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FIU acceptance rate

Florida International University · Miami, Florida · Public · 39,508 undergraduates

54.7%
accepted, fall 2024
32,855
applications
17,957
offers of admission
5,238
enrolled (29% of those admitted)

Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,284 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. Applications reached 32,855 for fall 2024, up 63% on 2014. University of South Florida is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to FIU in size and selectivity (43%); Ohio State University is the easiest (61%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 47%2002 64%2003 43%2004 31%2005 61%2006 53%2007 37%2008 44%2009 37%2010 51%2011 51%2012 40%2013 53%2014 53%2015 50%2016 50%2017 54%2018 59%2019 58%2020 58%2021 64%2022 64%2023 59%2024 55%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202432,85517,95754.7%5,238
202325,03414,72958.8%5,169
202217,34311,07563.9%4,424
202116,40610,50264.0%4,061
202016,9049,78457.9%3,763
201918,49210,63457.5%3,998
201819,41011,36658.6%4,441
201719,75710,68354.1%4,335
201621,80910,92050.1%4,599
201521,44210,80650.4%4,202
201420,17510,64852.8%4,141
201320,19010,72053.1%4,525
201215,8636,41840.5%2,636
201120,73610,60551.1%4,541
201018,6239,41150.5%3,983
200918,1516,77837.3%3,147
200816,2777,09043.6%3,348
200712,8724,76837.0%2,698
20069,0054,81253.4%2,813
200511,0996,76761.0%4,680
200411,8883,74431.5%2,022
20038,4503,63443.0%1,734
200211,3077,18563.5%3,126
20016,5613,05946.6%2,492

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 7k Admitted: 3k2002 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2003 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2004 Applied: 12k Admitted: 4k2005 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 9k Admitted: 5k2007 Applied: 13k Admitted: 5k2008 Applied: 16k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 18k Admitted: 7k2010 Applied: 19k Admitted: 9k2011 Applied: 21k Admitted: 11k2012 Applied: 16k Admitted: 6k2013 Applied: 20k Admitted: 11k2014 Applied: 20k Admitted: 11k2015 Applied: 21k Admitted: 11k2016 Applied: 22k Admitted: 11k2017 Applied: 20k Admitted: 11k2018 Applied: 19k Admitted: 11k2019 Applied: 18k Admitted: 11k2020 Applied: 17k Admitted: 10k2021 Applied: 16k Admitted: 11k2022 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2023 Applied: 25k Admitted: 15k2024 Applied: 33k Admitted: 18k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women19,42010,76555.4%
Men13,4357,19253.5%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Required
SAT reading and writing
550 to 640 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
520 to 620
ACT composite
21 to 27

Colleges similar to FIU

The six public four-year colleges closest to FIU in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Georgia State
Atlanta, GA		55%26,623$12,365$51,903
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN		50%44,503$14,851$80,082
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA		46%35,924$9,426$69,554
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL		43%37,207$8,648$63,660
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH		61%45,638$17,269$67,080
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI		45%36,902$16,600$80,330

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by FIU to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · FIU on College Scorecard