Tamarac, FL (population: 59,442) has fifteen phlebotomy schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Health Opportunity Technical Center, the highest ranked school in this group with a phlebotomy program, has a total student population of 182. It is the 716th highest ranked school in the USA and the 27th highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Phlebotomy students from Tamarac 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 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach Metropolitan area alone, there are 3,900 employed medical assistants earning an average salary of $30,560. Registered nurses in this area earn $66,510/yr and there are 12,570 employed.
Tamarac lies in Broward county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach Metropolitan area has 715,320 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,790 average annual salary. Thus, about 18 out of every 1000 jobs in Tamarac are held by registered nurses, and 5/1000 are held by medical assistants.
Of the 15 phlebotomy schools with a 100-mile radius of Tamarac, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Dade Medical College comes out as the most expensive ($30,282/yr) for phlebotomy students, with Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center as the lowest, reported at only $774/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tamarac |
| Sunrise | FL | 89,011 | 0 | - | 0 | 4.3 miles |
| Coral Springs | FL | 125,980 | 0 | - | 0 | 4.8 miles |
| Coconut Creek | FL | 51,117 | 1 | 19.1074 | 42 | 7.4 miles |
| Fort Lauderdale | FL | 184,625 | 11 | 23.9607 | 338 | 8.5 miles |
| Pompano Beach | FL | 101,930 | 4 | 24.0374 | 34 | 8.5 miles |
| Weston | FL | 65,215 | 2 | 37.9212 | 53 | 11.1 miles |
| Deerfield Beach | FL | 75,503 | 1 | 1.86135 | 0 | 11.5 miles |
| Hollywood | FL | 142,105 | 5 | 37.6993 | 64 | 13.3 miles |
| Pembroke Pines | FL | 146,408 | 0 | - | 0 | 14.1 miles |
| Boca Raton | FL | 86,084 | 4 | 34.4533 | 150 | 15.0 miles |
| Miami Gardens | FL | 113,813 | 3 | 37.6424 | 120 | 18.0 miles |
| North Miami Beach | FL | - | 1 | 30.306 | 3 | 19.4 miles |
| Delray Beach | FL | 64,829 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.3 miles |
| Miami Lakes | FL | - | 1 | 11.3357 | 23 | 20.4 miles |
| North Miami | FL | 55,954 | 1 | 20.3506 | 19 | 21.5 miles |
| Boynton Beach | FL | 69,913 | 1 | 0.00884495 | 0 | 25.4 miles |
| Miami Beach | FL | 84,633 | 4 | 12.1922 | 6 | 28.0 miles |
| Miami | FL | 425,242 | 44 | 26.602 | 790 | 29.2 miles |
| Lake Worth | FL | - | 2 | 25.2639 | 114 | 31.4 miles |
| Wellington | FL | 56,239 | 0 | - | 0 | 31.8 miles |
| Coral Gables | FL | 43,646 | 1 | 80.2467 | 177 | 34.6 miles |
| West Palm Beach | FL | 99,706 | 6 | 33.5336 | 149 | 38.9 miles |
| Jupiter | FL | 50,075 | 0 | - | 0 | 50.8 miles |
| Homestead | FL | 62,540 | 0 | - | 0 | 52.5 miles |
| Port Saint Lucie | FL | 163,859 | 0 | - | 0 | 74.9 miles |
| Naples | FL | - | 4 | 7.38552 | 63 | 95.4 miles |
| Bonita Springs | FL | 44,290 | 0 | - | 0 | 95.4 miles |