Photo: Excel23 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
School data & stats
Outcomes
Cost
Community
Overview
Jacksonville University is a private university on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, with a mid-sized, suburban-feeling campus and a professional, career-oriented academic identity. It has grown its footprint in health sciences and applied fields in recent years while keeping the small-school, personal-attention feel it has long marketed.
Academics
Nursing and the broader health sciences are Jacksonville University's most established strengths, and its marine science program benefits directly from the riverfront location, with a dedicated institute that studies the St. Johns estuary. Aviation and business round out the university's applied, career-track program list, with hands-on and clinical components built into most of the professional majors.
Campus & student life
The riverfront campus gives marine science and outdoor-oriented students direct access to the estuary they study, and the broader Jacksonville area offers a mix of beach access and a growing job market without the density of a larger city. Athletics compete at the NCAA Division I level, and the campus community is small enough that students recognize each other across class years.
Getting in
Review is holistic but practical, with GPA and program fit, especially for nursing and other health science majors, which are more selective than the university overall, mattering more than essay polish.
After graduation
Nursing and health science graduates place well with Jacksonville-area and Florida health systems, and the marine science program feeds a smaller but genuine pipeline into environmental and estuarine research and management roles.
Worth knowing
Applicants to nursing and other health science majors should expect a more competitive review than the general applicant pool faces, since these programs are Jacksonville University's most selective and most in demand.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
ju.edu ↗High school coursework
RequiredHigh school diploma or GED required; no specific required course units published
Recommended4 years of English · 3 years of History and Social Science · 3 years of Natural Science · 3 years of Mathematics · 2 years of Foreign Language (or college-level courses through the 102 level)
Your fit, with your own numbers
With a free Dorado account, this tab fills in from your own profile and course plan:
- A chance band (Far Reach to Likely) calibrated against real admitted-student data — published test-score ranges and, where a school reports them, Common Data Set GPA profiles — with plain-English reasons.
- A fit breakdown across testing, grades, course rigor, activities, and honors, side by side with the numbers the school publishes.
- Deadline countdowns where verified application dates are on file.
Creating an account is free and takes no card — college search, list tracking, and fit are all included.
Create your free account