University of Miami is NOT a State University and the tuition/fees runs about $44K/yr. Did you look into the Hammond Scholarship at UMiami. This scholarship covers full tuition/Fees. In the other thread, I suggest you apply to both UF AND UCF. You might get into a number of the schools on your list, but they might be unaffordable to you. A Haitain-American AA male student from Florida got into Harvard University this past year, but the family’s contribution was such that it was not affordable for them. I think he is a student at one of the Florida public universiity, since he had to decline Harvard University.