Best Disc Jockey programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment
Play prerecorded music for live audiences at venues or events such as clubs, parties, or wedding receptions. May use techniques such as mixing, cutting, or sampling to manipulate recordings.
15 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 979 people a year. The job pays a median of $16.40/hr in Florida across about — jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Florida that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Florida that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Florida (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Florida page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 50.0913In Florida → | 509 | 52.0% | 12 | $25,929 | $25,980 |
| 2 | CIP 10.0203In Florida → | 470 | 48.0% | 10 | $21,634 | $20,000 |
Top 15 schools in Florida
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 15 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Sail University Winter Park, FL Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 359 | Music Technology | $25,005 | 44% | $32,163 | — |
| 2 | Valencia College Orlando, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 230 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 48% | — | — |
| 3 | Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology Orlando, FL Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 147 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | $17,311 | — | — | — |
| 4 | St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 59 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 38% | — | — |
| 5 | Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 49 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 43% | — | — |
| 6 | Miami Dade College Miami, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 47 | Music Technology | — | 46% | — | — |
| 7 | Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 40 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 39% | — | — |
| 8 | Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 20 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 39% | — | — |
| 9 | Miami Media School Doral, FL Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 65% | $31,195 | — |
| 10 | Bethune - Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Music Technology | — | 31% | $16,818 | 88% |
| 11 | State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota Bradenton, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Music Technology | — | 38% | — | — |
| 12 | University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Music Technology | $24,405 | 69% | — | 53% |
| 13 | Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Music Technology | $21,219 | 51% | $25,813 | 57% |
| 14 | Northwest Florida State College Niceville, FL Public · 2 feeder programs | 2 | Music Technology | — | 39% | — | — |
| 15 | College of Central Florida Ocala, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Recording Arts Technology/Technician | — | 44% | — | — |
All 15 schools in Florida
Every school in Florida with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Sail University | Winter Park | Private for-profit | 359 | 1 |
| Valencia College | Orlando | Public | 230 | 2 |
| Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology | Orlando | Private for-profit | 147 | 1 |
| St Petersburg College | St. Petersburg | Public | 59 | 2 |
| Daytona State College | Daytona Beach | Public | 49 | 2 |
| Miami Dade College | Miami | Public | 47 | 2 |
| Broward College | Fort Lauderdale | Public | 40 | 2 |
| Florida SouthWestern State College | Fort Myers | Public | 20 | 2 |
| Miami Media School | Doral | Private for-profit | 8 | 1 |
| Bethune - Cookman University | Daytona Beach | Private not-for-profit | 7 | 1 |
| State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota | Bradenton | Public | 5 | 1 |
| University of North Florida | Jacksonville | Public | 3 | 1 |
| Jacksonville University | Jacksonville | Private not-for-profit | 2 | 1 |
| Northwest Florida State College | Niceville | Public | 2 | 2 |
| College of Central Florida | Ocala | Public | 1 | 1 |
What disc jockeys earn in Florida
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
BLS publishes an hourly wage only for this occupation. The work is intermittent, so no annual figure is estimated.
Metro areas in Florida, by employment
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Disc Jockeys page.
How to become a Disc Jockey
Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Florida
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 3 majors mapped to Disc Jockeys3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 10.0203Recording Arts Technology/Technician
- 15.0307Audio Engineering Technology/Technician
- 50.0913Music Technology
Common questions
Answers for people weighing disc jockeys programs in Florida.
What degree do you need to become a Disc Jockey?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Music Technology, which awarded 509 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 52.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Disc Jockey?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Music, Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 979 people a year in Florida.
How much do disc jockeys earn in Florida?+
The median is $16.40 an hour (BLS OEWS May 2025). This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for disc jockeys growing?+
BLS projects a +3.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 1,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+
15 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Short-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
Explore every U.S. college in one conversation
Clema turns plain-language questions into sourced answers across every U.S. institution — earnings, aid, acceptance, graduation, safety, and athletics from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and 10+ federal datasets, built in.
Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card