Evansville, IN (population: 115,666) has four vocational schools within its city limits. University of Evansville, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 2,840. It is the 276th highest ranked school in the USA and the 12th highest in the state of Indiana (#1 is Indiana University-Bloomington).
Vocational students from Evansville 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 Evansville-KY area alone, there are 990 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $45,230. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $57,540/yr and there are 120 employed.
Evansville lies in Vanderburgh county, which is one of the 39 counties in Indiana. Overall, the Evansville-KY area has 168,010 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.8% unemployment rate, $18.49/hr average worker wage, and a $38,450 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.686 out of every 1000 jobs in Evansville are held by vocational education teachers, and 5.883/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 4 vocational schools in Evansville, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Evansville comes out as the most expensive ($17,810/yr) for vocational students, with University of Southern Indiana as the lowest, reported at only $10,310/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Evansville |
| Oakland City | IN | - | 1 | 58.4328 | 69 | 27.0 miles |
| Vincennes | IN | - | 3 | 25.565 | 190 | 48.2 miles |
| Robinson | IL | - | 1 | 19.6738 | 33 | 71.7 miles |
| Paducah | KY | - | 3 | 24.5923 | 70 | 85.0 miles |
| Carterville | IL | - | 1 | 13.1135 | 74 | 85.3 miles |
| Bowling Green | KY | 56,941 | 5 | 29.5084 | 365 | 92.3 miles |
| New Albany | IN | - | 1 | 50.4945 | 53 | 95.7 miles |
| Clarksville | TN | 121,429 | 6 | 21.4206 | 150 | 98.8 miles |
| Louisville | KY | 556,482 | 22 | 21.6901 | 474 | 99.4 miles |