Florida International University Business Programs

Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. Miami is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Florida International University Rankings

FIU holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Florida ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at FIU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards FIU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#14	Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	College Factual
#21	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#40	Best International Business Schools	College Factual
#149	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#154	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#177	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Florida International University?

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

How Do I Get Into FIU?

You can apply to FIU online at: onestop.fiu.edu/

Admission Requirements for FIU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FIU?

With an acceptance rate of 58%, FIU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 58%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% 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 570 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 620.

FIU received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 29. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford Florida International University?

The overall average net price of FIU is $27,795. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At FIU, approximately 85% of students took out student loans averaging $5,715 a year. That adds up to $22,860 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.

Florida International University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 49,049 undergraduate students at FIU, with 27,551 being full-time and 21,498 being part-time.

There are also 9,787 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 27,551 full-time undergraduates at FIU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Florida International University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	719
Black or African American	3,073
Hispanic or Latino	18,233
White	2,278
International Students	2,597
Other Races/Ethnicities	651

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Florida International University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 143 countries are represented at FIU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Venezuela, and India.

Online Learning at Florida International University

In 2019-2020, 50,620 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FIU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of FIU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Florida International University was $6,565 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,963. The following table shows how FIU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#1	#4
Real Estate	#1	#1
Real Estate	#1	#1
Information Resources Management	#1	#6
General Economics	#1	#4
Economics	#4	#16
Public Relations & Advertising	#4	#28
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#7	#22
Management Information Systems	#7	#31
Hospitality Management	#7	#28
Finance	#13	#83
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#13	#76
Human Resource Management	#13	#88
Finance & Financial Management	#13	#86
International Business	#16	#43
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#16	#43
Supply Chain Management	#19	#40
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#31	#122
Marketing	#31	#125

Online Affordability Rankings of FIU Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Florida International University was $6,565 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,963. The following table shows how FIU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#1	#7
Public Relations & Advertising	#7	#18

Online Growth Rankings of FIU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Florida International University was 66.1%. This is the #465 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at FIU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at FIU ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at FIU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#6
Public Relations & Advertising	#21

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Florida International University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	445	0	611	13	1,069
Finance	694	0	105	0	799
General Hospitality Administration/Management	619	0	157	0	776
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	571	0	147	0	718
International Business/Trade/Commerce	597	0	73	0	670
Accounting	232	0	78	0	310
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	276	0	0	0	276
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	138	0	133	0	271
Supply Chain Management	85	0	80	0	165
General Economics	148	0	11	1	160
Real Estate	26	0	97	0	123
General Management Information Systems	72	0	0	0	72
Management Science	65	0	0	0	65
Labor Studies	0	33	0	0	33
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	0	0	0	0
Tourism and Travel Services Management	0	0	0	0	0
Information Resources Management	0	0	0	0	0
Taxation	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,968	33	1,492	14	5,507

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Comayagua99 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.