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Florida International University has once again secured its place as the top university in Florida in The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings , marking the second consecutive year FIU has led the state.

Nationally, FIU is ranked No. 54 (up from No. 77 last year) and No. 22 among public universities.

The Wall Street Journal rankings focus on how well colleges prepare students for financial success, rewarding “the boost an institution provides to its graduates’ salaries.” The rankings weigh student outcomes and learning environment in the calculations. The methodology places particular emphasis on how well institutions improve the trajectories of their students’ lives – including graduation rates and the

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