Universities and Colleges in Broward County, Florida - Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern University, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, City College, Broward College, Keiser University, Knox Theological Seminary, Sanford-Brown Institute - Ft. Lauderdale, H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, American InterContinental University South Florida Campus. Excerpt: Florida International University (commonly referred to as FIU) is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park. Florida International University is classified as a top-tier Research University with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation, and is a first-tier research university as designated by the Florida Legislature. Founded in 1965, FIU is the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the country's oldest academic honor society. FIU offers 191 programs of study with more than 280 majors in 26 colleges and schools. FIU offers many graduate programs, including architecture, business administration, engineering, law, and medicine, offering 82 master's degrees, 29 doctoral degrees, and 3 professional degrees. FIU is one of Florida's primary graduate research universities, and awards close to 3,000 graduate and professional degrees annually. FIU is the 15th-largest university in the United States, the 4th-largest university in Florida, and the largest in South Florida. For Fall 2010, total enrollment was 44,010 students, including 11,109 graduate students, and 2,974 full-time faculty with over 161,000 alumni around the world. In 2007, FIU's research expenditure was $89.1 million, with an endowment of $140 million. Since 2007, more valedictorians from Sout...