Cameron Countryman is a second-year journalism major and The Alligator's Spring 2026 Graduate School reporter. In her free time, she enjoys reading, paddle boarding and researching her next travel destination.
UF’s graduate schools made multiple appearances on U.S. News & World Report’s best graduate school rankings, published April 7.
Within the program, which launched in Fall 2024, each student must take 18 credits of core courses in 6 subjects: machine learning, AI systems, sensing and analysis, security, ethics and deep learning.
UF’s Graduate Assistants United is uncertain if it has a future due to a bill regarding public sector union recertification moving through the Florida Legislature.
Last year, faculty across Florida reviewed general education catalogs to ensure courses fell in line with a new law targeting perceived left-wing bias in higher education. The law required general education courses not distort historical events or teach “identity politics.” Additionally, humanities courses must include selections from the Western canon.
The ruling means law students won’t need to graduate from an ABA-accredited school to sit for the Florida Bar exam. Instead, schools can be accredited by other U.S. Department of Education-certified entities.
Students from professional degree programs — including medicine, dentistry and law — will be able to take out $200,000 in federal loans. Nonprofessional graduate degrees, such as nursing, are limited to $100,000 in federal loans.
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