San Leandro, CA (population: 78,904) has thirteen phlebotomy schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Institute for Business and Technology, the highest ranked school in this group with a phlebotomy program, has a total student population of 691. It is the 954th highest ranked school in the USA and the 61st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Phlebotomy students from San Leandro schools who go on to become phlebotomists. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Medical assistants make on average $29,450 per year and there are about 495,970 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area alone, there are 4,500 employed medical assistants earning an average salary of $34,380. Registered nurses in this area earn $97,280/yr and there are 17,940 employed.
San Leandro lies in Alameda county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area has 990,570 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $26/hr average worker wage, and a $54,590 average annual salary. Thus, about 18 out of every 1000 jobs in San Leandro are held by registered nurses, and 5/1000 are held by medical assistants.
Of the 13 phlebotomy schools with a 100-mile radius of San Leandro, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, CSI Career College comes out as the most expensive ($44,912/yr) for phlebotomy students, with De Anza College as the lowest, reported at only $3,899/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Leandro |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 4.9 miles |
| Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 5.6 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 6.2 miles |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 7.3 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 10.4 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 12.9 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 13.2 miles |
| San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 13.6 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.5 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 14.9 miles |
| South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 15.2 miles |
| San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 16.9 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 19.8 miles |
| Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 23.1 miles |
| Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 24.0 miles |
| Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 25.5 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 25.7 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 27.2 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 28.3 miles |
| San Jose | CA | 977,893 | 9 | 20.6572 | 297 | 32.8 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 37.8 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 41.6 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 49.3 miles |
| Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 51.5 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 58.3 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 63.2 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 63.6 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 65.6 miles |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 67.2 miles |
| Sacramento | CA | 475,452 | 20 | 22.3687 | 626 | 70.1 miles |