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Florida International University is a Comprehensive Doctoral Research University with very high research activity as determined by the
Carnegie Foundation. Florida International University is also 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 is also the fifth-largest university in Florida and the thirteenth-largest university in the
United States in terms of enrollment.
U.S. News & World Report (2007) also ranks the Landon Undergraduate School of Business 7th in the nation and the
Chapman Graduate School of Business among the top 20
business schools in the United States for international business.
[5] BusinessWeek (2006) ranks the College of Business among the top 15% of graduate business schools in the U.S., 1st in South Florida, and in the top 25 among public business schools.
In 2007, the
Florida International University College of Law ranked 1st in the state of
Florida with a bar passing rate of 94%, and 1st in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam at 96%.
This recognition comes as the academic quality of the university improves and its admissions rates become more selective. As of 2007, Florida International University attracts more valedictorians from
South Florida than any other university in the country.
[7] Admission standards have also increased with acceptance rates dropping greatly from 63.2% for Fall 2005 to 37% for Fall 2007.
[8] The average incoming freshmen had a
SAT score of 1144, a 24
ACT score and a 3.7 high school
GPA.