Little Rock, AR (population: 192,247) has five vocational schools within its city limits. Baptist Health Schools-Little Rock, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 1,022. It is the 1356th highest ranked school in the USA and the 14th highest in the state of Arkansas (#1 is Harding University).
Vocational students from Little Rock schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway area alone, there are 1,460 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $45,890. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $38,380/yr and there are 260 employed.
Little Rock lies in Pulaski county, which is one of the 57 counties in Arkansas. Overall, the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway area has 330,720 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $38,470 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Little Rock are held by vocational education teachers, and 4/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 5 vocational schools in Little Rock, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Little Rock Campus comes out as the most expensive ($23,843/yr) for vocational students, with University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the lowest, reported at only $13,005/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Little Rock |
| North Little Rock | AR | 59,309 | 4 | 19.2203 | 72 | 7.0 miles |
| Conway | AR | 59,823 | 7 | 21.3164 | 292 | 26.2 miles |
| Beebe | AR | - | 1 | 18.1395 | 56 | 36.1 miles |
| Malvern | AR | - | 1 | 12.3999 | 58 | 36.2 miles |
| Hot Springs | AR | - | 2 | 23.3818 | 62 | 42.8 miles |
| Russellville | AR | - | 2 | 30.335 | 112 | 58.9 miles |
| Monticello | AR | - | 2 | 23.5805 | 92 | 82.0 miles |