Lisbon, OH has fifty-seven translation schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Carnegie Mellon University, the highest ranked school in this group with a translation program, has a total student population of 11,197. It is the 44th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).
Translation students from Lisbon schools who go on to become translators, french interpreters, german interpreters, italian interpreters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 40,000 people working as interpreters and translators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $45,700. Also, Foreign language and literature teachers make on average $63,300 per year and there are about 27,020 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area alone, there are 120 employed foreign language and literature teachers earning an average salary of $*. Interpreters and translators in this area earn $34,810/yr and there are 40 employed.
Lisbon lies in Columbiana county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area has 269,520 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.4% unemployment rate, $16.50/hr average worker wage, and a $34,330 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.140 out of every 1000 jobs in Lisbon are held by interpreters and translators, and 0.444/1000 are held by foreign language and literature teachers.
Of the 57 translation schools with a 100-mile radius of Lisbon, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Oberlin College comes out as the most expensive ($30,433/yr) for translation students, with West Virginia University as the lowest, reported at only $8,164/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Lisbon |
| Youngstown | OH | 71,023 | 5 | 24.5415 | 214 | 23.5 miles |
| New Wilmington | PA | - | 1 | 66.0236 | 69 | 33.2 miles |
| North Canton | OH | - | 2 | 20.0373 | 113 | 34.0 miles |
| Suffield | OH | - | 2 | 21.6911 | 11 | 34.9 miles |
| New Philadelphia | OH | - | 2 | 20.6614 | 41 | 40.6 miles |
| Akron | OH | 205,375 | 10 | 16.7669 | 304 | 44.7 miles |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 305,708 | 37 | 28.1829 | 1,146 | 47.3 miles |
| Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 51,250 | 1 | 27.2194 | 16 | 48.0 miles |
| Saint Clairsville | OH | - | 2 | 11.9339 | 47 | 48.5 miles |
| Wheeling | WV | - | 4 | 21.5968 | 101 | 49.0 miles |
| Warrensville Heights | OH | - | 1 | 16.9884 | 13 | 60.6 miles |
| Medina | OH | - | 2 | 28.5662 | 14 | 62.6 miles |
| Export | PA | - | 1 | 1.01296 | 0 | 64.8 miles |
| Highland Heights | OH | - | 2 | 31.299 | 116 | 65.4 miles |
| Parma | OH | 76,338 | 1 | 26.2004 | 15 | 65.5 miles |
| Cleveland Heights | OH | 44,848 | 1 | 34.6777 | 3 | 65.6 miles |
| Strongsville | OH | 42,251 | 1 | 28.2567 | 15 | 66.7 miles |
| Meadville | PA | - | 3 | 46.4275 | 58 | 68.2 miles |
| Cleveland | OH | 424,526 | 26 | 24.3561 | 858 | 68.2 miles |
| Mentor | OH | 52,000 | 2 | 33.5238 | 9 | 69.9 miles |
| North Olmsted | OH | - | 1 | 26.1035 | 13 | 74.9 miles |
| Elyria | OH | 54,854 | 1 | 9.2858 | 63 | 81.6 miles |
| Blairsville | PA | - | 1 | 33.1288 | 4 | 82.6 miles |
| Lorain | OH | 70,400 | 1 | 24.183 | 2 | 86.9 miles |
| Zanesville | OH | - | 4 | 22.0879 | 68 | 87.3 miles |
| Morgantown | WV | - | 5 | 34.7934 | 186 | 89.9 miles |
| Fairmont | WV | - | 3 | 20.9465 | 117 | 95.0 miles |