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Vocational Schools in Houston

Houston, TX (population: 2,307,883) has seventeen vocational schools within its city limits. Rice University, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 5,576. It is the 28th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Texas.

Vocational students from Houston 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 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area alone, there are 18,230 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $52,340. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $60,540/yr and there are 3,120 employed.

Houston lies in Harris county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has 2,563,840 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $21.58/hr average worker wage, and a $44,880 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.216 out of every 1000 jobs in Houston are held by vocational education teachers, and 7.110/1000 are held by middle school teachers.

Of the 17 vocational schools in Houston, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc comes out as the most expensive ($59,736/yr) for vocational students, with Texas Southern University as the lowest, reported at only $7,672/yr.

Vocational Programs in Houston

Houston Community College System

• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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