UF may be hard to get into, but new data shows it is easy to get out of.
UF boasts an 81 percent graduation rate since 2001, the highest in the state for a public school, according to recent data from the federal education department.
Florida State University had the second highest graduation rate with 69 percent, according to the data.
Of the 11 public universities in Florida, four graduate the majority of their students within six years.
UF's high graduation rate can be partially attributed to the Universal Tracking System, which monitors degree progress through audits and advising, according to UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
During the year that the system was implemented, the graduation rates of fourth- or fifth-year students rose by 4 percent as compared to the previous year, according to reports from UF's Office of Institutional Planning and Research.
Apart from the UTS, Steve Orlando attributed UF's high graduation rate to the quality of UF's students.
"Typically when you get a higher-level student, you are more likely to get a student who is motivated to graduate on time," said Orlando.
