Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida · Public · 32,212 undergraduates · fsu.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
24%
of 85,469 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1300 to 1410
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$26,950Est.Estimate
$46,820 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at Florida State University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
24% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$46,820
a year in 2027-28, from a $46,820 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1360
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Named scholarships you may qualify for (2)
$2,000 a year
You meet the GPA and score minimums. Also needs other requirements.
Out-of-State National Merit Award
You meet the GPA and score minimums. Also needs National Merit Finalist standing.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
- CLT accepted alongside ACT/SAT; students earning an A.A. through dual enrollment and considered under FL BOG 6.005 are not required to submit ACT, CLT, or SAT scores
Source: First Year WWLF | Office of Admissions · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Oct15Early Action · October 15, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Oct15Early Decision · October 15, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Dec1Regular Decision · December 1, 2026The standard deadline.
- Mar1Rolling admission · March 1, 2027Applications are reviewed as they arrive.
Who gets in
24%
of applicants were admitted: 20,364 of 85,469 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 10/15/2026, hear by 12/17/2026.
Early Decision
Binding.
Wait list
3,750 students were offered a spot; 5 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 64% of them sent SAT scores and 36% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1300 to 1410
Reading and Writing 650 to 720
Math 630 to 710
ACT composite 29 to 32
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160029%
- 1200 to 139962%
- 1000 to 11997.8%
- 800 to 9990.6%
- 600 to 7990.1%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.72
- 4.012%
- 3.75 to 3.9942%
- 3.50 to 3.7430%
- 3.25 to 3.4913%
- 3.00 to 3.242.5%
- 2.50 to 2.990.9%
- Below 2.500.2%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$26,950
a year, in state
$46,820
a year, out of state (tuition $24,640)
- Tuition (in state)$4,770
- Fees$1,930
- Food and housing$13,860
- Books and supplies$1,420
- Transportation and other$4,970
Florida State University published $26,195 in state for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$4,332
- $30,001 to $48,000$4,290
- $48,001 to $75,000$6,953
- $75,001 to $110,000$11,367
- Over $110,000$17,085
Financial aid
75%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$15,326
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
32%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $5,459 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Presidential Scholarship
$42,000 a year
Competitive · Application required
Deadline: Apply to the University Honors Program. To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
DetailsUniversity Out-of-State Tuition Waiver (Merit)
100% waiver of the out-of-state portion of tuition, about $609 per semester hour ($18,452 for 30 hours; $73,808 over four years); prorated by enrollment; based on classroom performance and test scores; automatically considered; competitive, funds limited; criteria vary each year
Competitive · Out-of-state students · No separate application
Deadline: December 1 (encouraged). To keep it: a 3.0 college GPA, take 15 credit hours each semester, and keep making progress toward your degree.
DetailsUniversity Out-of-State Tuition Waiver (Talent)
50% waiver of the out-of-state portion of tuition, about $305 per semester hour ($9,150 for 30 hours; $36,660 over four years); fine arts majors recommended after audition, interview and/or portfolio
Competitive · Out-of-state students · Application required
Deadline: December 1 (encouraged). To keep it: a 3.0 college GPA, take 15 credit hours each semester, keep making progress toward your degree, and stay in your major.
DetailsVires Scholarship
$4,000 a year
Competitive · In-state students · No separate application
Deadline: Priority admission deadline. To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
Details
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Mores Scholarship
$3,000 a year
Competitive · No separate application
Deadline: Priority admission deadline. To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
DetailsIB Diploma Scholarship
$2,000 a year
Competitive · No separate application
- earn the IB Diploma
Deadline: December 1 (encouraged). To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
DetailsSunshine Award
$1,000 a year
Competitive · No separate application
Deadline: December 1 (encouraged). To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
DetailsNational Merit Finalist / Benacquisto Scholarship
Full cost of attendance
National Merit · In-state students · No separate application
- National Merit Finalist awarded a National Merit, Corporate or College-sponsored National Merit Scholarship
Deadline: List FSU as first choice with NMSC by May 1. To keep it: meet the state of Florida's renewal rules for the Benacquisto Scholarship.
DetailsOut-of-State National Merit Award
National Merit · Out-of-state students · No separate application
Package of approximately $91,808 over four years: 100% out-of-state tuition waiver, $16,000 Vires scholarship, and $2,000 NMSC stipend (if college sponsored)
- National Merit Finalist
Deadline: List FSU as first choice with NMSC by May 1. To keep it: meet the college's published scholarship renewal requirements.
Details
Florida programs for residents
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
State program · In-state students
100% of tuition and applicable fees at public institutions; private: $212/semester credit hour at 4-year (2026-27 Private Award chart)
- 3.50+ GPA, 1330+ SAT or 29+ ACT, Florida Academic Scholars (FAS); 16 college-prep credits (4 Eng, 4 Math, 3 Sci, 3 Soc Sci, 2 World Lang); 100 volunteer or 100 paid work or 100 combined hours; FFAA by Aug 31 after graduation
- 3.00+ GPA, 1190+ SAT or 24+ ACT, Florida Medallion Scholars (FMS); 16 college-prep credits; 75 volunteer or 100 paid work or 100 combined hours; FFAA by Aug 31 after graduation
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
42 of 42
Earn credit with a score of 3
42 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $480Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 1201C |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 1203 |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | ARH 2000 |
| Art History | 4 | 6 | ARH 2050 ARH 2000 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | BSC 1005, BSC 1005L |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | BSC 2010 BSC 2010L |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MAC 2311 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | MAC 2311 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MAC 2311, MAC 2312 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 4 | MAC 2311 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4 | CHM 1020, CHM 1020L |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHM 1045, CHM 1045L |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHM 1045, CHM 1045L, CHM 1046, CHM 1046L |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | CHI 2220 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | CHI 2220, CHI 2300 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | CPO 2002 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | CGS 2060 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | CGS1000 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | ART1300C |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENC 1101 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENC 1101, ENC 1102 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENC 1101 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENC 1101, LIT 2000 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | GEO1330 |
| European History | 3 | 3 | EUH 1009 |
| European History | 4 | 6 | EUH 2000, EUH 2001 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | FRE 2220 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 7 | FRE 2220, FRE 3420 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | GER 2220 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | GER 2220, GER 2221 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEO 1400 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | ITA 2220 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 7 | ITA 2220, ITA 2240 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | JPN 2220 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | JPN 2220, JPN 2300 |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | LNW 3211 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECO 2013 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECO 2023 |
| Music Aural Subscore | 3 | 4 | MUT 1111, MUT 1241 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 3 | 4 | MUT 1111, MUT 1241 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUT 1001 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | PHY 2053C |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | PHY 2054C |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | PHY 2054C |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 5 | PHY 2049C |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | PHY 2053C |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 5 | PHY 2048C |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 3 | MAC 1140 |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 6 | MAC 1140, MAC 1114 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSY 2012 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | IDS **** |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | IDS 1350 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPN 2220 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 7 | SPN 2220, SPN 2240 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPW3*** |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 6 | SPW3***, SPW 3132 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | STA 2023 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POS 1041 |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | AMH1*** |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | AMH 2010, AMH 2020 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | WOH 2023 |
| World History: Modern | 5 | 6 | WOH 2023, WOH 2030 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
86%
Come back for a second year
96%
Typical earnings
$68,225
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Florida State University$59,851
- All colleges$54,104
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 65 majors here have earnings data.
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