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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Miami, FL

Population 4,500,000

Website http://www.fiu.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 45 (4% 🥵)

Sunshine Hours 3,155 (93% ☀️)

Days Without Precipitation 230 (18%)

Honors College

Name Honors College

Students 2,500 (9%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 29,131

Men / Women 43% / 57%

From State 95%

From Region 0%

Athletes 2.0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 67%

Black 11%

White 8%

International 8%

Asian 3%

Mixed 2%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management	341	44% / 56%	16%	$43,726	32	92%
Hospitality Management	246 —	30% / 70%	20%	$45,243	37	92%
Recreation and Sport Management	95 —	80% / 20%	4%	$39,799	21	92%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Arts, Sciences and Education	4,265	27% / 73%	3%	$48,805	47	90%
Chemistry	46 —	41% / 59%	4%	$64,759	79	90%
Geosciences	14 —	64% / 36%	0%	$58,435	69	—
Mathematics	38 +3	63% / 37%	5%	$59,334	71	100%
Natural and Applied Sciences	147 +372	31% / 69%	3%	$55,279	63	—
Physics	21 —	57% / 43%	5%	$68,032	82	—
Biochemistry	42 +1	43% / 57%	10%	$57,519	68	—
Biological Sciences	884 +8	29% / 71%	3%	$53,627	60	90%
Environmental Studies	26 —	38% / 62%	4%	$42,539	28	90%
Marine Biology	48 —	25% / 75%	2%	$45,466	37	—
Economics	149 —	77% / 23%	13%	$69,127	83	89%
Applied Interdisciplinary Studies	373 +109	42% / 58%	3%	$47,159	42	86%
Behavioral Neuroscience	60 —	15% / 85%	5%	$46,504	40	—
English	156 +1	29% / 71%	1%	$42,399	28	89%
French	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$37,812	16	86%
Geography	— —	—	—	$53,954	60	—
History	61 +3	59% / 41%	0%	$45,141	36	90%
Interdisciplinary Studies	167 +5	38% / 62%	4%	$45,647	38	86%
Philosophy	18 +6	44% / 56%	17%	$47,188	42	91%
Portuguese	— —	—	—	$37,812	16	86%
Psychology	1,531 +10	15% / 85%	3%	$44,372	34	92%
Religious Studies	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	$46,420	40	—
Sociology	3 +1	33% / 67%	0%	$44,685	35	94%
Spanish	23 —	30% / 70%	0%	$37,812	16	86%
Sustainability and the Environment	42 —	21% / 79%	5%	$38,547	18	92%
Women's and Gender Studies	13 +2	8% / 92%	0%	$31,667	7	—
Bilingual/Bicultural Education	— —	—	—	$50,015	51	—
Early Childhood Education	177 —	1% / 99%	0%	$48,595	46	94%
Elementary Education	49 —	14% / 86%	2%	$48,595	46	94%
English Education	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$44,399	34	96%
Exceptional Student Education	49 —	8% / 92%	0%	$57,304	67	95%
Physical Education	43 —	51% / 49%	5%	$44,399	34	96%
Art Education	8 —	12% / 88%	0%	$44,399	34	96%
Forensic Science	66 +2	26% / 74%	0%	$51,603	55	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Business	1,828	51% / 49%	12%	$64,204	78	91%
Accounting	182 —	49% / 51%	4%	$73,445	87	95%
Business Analytics	69 +31	68% / 32%	32%	$65,750	80	—
Finance	461 +56	66% / 34%	8%	$70,412	84	91%
Human Resource Management	53 +5	21% / 79%	8%	$61,515	75	96%
International Business	358 +33	50% / 50%	27%	$59,108	71	89%
Logistics and Supply Chain Management	47 +10	68% / 32%	13%	$61,239	74	90%
Management	226 +5	50% / 50%	7%	$61,239	74	90%
Management Information Systems	41 +11	66% / 34%	5%	$71,021	85	97%
Marketing	365 +79	34% / 66%	8%	$57,352	67	91%
Real Estate	26 +7	46% / 54%	8%	$77,587	90	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Communication, Architecture and The Arts	750	31% / 69%	5%	$49,190	48	92%
Communication Arts	245 —	34% / 66%	4%	$52,295	56	92%
Mass Communication	— —	—	—	$52,295	56	92%
Public Relations and Advertising	192 —	17% / 83%	7%	$58,707	70	100%
Art	29 —	41% / 59%	3%	$27,792	4	75%
Art History	18 +3	6% / 94%	6%	$27,792	4	75%
Digital Arts	111 —	40% / 60%	3%	$44,250	34	—
Digital Communication and Media	100 +1	35% / 65%	6%	$47,626	44	88%
Music	31 —	48% / 52%	3%	$37,463	16	94%
Studio Art	20 +1	20% / 80%	0%	$27,792	4	75%
Theatre	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$27,725	4	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Engineering and Computing	1,680	79% / 21%	7%	$83,648	93	96%
Biomedical Engineering	64 —	42% / 58%	17%	$85,915	94	95%
Civil Engineering	121 —	75% / 25%	11%	$80,691	91	98%
Computer Engineering	94 —	79% / 21%	1%	$94,852	97	97%
Electrical Engineering	115 —	84% / 16%	17%	$87,272	95	92%
Engineering	10 —	80% / 20%	10%	$87,203	95	—
Environmental Engineering	9 —	33% / 67%	22%	$72,459	86	92%
Mechanical Engineering	165 —	85% / 15%	8%	$86,654	95	95%
Computer Science	746 +1	79% / 21%	5%	$81,796	92	97%
Cybersecurity	50 —	86% / 14%	10%	$84,265	94	—
Information Technology	200 +6	82% / 18%	4%	$81,796	92	97%
Construction Management	84 —	85% / 15%	4%	$84,616	94	92%
Engineering Technologies	22 —	86% / 14%	5%	$81,485	92	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences	323	24% / 76%	2%	$79,352	91	97%
Nursing	185 —	20% / 80%	2%	$85,956	94	97%
Recreational Therapy	138 —	30% / 70%	2%	$70,499	84	97%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work	273	15% / 85%	4%	$49,364	49	92%
Dietetics and Nutrition	73 —	19% / 81%	11%	$54,029	60	86%
Health Services Administration	151 —	15% / 85%	3%	$50,919	53	95%
Social Work	49 —	10% / 90%	0%	$37,624	16	93%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs	1,039	37% / 63%	4%	$50,823	53	92%
Asian Studies	23 —	26% / 74%	0%	$21,331	2	74%
International Relations	161 +32	32% / 68%	11%	$47,585	44	90%
International Studies	49 +3	31% / 69%	4%	$72,974	86	91%
Latin American and Caribbean Studies	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$21,331	2	74%
Modern Languages	2 +1	50% / 50%	0%	$38,561	18	—
Political Science	292 +27	41% / 59%	4%	$48,763	47	90%
Public Administration	33 +2	42% / 58%	0%	$53,179	59	89%
Criminal Justice	418 +10	32% / 68%	2%	$50,559	52	95%
Disaster Management	60 +1	82% / 18%	0%	$64,209	78	—

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,897

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $20,175

Est. In-State Cost $8,922

Est. Out-of-State Cost $26,098

ROI Percentile 69th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%

4-Year Graduation Rate 59%

6-Year Graduation Rate 74%

Transfer-Out Rate 14%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences	33.4%	3,502	26% / 74%	4%	$46,628	41	91%
Business & Economics	23.5%	2,469	50% / 50%	12%	$60,861	74	91%
Computer Science	9.5%	996	80% / 20%	5%	$81,920	92	97%
Life & Natural Sciences	8.8%	926	30% / 70%	3%	$53,804	60	90%
Professional	6.2%	650	44% / 56%	2%	$57,373	67	94%
Engineering	5.5%	578	76% / 24%	11%	$86,569	95	95%
Health Sciences	3.1%	323	24% / 76%	2%	$79,352	91	97%
Arts	3.1%	321	36% / 64%	4%	$41,009	24	85%
Education	3.1%	321	11% / 89%	1%	$49,323	49	94%
Physical Sciences & Math	2.5%	266	41% / 59%	4%	$58,671	70	95%
Agriculture & Food Science	1.4%	147	24% / 76%	7%	$49,201	48	87%

Research R1

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences	$78.2M	#18	45%	$0.3M	52	#99	249	17
Physical Sciences & Math	$72.9M	#47	57%	$0.2M	44	#71	222	107
Engineering	$57.0M	#92	67%	$1.3M	52	#70	268	50
Life & Natural Sciences	$43.7M	#86	53%	$0.3M	33	#74	163	52
Computer Science	$28.8M	#34	48%	$1.1M	10	#100	105	7
Health Sciences	$17.6M	#108	17%	$0.1M	26	#74	76	13
Business & Economics	$13.8M	#43	28%	$0.2M	26	#44	—	—
Education	$5.7M	#90	55%	$0	21	#196	—	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$3.9M	#99	68%	$0.0M	—	—	—	18
Total	$321M	#90	51%	$3.4M	264	#90	1,083	264

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 42%

Yield (Unbound) 20%

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	42%	42%	42%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1070 – 1260

SAT Math Range 520 – 620

SAT RW Range 550 – 640

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.