ucf.com
UCF.com currently redirects visitors to the official University of Central Florida website at ucf.edu, where students can explore degrees, admissions, costs, research, online study, campus life, and university services.
What exactly happens when you visit UCF.com?
Typing UCF.com into a browser sends you to ucf.edu, the main website for the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
This makes UCF.com useful as a short web address, but the university's main online identity is the .edu domain.
That difference matters because UCF's Information Security Office says official UCF email should come from a ucf.edu address.
Students should therefore treat ucf.edu as the main source when checking admissions, payments, accounts, or messages that ask for personal information.
How big is the university behind the website?
UCF reported 70,674 students for Fall 2025, including 60,083 undergraduate students, 10,120 graduate students, and 471 medical professional students.
The same official data lists 250 degree programs across 12 colleges, including 112 bachelor's programs, 98 master's programs, 34 research doctoral programs, three professional doctoral programs, and three specialist programs.
UCF also reported 401,179 alumni and 13,708 university employees, which shows the scale behind a website that may first look like a simple college information portal.
Its six-year graduation rate was 78%, while students completed 39,417 internship, co-op, and service-learning experiences during the 2024-25 academic year.
How competitive is admission to UCF?
UCF received 51,692 first-time college student applications for Fall 2025 and accepted 17,027 applicants, which works out to roughly one acceptance for every three applicants.
The enrolled freshman group had an average weighted high school GPA of 4.26, an average SAT score of 1,347, and an average ACT score of 29.2.
Those numbers make the undergraduate admissions section especially important because applicants can check requirements, deadlines, campus visits, and application steps directly from the university.
How much does UCF cost?
For 2026-27, UCF estimates annual tuition and fees of $5,954 for a Florida undergraduate taking 28 credit hours.
The university's cost estimate puts total annual attendance at about $26,272 for a Florida resident when housing, food, books, transportation, and personal expenses are included.
This shows why visitors should look beyond the tuition number because living costs can be much larger than tuition for an in-state student.
Scholarship, residency, and financial-aid information is linked from the same official system, which makes the website useful for comparing the full cost before applying.
Can students earn a UCF degree online?
Yes, UCF Online says it offers more than 130 online programs and has more than 25 years of experience with online education.
Official Fall 2025 statistics show 7,068 UCF Online students, including 3,820 undergraduates and 3,248 graduate students.
Available subjects include areas such as criminal justice, communication, education, emergency management, business, engineering, healthcare, and technology.
This makes the website useful far beyond Orlando because many programs can be completed without attending regular classes on the main campus.
How strong is UCF in research and technology?
UCF reported $237.4 million in sponsored research funding during 2025.
The university also received 61 U.S. patents in fiscal year 2025, completed 32 licenses and options, and saw 10 new products based on UCF technology enter the market.
These figures help explain why the main website gives strong attention to engineering, simulation, aerospace, optics, computing, healthcare, and emerging technology.
UCF was originally founded in 1963 to support Central Florida and the growing U.S. space program, so its technology focus is tied closely to its history.
What can students do outside class?
UCF has more than 650 student organizations covering academic interests, careers, culture, recreation, professional networking, and other activities.
The university also competes across 16 sports, while major campus venues host athletic events, concerts, and other student activities.
Career preparation is another large part of the system, with UCF reporting that Career Services helped 22,996 students search and compete for jobs during 2024-25.
Is UCF.com the address students should remember?
UCF.com works as a convenient doorway, but ucf.edu is the address students should recognize as the university's official web home.
The redirect makes UCF.com useful for reaching the university quickly, while the .edu domain provides the clearer trust signal for admissions, tuition, research, online programs, university contacts, and official information.
For email, the distinction is even more important because UCF explicitly tells users that legitimate university email should come from a ucf.edu address and that unexpected requests for passwords or private information should be treated with caution.