Florida is taking that NMF funding using it to fund a new program.
Next year, out-of-state college students could be eligible to attend Florida’s public universities at the same cost as in-state residents – if they have a grandparent living in the state.
The legislation, which Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law June 29, allows Florida to waive out-of-state fees for as many as 350 students each academic year – saving tens of thousands of dollars for each family over four years.
350 kids spread over all the public schools in Florida is less than a drop in the ocean. Losing 350 NMF (if that many across the whole system) won’t register on any scale. Plus, some of the schools are still giving the NMF awards so should still have the same number, and maybe some of the NMF have grandparents in Miami so can still get a benefit (although not like Benacquisto).
At this point, it is really UF that isn’t offering anything specifically to NMF and is making them compete for merit scholarships with everyone else. Just like they did before 2016.
UF alum will continue to donate money to keep them ranked ahead of FSU and Miami. That’s all they care about as far as rankings go.
You say it’s not much and perhaps you are right. Abd not every NMF is OOS. On the other hand they’ve had a huge recent rise so maybe it matters.
FSU gives a lot of waivers. So perhaps the grandparent thing will bring a lot more apps. Truth is UF is very reasonable even at full.
But this thread is about UF ranking. My opinion is that UF losing 100 or so NMF will have no affect on the ranking. Some NMF, especially instate, will still attend UF because that’s the school they like or because they get other funding (the new grandparent fund, military Yellow Ribbon, other scholarships). Also, any that are lost will be replaced by other students with equally high stats who just don’t happen to be NMF. Acceptance at UF is still going to be very competitive.
U r right. If I understand correctly NMF is based on psat. I always wondered does that mean they are necessarily the best?
More rankings to share from US News:
First Engineering.
Here is the link to US News methodology on ranking engineering programs.
#31 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#12 in Biological / Agricultural
#29 in Biomedical
#27 in Chemical
#29 in Civil
#16 in Environmental / Environmental Health
#19 in Industrial / Manufacturing
#17 in Materials
#30 in Mechanical
Here are the rankings for UF’s Business School (ranked higher than Engineering, but since I’m an engineering Alumni, it goes first!), Computer Sciences and Nursing (first year that US News has ranked undergraduate nursing programs).
#23 in Business Programs
#12 in Accounting
#18 in Finance
#26 in Management
#10 in Marketing
#6 in Real Estate
#37 in Computer Science
#23 in Nursing
The other Florida school’s ranked engineering programs (that offer doctorate degrees). Ranked out of 210 programs:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University #81
#5 in Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
University of Central Florida #81
Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering #96
University of Miami #96
University of South Florida #114
Florida International University #147
Florida Atlantic University #162
Florida Institute of Technology #162
and for comparison, here are some other regional schools…
Auburn University #56
University of Alabama #96
Georgia Tech #4
University of Georgia #114
Vanderbilt University #36
University of Tennessee #63
LSU #96