A Big Announcement
After 26 years, John C. Hitt announced he is retiring from the UCF presidency in 2018.
Fall 2017
Fall 2017

$2.23 Billion
Earned in research funding since 1992
30,477
Minority students enrolled at UCF in Fall 2017. This is more than the total enrollment in 1991–92, which was 21,267 students.
850
National Merit Scholars enrolled since 2002
71
New degree programs
4.06
Average GPA for this year’s freshmen. The average GPA for freshmen in 1995 was 3.34.
3
Consecutive years UCF has had the highest student-athlete graduation success rate in the nation





“When we first visited campus, [Martha and I] had a powerful feeling that UCF was a special place. We never could have imagined then how very special it would become.”President John C. Hitt


— President Hitt




— Men’s Basketball Head Coach Johnny Dawkins





— President Hitt