Miami, FL (population: 425,242) has six multimedia schools within its city limits. College of Business and Technology, the highest ranked school in the city with a multimedia program, has a total student population of 50. It is the 1571st highest ranked school in the USA and the 73rd highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Multimedia students from Miami schools who go on to become multimedia designers, audio engineers, graphic designers, video engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 28,800 people working as multimedia artists and animators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,810. Also, Graphic designers make on average $47,820 per year and there are about 200,870 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall Metropolitan area alone, there are 2,330 employed graphic designers earning an average salary of $39,620. Multimedia artists and animators in this area earn $63,730/yr and there are 150 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 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Miami are held by multimedia artists and animators, and 2/1000 are held by graphic designers.
Of the 6 multimedia schools in Miami, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, AI Miami International University of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($37,252/yr) for multimedia students, with Robert Morgan Educational Center as the lowest, reported at only $2,196/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 |