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Florida International University is a great source of talent! With a student enrollment of over 34,000 one of our major strengths is our diversity. Consider the following statistics:

58% of our students are Hispanic
14% are of African descent
3% are Asian
56% are female

In fact, FIU has been identified by the U.S. Department of Education as the institution that graduates the largest number of Bachelor and Masters level Hispanics in the US. In addition, FIU ranks 2nd in the state of Florida in the number of students of African descent.

Quality of education is our top priority. Review the following selected accreditations:

SACS….University-wide
AACSB…College of Business Administration
ABET…College of Engineering
ACEJMC…School of Journalism and Mass Communication
CSWE…School of Social Work
NCATE…College of Education

With international in our name, we are pleased to have students from over 130 countries represented on campus. While the majority of our students are US citizens or permanent residents, approximately 7% of our student body is truly international.

For more information regarding Florida International University you can view FIU's homepage at http://www.fiu.edu. You can also review FIU's resume by clicking here.

Employers participating in various Career Services largely centralized programs and services ranked their satisfaction of our customer service a 4.48 on a scale of 1 to 5. For On-Campus Recruiting the ranking was 4.56 and for Career Fairs and Internship/Diversity Fairs it was 4.44.

Beyond statistics, employers who have recruited at FIU attest to the talent they have found amongst our students. Here is what some leading employers had to say about our students:

"FIU is a gold mine of well prepared diversity candidates, for full-time and internship positions. FIU provides high quality education and service to the students, making them a high sought commodity by employers like IBM."
Olga Bowie
Diversity Program Manager, National Recruiting Organization
IBM

“FIU is a great place to recruit; the students are enthusiastic and well prepared; the career center is efficient and caters to the needs of corporations like ours.”
Livia Periu, CPA, CMA
Area Manager, Corporate
Johnson & Johnson

"FIU is a key recruiting school for Lucent Technologies as a result of its diverse student population and its outstanding academic programs. FIU continues to impress me each year with their career placement programs, their professional faculty and career placement staff and most of all their diverse and talented student population."
Jesus Gonzalez
Senior Manager
Lucent Technologies

Forward your questions, concerns or comments, to Lenroy Jones at jonesl@fiu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you.