Any experience with University of Tampa?

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Anonymous wrote:Check this but I think the returning rate after freshman year is not good

Only 62% 6-year graduation rate. By comparison, Salisbury University has a 72.2% 6-year graduation rate.

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Anonymous wrote:The campus feels like Reston town center. There is a lovely old center campus building but lots of high rise dorms and LOTS of pavement. On the tour it seemed like tons of white B+ wealthy kids from midwest who wanted to escape Chicago/Milwaukee/Indianapolis cold.

+1. Excellent description.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The campus feels like Reston town center. .

+1. Excellent description.

Yes! As someone who used to live in Tampa and in Reston, this is SPOT ON.

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Anonymous wrote:You have got to be kidding do you not read the news

DeSantis is gutting higher education great idea great parenting

Not to mention a six week abortion ban and no birth control

You're an idiot. U of Tampa is a private school.

Florida state law on abortion and birth control doesn't apply to private school students? Cool.

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OP,

We looked at U of Tampa back in 2019. We liked the campus and school and they were generous with merit, but it ended up not having my child's major, so she didn't attend. My daughter does go to a Florida public university. You should be very aware that housing is a HUGE problem near many of the Florida colleges, and it has been especially bad in Tampa the last few years. You are pretty much off campus after Freshman year and it is expensive. I have heard of people spending as much as $2K per month, although that may have been an outlier situation. I would join the parents' Facebook page for UTampa and really find out the details. That would be my biggest concern.