by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Florida International University was awarded 420 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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FIU landed the #183 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when FIU held the #256 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
FIU also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.
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If you're applying to Florida International University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 87% of students accepted to FIU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 610.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Florida International University, this rate is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Florida International University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Florida International University has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At FIU this rate is 34%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Florida International University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 49,049 undergraduates at FIU with 27,551 being full-time and 21,498 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,196 | $4,882 | $7,292 | $12,817 | $14,410 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of FIU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At FIU, approximately 85% of students took out student loans averaging $5,307 a year. That adds up to $21,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at FIU is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for FIU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 11200 S. W. 8 Street, Miami, FL 33199 |
| Phone: | 305-348-2000 |
| Website: | www.fiu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/floridainternational |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/fiu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 1,652 | $27,275 |
| General Biology | 906 | $18,353 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 694 | $44,811 |
| Computer Information Systems | 661 | $54,816 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 630 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 619 | $35,771 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 614 | $33,856 |
| International Business | 597 | $39,775 |
| Marketing | 571 | $37,980 |
| Biological & Physical Science | 533 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 36,906 students took at least one online class at Florida International University. This is a decrease from the 50,620 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 36,906 | 15,274 |
| 2019-2020 | 50,620 | 42,747 |
| 2018-2019 | 39,863 | 13,671 |
| 2017-2018 | 37,763 | 11,785 |
| 2016-2017 | 34,281 | 10,037 |
Learn more about online learning at Florida International University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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