UF can add one more title to its list after a recent study ranked it among the top 10 most popular colleges in the U.S.
Each university was ranked by its 2007 yield, which is the percentage of students who elected to attend the school out of the number of students who were accepted.
A lower yield indicates the university is frequently a second choice for students or a safety school, according to a study from U.S. News & World Report.
A high yield shows students are strongly motivated to go there, according to the report.
UF grabbed the No. 10 spot with 63 percent of accepted students choosing to attend in the fall of 2007.
It beat out opponents like the University of Georgia, which came in at No. 20, and The Ohio State University, at No. 25.
Harvard took the No. 1 spot, with nearly 80 percent of students who were accepted choosing to enroll. Brigham Young University and the University of Nebraska took second and third place.
UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he believes UF will keep a top spot on the list because the number of applicants continues to rise from year to year.
In 2008 alone, 28,000 students applied and 10,000 were accepted, Orlando said, adding the UF admissions board set a goal of wanting 6,600 students to attend UF the following fall.
"(The amount of applicants) continues to get higher because (UF) becomes more and more competitive each year," he said.
UF freshman Scott Schumacher said he thought UF's rise in popularity could stem from the success its sports teams are having.
He also said its reputation in academics is another reason admissions have become so competitive.
Schumacher, from Tampa, said about half of his friends who applied were not accepted.
Orlando said there is a downside to being so popular.
"With all the recent budget cuts, if we remain popular we may not be able to give students what they came here for," he said.
