Miami, FL (population: 425,242) has four hospitality schools within its city limits. Florida International University, the highest ranked school in the city with a hospitality program, has a total student population of 39,610. It is the 197th highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Hospitality students from Miami schools who go on to become hospitality managers, caterers, event planners, wedding planners, 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 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan area alone, there are 78,800 employed food preparation and serving related employees earning an average salary of $21,440. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in this area earn $21,780/yr and there are 2,110 employed.
Miami lies in Miami-Dade county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan area has 981,570 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 2 out of every 1000 jobs in Miami are held by hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, and 80/1000 are held by food preparation and serving related employees.
Of the 4 hospitality schools in Miami, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, City College comes out as the most expensive ($19,607/yr) for hospitality students, with Technical Career Institute as the lowest, reported at only $8,897/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Miami |
| Miami Beach | FL | 84,633 | 4 | 12.1922 | 6 | 4.8 miles |
| Coral Gables | FL | 43,646 | 1 | 80.2467 | 177 | 6.4 miles |
| North Miami | FL | 55,954 | 1 | 20.3506 | 19 | 8.7 miles |
| Miami Lakes | FL | - | 1 | 11.3357 | 23 | 10.8 miles |
| North Miami Beach | FL | - | 1 | 30.306 | 3 | 11.0 miles |
| Miami Gardens | FL | 113,813 | 3 | 37.6424 | 120 | 11.3 miles |
| Hollywood | FL | 142,105 | 5 | 37.6993 | 64 | 17.6 miles |
| Pembroke Pines | FL | 146,408 | 0 | - | 0 | 17.8 miles |
| Weston | FL | 65,215 | 2 | 37.9212 | 53 | 25.1 miles |
| Fort Lauderdale | FL | 184,625 | 11 | 23.9607 | 338 | 25.3 miles |
| Sunrise | FL | 89,011 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.2 miles |
| Homestead | FL | 62,540 | 0 | - | 0 | 26.7 miles |
| Tamarac | FL | 59,442 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.2 miles |
| Pompano Beach | FL | 101,930 | 4 | 24.0374 | 34 | 32.2 miles |
| Coral Springs | FL | 125,980 | 0 | - | 0 | 34.0 miles |
| Coconut Creek | FL | 51,117 | 1 | 19.1074 | 42 | 34.6 miles |
| Deerfield Beach | FL | 75,503 | 1 | 1.86135 | 0 | 37.1 miles |
| Boca Raton | FL | 86,084 | 4 | 34.4533 | 150 | 41.3 miles |
| Delray Beach | FL | 64,829 | 0 | - | 0 | 46.9 miles |
| Boynton Beach | FL | 69,913 | 1 | 0.00884495 | 0 | 52.5 miles |
| Lake Worth | FL | - | 2 | 25.2639 | 114 | 58.6 miles |
| Wellington | FL | 56,239 | 0 | - | 0 | 60.9 miles |
| West Palm Beach | FL | 99,706 | 6 | 33.5336 | 149 | 67.3 miles |
| Jupiter | FL | 50,075 | 0 | - | 0 | 79.1 miles |