Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL · Liberal arts college
19 mindrive to the closest stay
1stay inside a 20-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in Florida
24 campuses1,015 places to stay measured
24campusesin FL
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By the numbers
24 schools in Florida are on this site, with 1,015 places to stay measured around them. At 10 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 15 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at University of Tampa. For 1 of them the tour meeting place comes straight from the school's own visit page.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in Florida
24 schools in Florida, in A to Z order
Barry University
Miami, FL · Private university
7 mindrive to the closest stay7stays inside a 10-min driveBethune-Cookman University
Daytona Beach, FL · Liberal arts college
16 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk60stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Central Florida
Orlando, FL · Public university
6 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk17stays inside a 10-min driveEckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL · Liberal arts college
13 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk3stays inside a 10-min driveEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL · Private university
14 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk28stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Florida
Gainesville, FL · Public university
2 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk20stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL · Public university
2 minwalk to the closest stay7stays inside a 20-min walk28stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL · Public university
6 minwalk to the closest stay9stays inside a 20-min walk23stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL · Public university
9 mindrive to the closest stay6stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL · Private university
6 mindrive to the closest stay11stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida International University
Miami, FL · Public university
9 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk12stays inside a 10-min driveFlorida State University
Tallahassee, FL · Public university
8 minwalk to the closest stay10stays inside a 20-min walk26stays inside a 10-min driveKeiser University, Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private university
3 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk16stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · Private university
12 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk9stays inside a 10-min driveNew College of Florida
Sarasota, FL · Liberal arts college
2 minwalk to the closest stay12stays inside a 20-min walk16stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL · Public university
4 minwalk to the closest stay7stays inside a 20-min walk22stays inside a 10-min driveNova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private university
6 mindrive to the closest stay11stays inside a 10-min driveSaint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL · Private university
6 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min driveUniversity of South Florida
Tampa, FL · Public university
12 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk16stays inside a 10-min driveSoutheastern University
Lakeland, FL · Private university
6 mindrive to the closest stay4stays inside a 10-min driveSt. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL · Private university
10 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Tampa
Tampa, FL · Private university
1 minwalk to the closest stay20stays inside a 20-min walk38stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of West Florida
Pensacola, FL · Public university
9 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in Florida do you cover?
24 four-year schools in Florida: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Florida?
At 15 of the 24, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
For 2 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 23 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.