Nursing at Florida International University
FIU is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 58,836 students attend the school each year.
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
FIU Nursing 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.
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.
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
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 16 |
Black or African American | 29 |
Hispanic or Latino | 139 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
FIU Nursing Master’s Program
In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 39% 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.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 21 |
Hispanic or Latino | 51 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Concentrations Within Nursing
Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida International University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Registered Nursing | 322 |
Nursing Practice | 80 |
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 40 |
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 25 |
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 22 |
School Nursing | 12 |
Nursing Science | 2 |
Related Majors
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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Comayagua99 under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.