Florida contains 25 schools that offer hospitality management programs. Florida Southern College, the highest-ranking hospitality management school in FL, has a total student population of 2,426 and is the 413th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 25 hospitality management schools in Florida, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Orlando Culinary Academy comes out as the most expensive ($52,209/yr), with Lake-Sumter Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,794/yr.
Hospitality Management students from Florida schools who go on to become hospitality managers, hospitality professionals, hospitaly managers, hotel and hospitality managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 334,310 people working as hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $19,190. Also, Food preparation and serving related employees make on average $20,880 per year and there are about 11,218,260 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are 712,370 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average yearly salary of $21,000. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this state earn $19,660/yr and there are 25,400 employed.
Also, within the hospitality management schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from hospitality management, 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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