Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has five vocational schools within its city limits. William Moore College of Technology, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 179. It is the 1876th highest ranked school in the USA and the 39th highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University).
Vocational students from Memphis 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 Memphis-MS-AR area alone, there are 2,480 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $47,180. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $45,150/yr and there are 480 employed.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.790 out of every 1000 jobs in Memphis are held by vocational education teachers, and 4.088/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 5 vocational schools in Memphis, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Christian Brothers University comes out as the most expensive ($12,892/yr) for vocational students, with Southwest Tennessee Community College as the lowest, reported at only $4,338/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |