Melbourne, FL (population: 77,650) has seventeen LPN schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Traviss Career Center, the highest ranked school in this group with a LPN program, has a total student population of 471. It is the 1197th highest ranked school in the USA and the 48th highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
LPN students from Melbourne schools who go on to become licensed practical nurses, nurses, LPNs, licensed vocational nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 728,670 people working as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $40,900. Also, Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants make on average $24,980 per year and there are about 1,438,010 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville area alone, there are 2,490 employed nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants earning an average salary of $23,360. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in this area earn $38,380/yr and there are 1,050 employed.
Melbourne lies in Brevard county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville area has 195,130 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $42,530 average annual salary. Thus, about 5 out of every 1000 jobs in Melbourne are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, and 13/1000 are held by nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.
Of the 17 LPN schools with a 100-mile radius of Melbourne, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Herzing College comes out as the most expensive ($28,998/yr) for LPN students, with Indian River State College as the lowest, reported at only $2,138/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Melbourne |
Cocoa | FL | - | 1 | 23.0121 | 75 | 20.1 miles |
Kissimmee | FL | 64,069 | 3 | 25.1875 | 43 | 48.7 miles |
Orlando | FL | 235,745 | 17 | 19.078 | 377 | 52.0 miles |
Winter Park | FL | - | 6 | 33.3306 | 155 | 54.4 miles |
Casselberry | FL | - | 2 | 24.82 | 17 | 57.4 miles |
Altamonte | FL | - | 1 | 25.1553 | 10 | 58.4 miles |
Longwood | FL | - | 1 | 26.2524 | 7 | 59.1 miles |
Port Saint Lucie | FL | 163,859 | 0 | - | 0 | 60.1 miles |
Lake Mary | FL | - | 1 | 18.3465 | 21 | 60.9 miles |
Sanford | FL | 51,795 | 3 | 18.4325 | 133 | 61.1 miles |
Deltona | FL | 84,707 | 0 | - | 0 | 65.3 miles |
Deland | FL | - | 2 | 24.7322 | 98 | 75.2 miles |
South Daytona | FL | - | 1 | 30.9321 | 7 | 76.3 miles |
Daytona Beach | FL | 63,815 | 4 | 31.0595 | 184 | 78.7 miles |
Lakeland | FL | 95,327 | 5 | 27.1628 | 186 | 80.7 miles |
Jupiter | FL | 50,075 | 0 | - | 0 | 88.7 miles |
West Palm Beach | FL | 99,706 | 6 | 33.5336 | 149 | 99.1 miles |
Saint Leo | FL | - | 1 | 24.1963 | 100 | 99.9 miles |