Florida International University

For Fall 2025, 36,113 first-year students applied to FIU, 21,976 were admitted and 5,854 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 60.9%.

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By residency, first-year applicants, Fall 2025

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1, residency table. Read Oct 1, 2026.

By school or major. FIU's Common Data Set reports one first-year acceptance rate for the whole university, with no rate by college or major.

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Early action. FIU has no early decision plan. Its early action plan is not binding, and the Common Data Set does not report how many applied or were admitted early.

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

You apply to FIU through the Common App. Some programs and admission paths work differently:

• Admission pathways. FIU admits first-year students through pathways, among them Fall Direct (the most selective), Early Fall Direct (you start in the summer and must complete courses then) and Spring Direct. Decisions are space-available: if one pathway fills, you may be admitted to the next.

  Source: FIU Admissions, First Year Pathways (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

• Nursing. Apply through the Common App with Nursing as your intended major and pick one of the approved alternate majors. A limited number of first-year students are admitted directly as Pre-Nursing majors; others start in the alternate major on the Pre-Nursing Pathway and apply for the BSN later. You can only be placed in Pre-Nursing at the time of admission.

  Source: FIU Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, FTIC Pre-Nursing Pathway (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

• Music. Every undergraduate applicant to the Wertheim School of Music must pass a prescreening and audition. Early Action applicants for fall 2027 should audition by November 14, 2026, and Regular Decision applicants by March 13, 2027.

  Source: FIU Wertheim School of Music and Performing Arts, Apply (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Source: FIU Admissions, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

92 majors across 9 schools. Every bachelor's degree major in FIU's official 2026-2027 University Catalog, grouped by the college or school that offers it, with the degree it leads to. Minors, certificates and graduate programs are left out.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

Each deadline is for a complete application with documents, through the Common App, which opens August 1. The same dates apply to Early Fall (summer start) and Fall 2027. The application fee is $30, or an SAT or ACT fee waiver. The enrollment deposit is due May 1, 2027.

Source: FIU Admissions, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

FIU requires SAT, ACT or CLT scores from every first-time-in-college applicant. Scores are one factor in the decision, under Florida Board of Governors regulation 6.002.

Source: FIU Admissions, Admission Standards (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The Common Data Set also marks the SAT or ACT as required to be considered for fall 2027 applicants, with scores due by March 1, and adds that minimum subscores are required for admission and every first-year student takes a math placement test.

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027

• ACT. FIU no longer requires the ACT science score. Since the 2025-26 application, its ACT composite and composite superscore use only English, math and reading, across test dates.

  Source: FIU Admissions, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028

Not announced yet. When we checked FIU's admission pages on October 1, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.

Source: FIU Admissions, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

The published cost of a year at FIU, 2026-2027:

For a full-time undergraduate living on campus, fall and spring.

Source: FIU Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections G1 and G5. Read Oct 1, 2026.

Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:

What first-year, full-time, in-state students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from FIU's aid offer.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Oct 1, 2026.

Chosen for how close each is to Florida International University on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.

• University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC · Public56.5% admitted$22,811 average net price
• Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA · Public57.2% admitted$15,931 average net price
• James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · Public68.8% admitted$23,322 average net price
• Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA · Public54.6% admitted$24,953 average net price
• University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC · Public77.8% admitted$15,435 average net price

Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.