Fast Facts

• The FIU Nurse Anesthetist program was inaugurated in 2001 as the first nurse anesthetist program in the State of Florida University System.
• The program transitioned in 2016 from a master’s degree to a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) – the educational standard needed to practice as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).
• We have graduated more than 400 CRNAs since the inaugural graduating class of 2003.
• The FIU Nurse Anesthetist Unit is based out of the innovative S.T.A.R Center (Simulation Teaching And Research) on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Southwest Miami.
• 110 credit program
• 45 students admitted annually

By the Numbers*

• 61%Female students
• 39%Male students
• 55%Hispanic students
• 3%Black non-Hispanic students
• 27%White non-Hispanic students
• 12%Asian/Pacific Islander students
• 3%Other ethnicities
• 97%Graduation rate
• 100%Employment rate (within 4 months of graduation)

*For the past academic year