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Miami Gardens, FL · Private · 1,183 undergraduates · suburban

Florida Memorial University

Moderately selective

Florida Memorial offers a small HBCU environment in the Miami market, with aviation and business adding a practical South Florida edge.

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Institutional profile

Regionally focused Solid in mobility, and steady in academic standing.
Academic Steady Affordability Emerging Career Steady Mobility Solid Experience Emerging
Academic standing Steady
Affordability Emerging
Career outcomes Steady
Mobility Solid
Student experience Emerging
Admission
74.3% admitted

12,750 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
Varies across five income ranges

Compare recent average annual costs by household income

Completion
37.5%

$36,624 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Florida Memorial University apart

Academic design

Its undergraduate programs are concentrated in arts and sciences, business and aeronautical sciences, and education and social sciences.

Campus pattern

The compact 50-acre Miami Gardens campus surrounds a lake and keeps academic, residential and student facilities within a few minutes’ walk.

Career & value signal

Aeronautical-science offerings distinguish FMU from many small HBCUs and connect naturally to South Florida’s aviation economy.

Can I get in?

74.3% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

12,750

About 74 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 74.3%
Entering class

Record over scores

No score range is published for the entering class, so the transcript, the course rigor, and the required materials carry the file.

Testingnot considered
Return for a second year53.3%
Finish the degree37.5%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Florida Memorial University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Florida Memorial University weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Its undergraduate programs are concentrated in arts and sciences, business and aeronautical sciences, and education and social sciences.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Florida Memorial offers a small HBCU environment in the Miami market, with aviation and business adding a practical South Florida edge.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.

Regular Decisionrolling
Application routeInstitution application

$45 application fee

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$39,018
Average annual cost after aid$23,000
Affordability profileEmerging

In the season card

Average annual cost by household income at Florida Memorial University

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years37.5%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one53.3%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$36,624

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates21
Median earnings

Criminal Justice and Corrections

Recent graduates19
Median earnings$45,656

Biology, General

Recent graduates14
Median earnings

Air Transportation

Recent graduates13
Median earnings

Psychology, General

Recent graduates13
Median earnings$29,042

What is campus life like?

Florida Memorial University beyond the classroom

The compact 50-acre Miami Gardens campus surrounds a lake and keeps academic, residential and student facilities within a few minutes’ walk.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Its undergraduate programs are concentrated in arts and sciences, business and aeronautical sciences, and education and social sciences.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

The compact 50-acre Miami Gardens campus surrounds a lake and keeps academic, residential and student facilities within a few minutes’ walk.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Aeronautical-science offerings distinguish FMU from many small HBCUs and connect naturally to South Florida’s aviation economy.

1,183 undergraduatesSoutheastsuburban settingCampus housing available