UF Will Temporarily Pause Out-of-State Transfers

The University of Florida will briefly pause transfers from out of state in order to “better balance UF’s resident and nonresident populations,” according to emails that an institutional spokesperson provided to the university’s student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator.

The emails, sent from Provost Joe Glover and Vice President of Enrollment Management Mary Parker to the institution’s deans and associate deans Wednesday morning, specified the pause would last approximately a week and would not affect transfers already admitted to UF, the Alligator reported.

“The brief pause is simply intended to give us a short period, approximately a week, to review our current transfer numbers and ensure we are appropriately aligned with our enrollment targets,” the email read. 

The pause comes as Florida state legislators consider a bill that would requires Florida’s top four universities—UF, Florida State University, the University of South Florida and Florida International University—to enroll a student body comprised of at least 95 percent Florida residents. As of fall 2023, the most recently available data, 71 percent of UF’s students were Floridians.