Tampa, FL (population: 351,091) has two religion schools within its city limits. University of South Florida, the highest ranked school in the city with a religion program, has a total student population of 40,022. It is the 138th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami). To learn more about religion programs in Tampa, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of religion professors at University of South Florida such as Darrell Fasching, Gail Harley, Mark Horowitz, Danny Jorgensen, Carlos Lopez, and Paul Schneider.
Religion students from Tampa schools who go on to become pastors, ministers, theologians, priests, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,140 people working as religious workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $33,160. Also, Community and social services employees make on average $42,750 per year and there are about 1,891,320 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area alone, there are 12,190 employed community and social services employees earning an average salary of $39,720. Religious workers in this area earn $28,280/yr and there are 50 employed.
Tampa lies in Hillsborough county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area has 1,131,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,590 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Tampa are held by religious workers, and 11/1000 are held by community and social services employees.
Of the 2 religion schools in Tampa, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The University of Tampa comes out as the most expensive ($21,464/yr) for religion students, with University of South Florida as the lowest, reported at only $11,421/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tampa |
| Brandon | FL | 91,683 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.8 miles |
| Pinellas Park | FL | 46,971 | 2 | 19.8178 | 18 | 15.7 miles |
| Saint Petersburg | FL | 243,829 | 7 | 28.1391 | 139 | 16.9 miles |
| Clearwater | FL | 104,782 | 7 | 23.3042 | 195 | 17.8 miles |
| Largo | FL | 71,859 | 6 | 16.9483 | 118 | 18.7 miles |
| New Port Richey | FL | - | 2 | 22.9424 | 46 | 24.5 miles |
| Saint Leo | FL | - | 1 | 24.1963 | 100 | 29.4 miles |
| Lakeland | FL | 95,327 | 5 | 27.1628 | 186 | 32.2 miles |
| Bradenton | FL | 54,123 | 4 | 19.43 | 124 | 33.1 miles |
| Sarasota | FL | 52,304 | 9 | 24.2015 | 68 | 43.1 miles |
| Inverness | FL | - | 1 | 21.0939 | 28 | 61.4 miles |
| North Port | FL | 58,777 | 0 | - | 0 | 65.4 miles |
| Kissimmee | FL | 64,069 | 3 | 25.1875 | 43 | 69.4 miles |
| Port Charlotte | FL | 49,392 | 1 | 23.17 | 24 | 70.8 miles |
| Orlando | FL | 235,745 | 17 | 19.078 | 377 | 77.3 miles |
| Winter Park | FL | - | 6 | 33.3306 | 155 | 82.4 miles |
| Altamonte | FL | - | 1 | 25.1553 | 10 | 83.5 miles |
| Casselberry | FL | - | 2 | 24.82 | 17 | 86.0 miles |
| Longwood | FL | - | 1 | 26.2524 | 7 | 86.4 miles |
| Ocala | FL | 57,520 | 3 | 20.3525 | 108 | 87.7 miles |
| Lake Mary | FL | - | 1 | 18.3465 | 21 | 89.8 miles |
| Sanford | FL | 51,795 | 3 | 18.4325 | 133 | 92.9 miles |
| North Fort Myers | FL | 51,280 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.8 miles |
| Cape Coral | FL | 161,428 | 1 | 26.0313 | 32 | 96.0 miles |
| Fort Myers | FL | 68,373 | 7 | 23.467 | 192 | 99.8 miles |