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What percentage of students receive financial aid?

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Posted by enotes on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 5:00 PM and tagged with financial aid, university of florida.

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  1. akipocky
    akipocky Student
    College - Senior

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    I cannot give you an accurate percentage number because I do not have the statistics. However, majority of the UF students are from Florida therefore most of them have Bright Futures Scholarship which is a statewide scholarship. For those students  that are out of states or international, as of my personal friends, they also have some sort of scholarship, grant or other financial aids for their tuition. Hope this helps! :)

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    Posted by akipocky on Saturday September 20, 2008 at 11:57 AM

  2. bgl5704
    bgl5704 Student
    Graduate School

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    The majority of students who attend the University of Florida receive some form of financial aid, whether it is Bright futures scholarships or PELL grants. However, because their tuition is already ridiculously cheap compared to other top-tier schools, they do not give away a lot of money. If you are from out of state, however, UF does offer fellowships for freshmen and if you are an international student the price is still cheaper than many other state universities.

    Sources:
    http://www.sfa.ufl.edu/101/scholarshipfinder.htm

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    Posted by bgl5704 on Saturday September 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM

  3. rlendensky
    rlendensky Student
    College - Freshman

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    The state of Florida offers two programs which are normally involved in most in-state residents payment plans. One is known as Florida pre-paid, a program in which your parents allot a certain amount of money devoted to your college fund which increases with interest, this is normally used to pay for housing. Another, more common program at UF, is known as Bright Futures. Bright Futures gives students who attain a 1270 on their SAT along with other stringent qualifications a check to pay for their entire tuition, there is also a second tier which gives students with slightly lower scores seventy five percent of their tuition paid for.

    As far as non-Florida residents, FAFSA allots money to students as long as you apply,and student loans can be taken out through companies such as Astrive or Sallie Mae. FAFSA also gives out low rate loans but they tend to be more miserly in their distribution of loans.

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    Posted by rlendensky on Friday December 5, 2008 at 2:40 PM