Florida contains 44 schools that offer child day care programs. Nova Southeastern University, the highest-ranking child day 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 day 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 Day Care students from Florida schools who go on to become day care specialists, social workers, nannies, day care professionals, 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 day care schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from child day 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.
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