Gilbert, AZ (population: 243,090) has twenty-three networking schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of Phoenix-Online Campus, the highest ranked school in this group with a networking program, has a total student population of 380,232. It is the 636th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University).
Networking students from Gilbert schools who go on to become network administrators, network engineers, network specialists, network managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 338,890 people working as network and computer systems administrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $70,930. Also, Computer support specialists make on average $47,360 per year and there are about 540,560 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area alone, there are 9,410 employed computer support specialists earning an average salary of $48,580. Network and computer systems administrators in this area earn $68,730/yr and there are 4,560 employed.
Gilbert lies in Maricopa county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area has 1,763,410 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary. Thus, about 3 out of every 1000 jobs in Gilbert are held by network and computer systems administrators, and 5/1000 are held by computer support specialists.
Of the 23 networking schools with a 100-mile radius of Gilbert, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Collins College comes out as the most expensive ($43,351/yr) for networking students, with Pima Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,259/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Gilbert |
Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 6.3 miles |
Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 6.7 miles |
Tempe | AZ | 181,658 | 9 | 21.5079 | 137 | 10.7 miles |
Phoenix | AZ | 1,635,783 | 32 | 17.3678 | 810 | 23.0 miles |
Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 25.1 miles |
Scottsdale | AZ | 241,464 | 7 | 18.4016 | 124 | 25.7 miles |
Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 30.5 miles |
Glendale | AZ | 255,662 | 10 | 18.0628 | 241 | 30.7 miles |
Avondale | AZ | 89,387 | 5 | 24.8339 | 71 | 32.9 miles |
Peoria | AZ | 168,424 | 5 | 16.2489 | 161 | 37.2 miles |
Surprise | AZ | 104,876 | 0 | - | 0 | 46.9 miles |
Buckeye | AZ | 61,572 | 0 | - | 0 | 48.5 miles |
Tucson | AZ | 551,067 | 19 | 23.0062 | 495 | 93.1 miles |
Prescott Valley | AZ | 41,046 | 1 | 8.12951 | 6 | 94.2 miles |
Prescott | AZ | 44,035 | 4 | 31.39 | 279 | 95.1 miles |