Florida National University, is a for-profit college established as Florida International Institute in the city of Hialeah in Miami-Dade County in 1988. The student body is diverse, though primarily Hispanic. In January 1993, the college received initial candidacy based on the Commission on College?s first visiting report.

A second Commission on Colleges. Visiting Committee team evaluated the institution in 1995. Finally, in January 1997, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) granted Florida National College its accreditation status and was reaffirmed in January 2002. In December of 2008, the Commission accredited the institution at a more advanced degree level (II) to award.