State Impact

The University of Florida is a top public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. UF is Florida’s oldest higher education institution and is among the nation’s most academically diverse public universities.

With more than 60,000 students and a footprint in every county across the state, UF leads one of the nation’s largest research enterprises and infuses billions of dollars into Florida’s economy annually.

*Value added: One metric used to measure economic activity. A broad measure of income, representing the sum of employee compensation, proprietor income, other property income, and indirect business taxes. Value added is a component of output, is a useful measure of wealth created by a sector or an economy, and is the basis for calculation of Gross Domestic Product.