{"id":15804,"date":"2019-09-18T14:26:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/?p=15804"},"modified":"2019-09-18T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:26:12","slug":"several-fiu-programs-among-the-best-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2019\/09\/18\/several-fiu-programs-among-the-best-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Several FIU programs among the best in the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2013By Maydel Santana for FIU News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

FIU programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report rankings released today.<\/p>\n

The new rankings placed FIU as the second university in the nation for international business and 12th for social mobility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese rankings confirm that many of the improvements we have made over the last few years are having an important impact on our students and how others view our programs,\u201d said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg. \u201cThe social mobility ranking makes us particularly proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

FIU ranks 105th among public universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal remains\u00a0to be among the top 50\u00a0public\u00a0universities in the nation within five years,” said FIU Provost and Executive Vice President Kenneth G. Furton.\u00a0\u201cTo get there, we have to continue to\u00a0improve our overall student success performance\u00a0and the individual program rankings. I know our work will\u00a0pay off\u00a0in the long-run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Florida Board of Governors designated FIU as an \u201cEmerging Preeminent State Research University\u201d and the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of\u00a0Higher Education ranks FIU R1: Doctoral Universities \u2013 Highest Research Activity. For the first time, FIU has surpassed $200 million in annual research expenditures.<\/p>\n

The College of Business\u2019\u00a0<\/a>undergraduate international business program ranked second in the nation. The program moved up four slots from the previous year above universities such as New York University, Georgetown and UC Berkley.<\/p>\n

The College of Engineering & Computing<\/a>\u202falso moved up in the rankings to number 95 among public universities, up from 98 last year. Several undergraduate degree programs within engineering were also ranked individually and placed among the best, including\u00a0Biomedical\/Bioengineering which ranked\u00a0number\u00a041\u00a0in the nation.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, FIU\u2019s\u202fNicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences<\/a>\u202fand\u202fFIU College of Law<\/a>\u202franked in the top 50 among public universities. In total,\u202f15\u00a0FIU\u00a0programs\u00a0are ranked among the top 50 in public universities\u00a0and\u00a035\u00a0programs\u00a0are\u00a0ranked\u00a0in the top 100.<\/p>\n

\u201cI congratulate our students, faculty and staff who are working hard and making FIU and our community a better place for all of us,\u201d Rosenberg said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2013By Maydel Santana for FIU News FIU programs are among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report rankings released today. The new rankings placed FIU as the second university in the nation for international business and 12th for social mobility. \u201cThese rankings confirm that many of the improvements we have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[463,441,445,470,471,457,446],"class_list":["post-15804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-fiu-next-horizon","tag-next-horizon","tag-rankings","tag-research-excellence","tag-research-preeminence","tag-student-success","tag-u-s-news-world-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15806,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15804\/revisions\/15806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}