Cleveland, OH (population: 424,526) has two cisco certification schools within its city limits. TechSkills-Cleveland, the highest ranked school in the city with a cisco certification program, has a total student population of 74. It is the 6313th highest ranked school in the USA and the 337th highest in the state of Ohio (#1 is Ohio State University-Main Campus).
Cisco Certification students from Cleveland schools who go on to become cisco certified professionals, cisco specialists, cisco technology specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Computer systems analysts make on average $80,430 per year and there are about 512,720 of them employed in the US today.
Cleveland lies in Cuyahoga county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area has 1,003,270 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $20.16/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, TechSkills-Cleveland comes out as the most expensive ($/yr) for cisco certification students, with Cleveland Institute of Electronics as the lowest, reported at only $/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Cleveland |
| Cleveland Heights | OH | 44,848 | 1 | 34.6777 | 3 | 6.6 miles |
| Parma | OH | 76,338 | 1 | 26.2004 | 15 | 7.4 miles |
| Warrensville Heights | OH | - | 1 | 16.9884 | 13 | 8.6 miles |
| Highland Heights | OH | - | 2 | 31.299 | 116 | 11.6 miles |
| North Olmsted | OH | - | 1 | 26.1035 | 13 | 13.4 miles |
| Strongsville | OH | 42,251 | 1 | 28.2567 | 15 | 14.1 miles |
| Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 51,250 | 1 | 27.2194 | 16 | 23.0 miles |
| Mentor | OH | 52,000 | 2 | 33.5238 | 9 | 23.2 miles |
| Elyria | OH | 54,854 | 1 | 9.2858 | 63 | 23.3 miles |
| Medina | OH | - | 2 | 28.5662 | 14 | 25.5 miles |
| Lorain | OH | 70,400 | 1 | 24.183 | 2 | 26.1 miles |
| Akron | OH | 205,375 | 10 | 16.7669 | 304 | 28.9 miles |
| Suffield | OH | - | 2 | 21.6911 | 11 | 36.0 miles |
| North Canton | OH | - | 2 | 20.0373 | 113 | 44.2 miles |
| Milan | OH | - | 1 | 27.8478 | 15 | 49.7 miles |
| Youngstown | OH | 71,023 | 5 | 24.5415 | 214 | 59.6 miles |
| Lisbon | OH | - | 1 | 6.46571 | 19 | 68.2 miles |
| New Philadelphia | OH | - | 2 | 20.6614 | 41 | 69.6 miles |
| New Wilmington | PA | - | 1 | 66.0236 | 69 | 74.2 miles |
| Meadville | PA | - | 3 | 46.4275 | 58 | 79.9 miles |
| Tiffin | OH | - | 3 | 36.5272 | 159 | 81.8 miles |
| Erie | PA | 103,895 | 10 | 28.3152 | 329 | 93.5 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 93.5 miles |
| Detroit | MI | 901,160 | 11 | 18.127 | 476 | 96.0 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 97.0 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 97.5 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 98.5 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 99.1 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 99.6 miles |