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Applicants are required to have successfully completed a minimum of 67% of all credit hours attempted at currently and previously enrolled institutions. In addition, you must meet the . A 2.50 transfer or postsecondary transferrable GPA (3.60 for nursing) is required.

• Transfer post-secondary GPA ≥ 2.5
• High school GPA ≥ 2.5
• High school units: 4 English, 4 math, 3 natural science, 3 social science, 2 foreign language
• Test score requirements:
  • SAT

    • Evidence-Based Reading & Writing ≥ 490

    • Mathematics ≥ 480
  • ACT
    • ACT Reading ≥ 19, ACT English ≥ 17, ACT Math ≥ 19
  • CLT
    • Verbal Reasoning + Grammar/Writing ≥ 38
    • Quantitative Reasoning ≥ 16

You will need to submit:

1. Application to USF
2. Application fee
3. Official high school transcripts
4. Official college transcripts
5. Official SAT, ACT or CLT scores

You can find full details on how to apply to USF on our How to Apply page.

If you have graduated from high school and obtained 60+ transferrable credits, USF considers you an upper-level transfer student. Applicants are required to have successfully completed a minimum of 67% of all credit hours attempted at currently and previously enrolled institutions.

Please note:

• For each credit hour beyond 132 (for students in a 120-hour degree program), students will be charged double the tuition rate.
• For each credit hour exceeding 110% of the credit hours required for their degree program, students will be charged double the tuition rate.
• Students who have attempted 180 credit hours are no longer eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate (including federal student loans).

GPA requirements:

• C or better in college-level English composition course
• C or better in college-level math course
• With an Associate of Arts (AA) from a Florida College System institution
• Transfer GPA ≥ 2.0
• Without an Associate of Arts (AA) from a Florida College System institution
• Transfer GPA ≥ 2.3

You will need to submit:

1. Application to USF
2. Application fee
3. Official college transcripts

You can find full details on how to apply to USF on our How to Apply page.

If you have already completed and been awarded a bachelor’s degree, USF considers you a second bachelor’s degree applicant. You are expected to take only those courses necessary to complete a degree within three terms.

Please note:

• For each credit hour beyond 132 (for students in a 120-hour degree program), students will be charged double the tuition rate.
• For each credit hour exceeding 110% of the credit hours required for their degree program, students will be charged double the tuition rate.
• Students who have attempted 180 credit hours are no longer eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate (including federal student loans).

 GPA requirements:

• With a USF bachelor’s degree
• Bachelor’s GPA ≥ 2.0
• Without a USF bachelor’s degree
• Bachelors GPA ≥ 2.5

You will need to submit:

1. Application to USF
2. Application fee
3. Official college transcripts

You can find full details on how to apply to USF as a second bachelor's degree seeking student on our How to Apply page.

If you have previously completed degree-seeking coursework for credit at the University of South Florida, USF considers you a Former Student Returning.

Requirements:

• USF GPA ≥ 2.0
• Overall GPA ≥ 2.0
• In good standing and eligible to return to the last institution attended
• Minimum GPA for the declared major, prerequisites met, if applicable 

You will need to submit:

1. Application to USF
2. Application fee
3. Official college transcripts
4. ARC Petition

You can find full details on how to apply as a returning ßÙßÇÂþ»­ student on our How to Apply page.

To graduate from USF, students must have two academic units of the same foreign language in high school or two semesters of the same foreign language or American Sign Language (ASL) in college.

• If you've already completed the requirement before attending USF: Submit official transcripts showing the completed foreign language or ASL courses.
• If you haven't completed the requirement before attending USF: You must take required coursework while at USF to graduate.

How to Meet FLENT Requirements Before Attending:

If you do not plan on taking foreign language coursework at USF, you must demonstrate completion or in-progress work for one of the options below to pass the FLENT requirement:

• Two academic units (years) of the same foreign language or American sign language in high school (9th-12th grades), or one academic unit (year) at level 2.
• Two passing semesters of the same foreign language (e.g., SPN 1120 and SPN 1121) or sign language in college, earning no less than eight credit hours.
• Successfully passing the USF Language Placement Test by placing into the third course or higher.
• Passing subject test level 2.
• One year of an Advanced Placement (AP) foreign language course in high school.
• for two semesters (AP score = 4).
• Passing the Brigham Young University (BYU) . 

What if I'm fluent in another language?

To be considered for admission to USF, students are required to have completed two units (years) of instruction in a foreign language. However, you may document proficiency in a second language to meet this requirement.

In Florida, the course number that is designated to indicate a foreign language waiver is 0791920 with the course title "Bright Futures Foreign Language Proficiency Waiver." For a list of ways to document proficiency in a second language in order to qualify for a foreign language waiver, refer to the .

If you meet the waiver requirements, we encourage you to work with your guidance counselor to document the waiver on your transcript or via a letter to the Office of Admissions.

No. We do not request an essay or personal statement to be evaluated for admission to USF. Any essay or personal statement that you submit will not be opened or reviewed.

All high school students, including those earning an A.A. degree through Dual Enrollment, must submit a freshman (first-year) application to USF by the freshman deadline. They are not considered transfer students. Only students who have earned 12 or more credits post-high school graduation are considered transfer students.