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Child Care Schools in Florida

Florida contains 44 schools that offer child care programs. Nova Southeastern University, the highest-ranking child care school in FL, has a total student population of 29,153 and is the 494th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 44 child care schools in Florida, only 16 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Coral Ridge Nurses Assistant Training School Inc comes out as the most expensive ($28,644/yr), with North Florida Community College as the lowest recorded at only $1,116/yr.

Child Care students from Florida schools who go on to become child care professionals, child care workers, nannies, day care specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 595,650 people working as child care workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $20,940. Also, Child, family, and school social workers make on average $43,540 per year and there are about 277,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are 8,720 employed child, family, and school social workers earning an average yearly salary of $40,500. Child care workers in this state earn $19,660/yr and there are 34,710 employed.

Also, within the child care schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from child care, there are 7625 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,875 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,879, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Child Care Programs in Florida

Bradford-Union Area Career Technical Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Sarasota County Technical Institute

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Pinellas Technical Education Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

First Coast Technical College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Coral Ridge Nurses Assistant Training School Inc

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

Suwannee-Hamilton Technical Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Santa Fe College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Orlando Tech

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Chipola College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

South Florida Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Lee County High Tech Center Central

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Charlotte Technical Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Brevard Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Miami Dade College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Hillsborough Community College

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Indian River State College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Tom P Haney Technical Center

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Lake City Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Florida Community College at Jacksonville

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

St Petersburg College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Palm Beach Community College

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  
• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Seminole Community College

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Gulf Coast Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Central Florida Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Broward College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Tallahassee Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

North Florida Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Florida Keys Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Daytona State College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Northwest Florida State College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Saint Johns River Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Pensacola Junior College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Lake-Sumter Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Manatee Community College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Polk Community College

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Rasmussen College-Ocala

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Edison State College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Manatee Technical Institute

• Child Care and Support Services Management
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Brewster Technical Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Radford M Locklin Technical Center

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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See Also

• Child Care Information
• Salary Details for a Child Care Worker
• Online Child Care Schools
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