first year
Finishing late means paying for extra semesters, so the 4-year rate is the one that shows the cost.
Students with Pell Grants
82.4% finish in 6 years, against 83.6% of all students.
Pell Grant students finish at about the same rate as everyone else.
City & Culture
Beyond the data — what it's actually like to spend four years in Coral Gables.
The campus sits on 239 acres in Coral Gables, a planned Mediterranean-revival city about seven miles southwest of downtown Miami, built around Lake Osceola and shaded by tropical planting rather than dropped into a downtown.
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Coral Gables itself is quiet and affluent — the Miami people picture is a 20-minute ride away on the Metrorail line that stops at the edge of campus, not out the front gate. South Florida is expensive to live in, and off-campus rent reflects that.
The City
Major city
Coral Gables, FL
Best For
Notable alumni
Notable Alumni
Gloria Estefan
Won eight Grammy Awards and a Kennedy Center Honor fronting Miami Sound Machine; earned her B.A. in psychology at the University of Miami in 1979
Dwayne Johnson
Played defensive tackle on the University of Miami's 1991 national championship team before a WWE and film career, graduating in 1995
Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator from Florida; earned his J.D. cum laude at the University of Miami School of Law in 1996
Roy Black
One of the best-known criminal defense attorneys in the United States, who took both his bachelor's degree and his law degree at the University of Miami and later taught evidence there
Jorge Mas
Chairman of the Miami-based infrastructure contractor MasTec and a founding owner of Inter Miami CF; earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration at the University of Miami
Dan Le Batard
Longtime Miami Herald sports columnist and national radio and podcast host; earned his B.A. in journalism and politics at the University of Miami in 1990
Alumni selected for name recognition and range of fields. Not from the Common Data Set.
Traditions
Traditions
The Homecoming Boat Burning
Every Homecoming week since 1956, students set a boat alight on Lake Osceola at the centre of campus, followed by fireworks. Campus legend holds that if the mast falls before the hull sinks, the Hurricanes win the next day's game.
Sebastian the Ibis
Miami's mascot is an ibis, the wetland bird said to be the last to leave before a hurricane and the first back afterwards. The yearbook has carried the name Ibis since 1926, and Sebastian became the official mascot in 1957.
The Rathskeller
Opened in 1973 and known universally as "the Rat," the on-campus pub is the default place students, faculty and returning alumni meet. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2023 and is still the campus's main non-athletic gathering point.
Weekend escapes from Coral Gables
Weekend Escapes
Within driving distance from Coral Gables
Key Largo and the Florida Keys
1 hour 15 minutesThe first island on the Overseas Highway and the closest reef diving and snorkelling to campus. Key West is a longer day at roughly three and a half hours further down US-1.
Everglades National Park
45 minutesA subtropical wetland the size of a small state, reachable straight west on the Tamiami Trail. It doubles as a field site for UM's marine and environmental science students.
Orlando
3 hours 30 minutesThe standard long-weekend run north up the Turnpike for the theme parks. Far enough that it is a two-night trip rather than a day out.
Getting there and game days
Getting There & Game Days
Nearest airport
Miami International (MIA)
20 minutes from campus
Flies international — you can start a trip abroad from here.
Pro sports nearby
- Miami Marlins MLBAbout 15 minutes away
- Miami Heat NBAAbout 20 minutes away
- Miami Dolphins NFLAbout 35 minutes away
- Florida Panthers NHLAbout 50 minutes away
Internships and jobs nearby
Career Proximity
Coral Gables is itself a corporate corridor for Latin American headquarters, and a Metrorail station at the edge of campus runs straight into Brickell, Miami's banking district.
Top Industries Nearby
Major Employers
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Jackson Health System
- Royal Caribbean Group
- Carnival Corporation
- Ryder System
Brickell, Miami's financial district, about 20 minutes by Metrorail
Who thrives here
Who Thrives Here
Miami admits 17.6% of applicants to a private university of 13,241 undergraduates on 239 acres in Coral Gables — a planned Mediterranean-revival city seven miles from downtown, not the South Beach most families picture. The student-faculty ratio is 11 to 1 and 45.7% of class sections have fewer than 20 students. The student body is genuinely Latin-facing — 26.6% of undergraduates are Hispanic — and 62.8% of the entering class came from outside Florida. The trade-off is housing. Only 36% of undergraduates live in university housing, so most of a Miami degree is spent renting in an expensive South Florida market that the published cost of attendance doesn't cover. Greek life is present without being the centre of gravity (24% of men, 25% of women), which leaves the city and the Homecoming boat burning on Lake Osceola as what everyone shares. The university meets 92% of demonstrated need rather than all of it, graduates leave with $25,250 in average debt, and 71.5% finish in four years against 83.6% in six.