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Nursing at Florida International University

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Florida International University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 278 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from FIU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

FIU Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at FIU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, FIU does offer online courses in nursing for the following degree levels:

FIU Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how FIU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at FIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 85
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 248
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 286

In 2021, 131 students received their master’s degree in nursing from FIU. This makes it the #75 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 82 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #29 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of FIU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at FIU is $63,800. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at FIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Florida International University.

FIU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at FIU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida International University with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 30
Black or African American 59
Hispanic or Latino 156
White 28
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

FIU Nursing Master’s Program

72% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 131 students who earned a master's degree in Nursing from FIU in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. FIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 44% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida International University with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 18
Black or African American 32
Hispanic or Latino 53
White 22
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

FIU also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 82 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida International University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Registered Nurses 177,600 $66,210
Nurse Practitioners 10,590 $101,100
Nurse Anesthetists 2,180 $177,390
Nurse Midwives 330 $88,060

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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