Largo, FL (population: 71,859) has one audio school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of South Florida has a total student population of 40,022. It is the 138th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Audio students from Largo schools who go on to become audio professionals, audio production engineers, audio engineers, audio recording professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,070 people working as audio and video equipment technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $42,450. Also, Sound engineering technicians make on average $53,940 per year and there are about 15,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area alone, there are 80 employed sound engineering technicians earning an average salary of $46,950. Audio and video equipment technicians in this area earn $39,290/yr and there are 350 employed.
Largo lies in Pinellas county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area has 1,131,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,590 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Largo are held by audio and video equipment technicians, and 0/1000 are held by sound engineering technicians.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of South Florida ends up costing a student $11,421/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Largo |
Clearwater | FL | 104,782 | 7 | 23.3042 | 195 | 4.9 miles |
Pinellas Park | FL | 46,971 | 2 | 19.8178 | 18 | 5.5 miles |
Saint Petersburg | FL | 243,829 | 7 | 28.1391 | 139 | 13.5 miles |
Tampa | FL | 351,091 | 21 | 26.1721 | 513 | 18.7 miles |
New Port Richey | FL | - | 2 | 22.9424 | 46 | 23.4 miles |
Brandon | FL | 91,683 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.0 miles |
Bradenton | FL | 54,123 | 4 | 19.43 | 124 | 31.5 miles |
Sarasota | FL | 52,304 | 9 | 24.2015 | 68 | 41.9 miles |
Saint Leo | FL | - | 1 | 24.1963 | 100 | 43.4 miles |
Lakeland | FL | 95,327 | 5 | 27.1628 | 186 | 50.9 miles |
Inverness | FL | - | 1 | 21.0939 | 28 | 69.6 miles |
North Port | FL | 58,777 | 0 | - | 0 | 69.6 miles |
Port Charlotte | FL | 49,392 | 1 | 23.17 | 24 | 75.8 miles |
Kissimmee | FL | 64,069 | 3 | 25.1875 | 43 | 87.8 miles |
Orlando | FL | 235,745 | 17 | 19.078 | 377 | 95.1 miles |
Ocala | FL | 57,520 | 3 | 20.3525 | 108 | 96.9 miles |
North Fort Myers | FL | 51,280 | 0 | - | 0 | 99.4 miles |
Winter Park | FL | - | 6 | 33.3306 | 155 | 99.9 miles |