Tampa, FL (population: 351,091) has fourteen healthcare schools within its city limits. University of South Florida, the highest ranked school in the city with a healthcare program, 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).
Healthcare students from Tampa schools who go on to become healthcare managers, physicians, doctors, health care administrators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,520 people working as healthcare practitioners and technical workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,110. Also, Mental health counselors make on average $41,710 per year and there are about 106,920 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area alone, there are 630 employed mental health counselors earning an average salary of $36,680. Healthcare practitioners and technical workers in this area earn $60,400/yr and there are 350 employed.
Tampa lies in Hillsborough 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 Tampa are held by healthcare practitioners and technical workers, and 1/1000 are held by mental health counselors.
Of the 14 healthcare schools in Tampa, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, FastTrain of Tampa comes out as the most expensive ($24,789/yr) for healthcare students, with Hillsborough Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,784/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tampa |
| Brandon | FL | 91,683 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.8 miles |
| Pinellas Park | FL | 46,971 | 2 | 19.8178 | 18 | 15.7 miles |
| Saint Petersburg | FL | 243,829 | 7 | 28.1391 | 139 | 16.9 miles |
| Clearwater | FL | 104,782 | 7 | 23.3042 | 195 | 17.8 miles |
| Largo | FL | 71,859 | 6 | 16.9483 | 118 | 18.7 miles |
| New Port Richey | FL | - | 2 | 22.9424 | 46 | 24.5 miles |
| Saint Leo | FL | - | 1 | 24.1963 | 100 | 29.4 miles |
| Lakeland | FL | 95,327 | 5 | 27.1628 | 186 | 32.2 miles |
| Bradenton | FL | 54,123 | 4 | 19.43 | 124 | 33.1 miles |
| Sarasota | FL | 52,304 | 9 | 24.2015 | 68 | 43.1 miles |
| Inverness | FL | - | 1 | 21.0939 | 28 | 61.4 miles |
| North Port | FL | 58,777 | 0 | - | 0 | 65.4 miles |
| Kissimmee | FL | 64,069 | 3 | 25.1875 | 43 | 69.4 miles |
| Port Charlotte | FL | 49,392 | 1 | 23.17 | 24 | 70.8 miles |
| Orlando | FL | 235,745 | 17 | 19.078 | 377 | 77.3 miles |
| Winter Park | FL | - | 6 | 33.3306 | 155 | 82.4 miles |
| Altamonte | FL | - | 1 | 25.1553 | 10 | 83.5 miles |
| Casselberry | FL | - | 2 | 24.82 | 17 | 86.0 miles |
| Longwood | FL | - | 1 | 26.2524 | 7 | 86.4 miles |
| Ocala | FL | 57,520 | 3 | 20.3525 | 108 | 87.7 miles |
| Lake Mary | FL | - | 1 | 18.3465 | 21 | 89.8 miles |
| Sanford | FL | 51,795 | 3 | 18.4325 | 133 | 92.9 miles |
| North Fort Myers | FL | 51,280 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.8 miles |
| Cape Coral | FL | 161,428 | 1 | 26.0313 | 32 | 96.0 miles |
| Fort Myers | FL | 68,373 | 7 | 23.467 | 192 | 99.8 miles |