Florida contains 21 schools that offer information assurance programs. University of Miami, the highest-ranking information assurance school in FL, has a total student population of 15,629 and is the 69th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 21 information assurance schools in Florida, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Miami comes out as the most expensive ($26,758/yr), with University of South Florida as the lowest recorded at only $11,421/yr.
Information Assurance students from Florida schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are 10,420 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $32,130. Computer and information scientists, research in this state earn $86,480/yr and there are 690 employed.
Also, within the information assurance schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from information assurance, 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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