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Hospitality Management Schools in Florida

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.

Florida Interesting Facts

Greater Miami is the only metropolitan area in the United States whose borders encompass two national parks. You can hike through pristine Everglades National Park or ride on glass-bottom boats across Biscayne National Park.
Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.
The name Punta Gorda, which means, "fat point" when translated from Spanish. The moniker was given to the city because a broad part of the land in Punta Gorda juts into Charlotte Harbor. The harbor itself is somewhat unique, as it is the point where the Peace River meets the ocean.
Orlando attracts more visitors than any other amusement park destination in the United States.
New England Congregationalists who sought to bring their style of liberal arts education to the state founded Rollins College, the oldest college in Florida, in Winter Park in 1885.

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