Registered Nursing at Florida International University

Every registered nursing school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the registered nursing program at Florida International University stacks up to those at other schools.

FIU is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 58,836.

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

FIU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Registered 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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FIU offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

FIU Registered Nursing Rankings

The registered nursing major at FIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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.

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at FIU

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

FIU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of registered nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical registered nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at FIU since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered 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 registered 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 Registered Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of registered nursing master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in registered nursing each year. FIU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

In the registered nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 29% 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 registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Nursing Science
• School Nursing
• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Family Practice Nurse/Nursing

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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

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.