Cedar Park, TX (population: 72,258) has nine sports schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The University of Texas at Austin, the highest ranked school in this group with a sports program, has a total student population of 50,995. It is the 18th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Sports students from Cedar Park schools who go on to become professional athletes, athletes, coaches, sports professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,620 people working as athletes and sports competitors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $80,950. Also, Umpires, referees, and other sports officials make on average $28,490 per year and there are about 14,860 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Austin-Round Rock area alone, there are ** employed umpires, referees, and other sports officials earning an average salary of $33,820. Athletes and sports competitors in this area earn $79,650/yr and there are 120 employed.
Cedar Park lies in Travis county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Austin-Round Rock area has 769,370 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.3% unemployment rate, $21.72/hr average worker wage, and a $45,180 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.155 out of every 1000 jobs in Cedar Park are held by athletes and sports competitors, and **/1000 are held by umpires, referees, and other sports officials.
Of the 9 sports schools with a 100-mile radius of Cedar Park, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Baylor University comes out as the most expensive ($26,444/yr) for sports students, with Central Texas Beauty College as the lowest, reported at only $6,780/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Cedar Park |
Georgetown | TX | 55,998 | 3 | 24.3873 | 208 | 12.8 miles |
Pflugerville | TX | 43,849 | 1 | 21.9644 | 4 | 13.4 miles |
Austin | TX | 792,778 | 27 | 18.4164 | 459 | 14.6 miles |
Killeen | TX | 125,411 | 1 | 16.1488 | 105 | 41.3 miles |
Seguin | TX | - | 2 | 43.9208 | 52 | 65.6 miles |
San Antonio | TX | 1,402,013 | 34 | 23.3851 | 958 | 83.3 miles |
Kerrville | TX | - | 2 | 41.881 | 56 | 84.6 miles |
Bryan | TX | 73,832 | 2 | 27.1681 | 5 | 87.6 miles |
College Station | TX | 90,406 | 1 | 0.218495 | 0 | 90.8 miles |