University Metrics

CARTA Metrics

OUR FUTURE IS NOW

We are one of  CARTA’s Community-Based Signature Facility and Community-Based Innovation Initiative

How do we meet this

uniqueness and/or exceptional accomplishments of our faculty, students, alumni, programs, initiatives, facilities, and opportunities

CARTA Mission

Through our teaching, creative activities, research, and engagement, CARTA will drive the information, innovation, and cultural economy of South Florida and beyond

CARTA Vision

By 2020, the College will be recognized nationally for our innovative teaching, learning, engagement, research, and creative activities.

Values

• Freedom of thought and expression.
• Excellence in teaching in the pursuit, generation, dissemination of knowledge and creativity.
• Respect for the dignity of the individual.
• Respect for the environment.
• Honesty, integrity, and truth.
• Diversity.
• Strategic, operational, and service excellence.

Meeting the metrics

Miami has become a model city-of-the-future as it explores innovative solutions to local challenges (cultural, environmental, social, economic, political, and technological) that have national and global impacts.

South Florida’s economic revitalization has transformed Miami into a global city recognized as one of the most important media and arts communities in the nation.

Driven by a flourishing creative economy and celebrated for its diversity, Miami is the 4th largest urban area in the nation.

CARTA By The Numbers

3,863 Majors

20% First Generation

43% Pell Grant Recipients

92% In-State

71% Full time

78% Ages 18-25

70% Hispanic

11% Black / African American

68% Female

#1 First Spanish Language Journalism Masters Program in the Nation

#2 Nationally Ranked Architecture Graduate Program in the US (Graduateprograms.com 2016 and 2017)

#9 Nationally Ranked Interior Design Graduate Program in US (Design Intelligence 2015)

$30Million in annual Revenues

Strategies

REINFORCE EXCELLENCE
BRAND IDENTITY

PERFORMANCE CRITERION

BUILD A FINANCIAL BASE

FUNDED RESEARCH

Establish a college-wide expectation of faculty aggressively seeking external funding in support of teaching, creative activities, and scholarship

CARTA Office of Faculty Success

$5M in faculty research awards over next 5-yrs. (2022)

FIU By Design

Non-licensed consulting services | $2.5M in contracts over 5-Yrs (2022)

SUSTAINABLE + DIVERSIFIED

EARNED + CONTRIBUTED REVENUES

BE INTENTIONAL.

BE BOLD.

IN ALL THAT WE DO

Preeminent Academic Initiatives

• CARTA | Miami Urban Futures Initiative (2017)