Miami, FL (population: 425,242) has eight law and criminal justice schools within its city limits. Florida International University, the highest ranked school in the city with a law and criminal justice 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). To learn more about law and criminal justice programs in Miami, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of law and criminal justice professors at Florida International University such as Lillian Aponte, Thomas Baker, Megan Fairlie, Elizabeth Foley, Angelique Fridman, and Jose Gabilondo.
Law and Criminal Justice students from Miami schools who go on to become law and criminal justice professionals, corrections officers, jailers, court reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 556,790 people working as lawyers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $129,020. Also, Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators make on average $63,250 per year and there are about 8,110 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan area alone, there are 100 employed arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earning an average salary of $40,080. Lawyers in this area earn $124,600/yr and there are 7,650 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 8 out of every 1000 jobs in Miami are held by lawyers, and 0/1000 are held by arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators.
Of the 8 law and criminal justice schools in Miami, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Everest Institute-Kendall comes out as the most expensive ($38,735/yr) for law and criminal justice students, with Florida International University as the lowest, reported at only $13,300/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 |