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2 Academics The College of Law is currently 100th in the U.S News & World Report's law school rankings having risen steadily from 132nd when first ranked in 2010 the FIU College of Law was ranked among the Top 10 Best Value schools by the National Jurist the Best Value rating was based on three criteria: bar passage rate average indebtedness after graduation and employment nine months after graduation the FIU College of Law was also ranked 3rd amongst Florida schools for the scholarly impact of its faculty behind University of Florida and Florida State University According to the Leiter Rankings the College of Law has already made a scholarly impact that dramatically outpaces its academic reputation. Tropical hardwood hammock Greater Miami is split into two separate television/radio markets: the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market serves Miami-Dade Broward and the Florida Keys the West Palm Beach market serves Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast region; Agriculture is the second largest industry in the state Citrus fruit especially oranges are a major part of the economy and Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States in 2006 67% of all citrus 74% of oranges 58% of tangerines and 54% of grapefruit were grown in Florida About 95% of commercial orange production in the state is destined for processing (mostly as orange juice the official state beverage), President Harry Truman dedicating Everglades National Park on December 6 1947, Miami Modern Architecture or MiMo a style that originated in Miami in the 1950s as seen in the Bacardi Building in Midtown built in 1963 and dedicated as a historic site in 2009.

. Gregory Baker Wolfe a former United States diplomat and then-president of Portland State University became FIU's third president from 1979 to 1986 After stepping down as president Wolfe taught in the university's international relations department the student union on the Biscayne Bay Campus is named in his honor; There is an increasing amount of demand for business people with an education in international business a survey conducted by Thomas Patrick from University of Notre Dame concluded that bachelor's degree and master's degree holders felt that the training received through education were very practical in the working environment Increasingly companies are sourcing their human resource requirement globally for example at Sony Corporation only fifty percent of its employees are Japanese Business people with an education in international business also had a significantly higher chance of being sent abroad to work under the international operations of a firm, Greater Downtown Miami has one of the largest concentrations of international banks in the United States and is home to many large national and international companies the Health District is a major center for hospitals clinics and the biotechnology and medical research industries PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world in both passenger traffic and cruise lines and refers to itself as the "Cruise Capital of the World" Miami is also a major tourism hub for international visitors ranking second in the country after New York City. . 3.3.1 Downtown Miami Center, 1990s Transportation Active students: 345,545, Freedom Tower The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145.3 billion the economy of Florida is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas in 2004 they had a combined total of 95.7% of the state's domestic product.