Florida International University (FIU) offers more than 200 programmes, from undergraduate to doctoral level, and has nearly 200,000 alumni. For more than forty years, it has been one of the top institutions in Florida and even in the United States, with excellent results in national and international rankings. Its Business School is AACSB accredited.

Barry University was founded in 1940. It emphasises a balanced teaching, characterised by a wide variety of Majors and Minors