Florida State University acceptance rate, SAT range and net price

Four deadlines, and the early ones differ by residency

Florida State's calendar for fall 2027 entry has more moving parts than most. Early Decision, binding, is for domestic students outside the talent-based majors and the CARE Summer Bridge program, due October 15. Early Action, non-binding and due the same day, is for Florida residents only. Both are answered on December 17. Regular Decision closes December 1, with decisions on February 18, and a rolling deadline of March 1 follows with decisions in April. An out-of-state student who wants an early answer therefore has one choice, and it is binding, with a deposit due January 15.

FSU: where your SAT score lands

Your SAT total

Enrolled students scoring below you (approx.)

52%

Middle 50%	1,300 to 1,410
Your score is	inside the middle 50%

Fall 2025 entering class, CDS 2025-26, C9 (3,893 SAT submitters, 2,219 ACT submitters). Normal curve fitted to the two published percentiles.

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Scores are required, and self-reported on the portal

FSU must ask for an ACT, CLT or SAT under the state rule, and at least one score has to arrive before the materials deadline. It does not take self-reported scores from the Common App; students report them on the FSU Admissions Portal instead. In the fall 2025 class, 64% of enrolled students sent an SAT and 36% an ACT, with a median SAT of 1,360. The Common Data Set also gives an unweighted average GPA of 3.72, a useful counterpart to the weighted 4 for a student whose school does not weight honors classes.

Who gets in, and who comes

For fall 2025, 15,196 of 44,631 Florida applicants were admitted, against 4,671 of 34,530 from other states and 497 of 6,308 international applicants. Floridians filled 5,694 of the 6,559 seats. The waiting list offers little: 2,358 students accepted a place and 5 were admitted.

FSU: the out-of-state premium

Years of study

Extra tuition for a non-FL student

$52,520

In-state tuition and fees 2024-25	$5,656
Out-of-state tuition and fees 2024-25	$18,786
Gap per year	$13,130

Published tuition and fees, before any nonresident scholarship; future increases not included.

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The 2026-27 budget in Tallahassee

The tuition office prices a year at 13 credits per term: $5,604 of tuition for a resident and $22,232 for a non-resident, $50 of fees, $14,160 for housing and food on campus, $1,380 of books and $2,504 of personal costs. Transportation is set at $2,320 for residents and $3,590 for non-residents. FSU has also given public notice of proposed market-rate fee increases for fall 2027. Compare with UF in the comparison tool.