Barry University is a leading comprehensive university with its main campus located in Miami Shores, Florida, USA. The University attracts a diverse student body, including traditional and non-traditional students from a variety of geographic, ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds.

Barry University has the following Schools and Colleges: Frank J. Rooney School of Adult and Continuing Education; College of Arts and Sciences; D. Inez Andreas School of Business; Adrian Dominican School of Education; College of Health Sciences; School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences; Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law; School of Podiatric Medicine; Ellen Whiteside McDonnell School of Social Work.
The University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs such as Accounting (BSBA), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Post Master's Certificate), Administration (BS), Anatomy (MS), Art (BFA) Graphic Design, Biology (BS), Biomedical Sciences (MS), Broadcast Communication (BA), Business (BS), Chemistry (BS), and more.

Barry University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Barry University School of Law is approved by the Veteran's Administration. The Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (ABA) has granted full accreditation to Barry University School of Law.

Achievements and Rankings:

- Barry University is listed as a tier 2 national university by US News & World Report Best Colleges (2011 edition).

- In 2008, 92 percent of the graduates from Barry’s biomedical sciences program were accepted to medical and dental schools.

- Barry University has been named “Best Private University or College,” according to South Florida CEO magazine. The ranking is part of a South Florida “Best in Business” list compiled for the magazine’s Jan. 2007 issue from an online reader survey.

- The Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida found that Barry University graduates are the 2nd-highest salary earners among the states’ 28 private, not-for-profit educational institutions, finding work at national companies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft, UPS, Ernst & Young, IBM Latin American and Univision.

- Barry University's Financial Management Association chapter has earned the Silver National Honor Society Membership Development Award for the 2007 - 2008 academic year.

- The Andreas School of Business was named an outstanding school of business in Princeton Review's “Best 282 Business Schools”. It was ranked 4th in business schools that provide the “greatest opportunity for minority students”.

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