USF welcomes strongest freshman class
September 12, 2019 - The 3,773 students who make up the freshman class in the University of South Florida system are the academically strongest in the school's history, officials said. The freshmen carry an average ACT score of 29, an average SAT score of 1286 and an average high school GPA of 4.13, a news release said. The group includes about 100 high school valedictorians and salutatorians, along with 34 National Merit Scholars. The news release also highlighted an increase in minority enrollment, with black student enrollment up nearly 33 percent from last year, Asian student enrollment upy nearly 23 percent and Hispanic student enrollment up more than 14 percent.