University of South Florida
School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.3
Food
2.6
Clubs
3.2
Facilities
3.4
Internet
3.6
Location
3.1
Opportunities
3.2
Safety
4.5
Social
3.1
Happiness
3.7
Basic Information
Location
- Lakeland, FL
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public research university
- Established: December 18, 1956; 67 years ago (December 18, 1956)
- Founder: Samuel Gibbons, John S. Allen
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 240
Key Area
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Health Informatics
- Strategic and Cyber Intelligence
- Data Science
- Analytics
- & Visualization
- Health
- Society
- and Biomedical Science
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 48,732 (2023–2024)
- Undergraduates: 36,452 (2023–2024)
- Postgraduates: 10,802 (2023–2024)
- Academic Staff: 2,253
Notable Alumni
- Hulk Hogan
- J. Michelle Childs
- Julia Letlow
- Chucky Atkins
- Tony La Russa
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 4.5
Love this school! Area around campus can be kind of sketch but if you drive up to New Tampa it's totally fine. Great environment, great people, great professors, overall great place to be.
Overall 4.4
I love this school
Overall 4
I love it here. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.3
None.
Overall 1.5
None.
Overall 1.7
The campus is kind of run down and the crime rates in the area are very high. There have been occasional police helicopters flying over the campus chasing criminals.