About Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College is a public college in Miami, Florida, in a large city. It enrolls roughly 46,180 undergraduates, and about 52% of them attend part time. The federal student-to-faculty ratio is about 22 to 1.
Nursing programs at Miami Dade College
The nursing offerings tracked in federal data here are the practical nursing (LPN/LVN) certificate or diploma, associate degree in nursing (ADN), and bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Recent annual completions came to about 664 associate-degree nursing graduates and about 181 bachelor’s-level nursing graduates. Offering both associate and bachelor’s pathways under one roof can make it easier to start with an ADN, earn your RN license, and move on to a BSN later; our ADN vs. BSN guide explains how to weigh the two. That is a sizeable annual graduating class for a single school.
Cost and student outcomes
Published tuition and fees are about $2,800 a year for in-state students and $9,700 for out-of-state students. The average net price (what students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships) is about $3,800 a year. About 44% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Students who finish the associate level and borrow leave with median federal loan debt of about $9,500. Federal earnings data puts median pay for those associate-level nursing graduates at roughly $71,000 one year after finishing and $88,100 four years out. These are estimates for graduates with reported earnings, not a promise. Schoolwide, about 47% of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time.
Applying and licensure
The federal data does not report an overall admission rate for this school, which is typical of open-access colleges. Admission to the nursing major or program is often a separate, competitive step with prerequisites, minimum grades, and capped enrollment. Check deadlines with the nursing department, and read our nursing school requirements guide to prepare. After graduation, the path to a license goes through the Florida Board of Nursing and the NCLEX exam. Ask the program about its accreditation (ACEN or CCNE) and state approval, and see how it stacks up against other nursing schools in Florida.
Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and can change. Confirm current details with the school.
