How much does UF Online cost for 2026-27?

The SFA 2026-27 UF Online COA totals: $21,696 in-state (off-campus), $12,106 in-state living with parents, $34,400 out-of-state. Tuition/fees alone are projected at $3,876 in-state / $16,580 out-of-state for 30 credit hours ($129.18 vs $552.62 per credit hour).

What merit money exists for in-state students?

A limited number of committee-selected awards: Florida Merit ($1,000 or $2,000/yr), Presidential ($5,000/yr), Presidential Gold ($8,000/yr), Presidential Platinum ($10,000/yr), each running four years.

UF Online· Renewal Rules

Keeping UF Online’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 6 of 6
One-time tiers: 0
Tiers with published renewal terms: 6
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

UF Online's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

UF Merit Scholarships — In-State (Florida Merit / Presidential / Presidential Gold / Presidential Platinum): See notes
Out-of-State Tuition Scholarships (Alumni / Sunshine / Gator Nation / UF Distinguished Scholar): See notes
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship (state program, usable at UF Online): See notes
Benacquisto Scholarship (state program for National Merit Scholars): See notes
Stamps Scholars Program: See notes
UF Online Reduced Tuition (structural, all Florida-resident UF Online students): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

UF Merit Scholarships — In-State (Florida Merit / Presidential / Presidential Gold / Presidential Platinum)
$1,000-$10,000 per year ($4,000-$40,000 over 4 years)
To keep it: Stated as totals over 4 years (Fall/Spring); specific renewal criteria are not published on the page opened.
Source: https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Out-of-State Tuition Scholarships (Alumni / Sunshine / Gator Nation / UF Distinguished Scholar)
Up to $4,000-$20,000 per year (up to $16,000-$80,000 over 4 years)
To keep it: Stated as totals over 4 years (Fall/Spring). If a student's residency is updated to in-state after award, eligibility ends and the award is cancelled.
Source: https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship (state program, usable at UF Online)
100% of tuition and applicable fees (Florida Academic Scholars) or 75% (Florida Medallion Scholars)
To keep it: Renewal requirements detailed on SFA's Bright Futures program details page; SFA provides a Renewal Predictor calculator. Bright Futures may only be used toward coursework that applies toward the student's degree program.
Source: https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/florida-bright-futures/
Benacquisto Scholarship (state program for National Merit Scholars)
Standard institutional in-state cost of attendance MINUS Bright Futures MINUS the National Merit award
To keep it: State program; the Benacquisto award is not available to fund summer coursework.
Source: https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/
Stamps Scholars Program
$6,000 annual stipend for up to four years (plus four fully-funded summer enrichment trips)
To keep it: Up to four years of study; specific renewal criteria not stated on the page opened.
Source: https://www.sfa.ufl.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/
UF Online Reduced Tuition (structural, all Florida-resident UF Online students)
75% of standard in-state tuition ($129.18 per credit hour total tuition + required fees)
To keep it: Standing rate, not an award; 'Tuition and fees for UF Online remain unchanged for the 2025-2026 academic year.'
Source: https://ufonline.ufl.edu/tuition/tuition-fees/

How families lose this aid

Expecting an automatic merit award for high stats
SFA is explicit: 'there is no automatic awarding of UF scholarships based on test scores or GPA' — merit recipients are committee-selected each spring from students who applied for admission by November 1.

Renewal questions families ask

How much does UF Online cost for 2026-27?: The SFA 2026-27 UF Online COA totals: $21,696 in-state (off-campus), $12,106 in-state living with parents, $34,400 out-of-state. Tuition/fees alone are projected at $3,876 in-state / $16,580 out-of-state for 30 credit hours ($129.18 vs $552.62 per credit hour).
What merit money exists for in-state students?: A limited number of committee-selected awards: Florida Merit ($1,000 or $2,000/yr), Presidential ($5,000/yr), Presidential Gold ($8,000/yr), Presidential Platinum ($10,000/yr), each running four years.

How UF Online compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
UF Online is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
133 of 751 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
UF Online is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against UF Online’s own published materials.