FIU room + meal plan runs about $9K / year. add tuition + fees and you are talking at least $28,000 per year. that does not count travel and personal expenses. is this affordable for you?
You might also want to check out University of South Florida. it’s 15 miles from Tampa International airport.
costs are $17,300 tuition/fees + $9400 housing/meals = $27,000 per year (not including books, travel, personal expenses)
http://www.usf.edu/financial-aid/cost-of-attendance/1617-coa-students-not-living-with-parents.aspx
it’s got a bigger campus at 1500 acres vs 350 for FIU. also USF is ranked #156 for National Universities on US News & World Report.
there is also University of West Florida which costs about $28K per year total.
keep in mind that although FIU undergrad enrollment is huge with 40K students, it is a really big commuter school and so only about 3200 live in on-campus housing. i don’t know if that means you will have trouble finding available on-campus housing.