Florida·Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations·SOC 29-1249

Best Surgeon, All Other programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment

All surgeons not listed.

8 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,429 people a year. The job pays a median of $429,990 in Florida across about 2,260 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledNeurosurgeonBrain SurgeonCardiac SurgeonPlastic SurgeonThoracic SurgeonVascular SurgeonColorectal SurgeonSurgical Oncologist
Graduates / yr
1,429
in Florida
Median pay · Florida
$429,990
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
2,260
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
77%
across those schools
Median net price
$31,672
per year, IPEDS

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.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 51.1201In Florida
1,034
72.4%
8$33,290$23,488
2
CIP 51.1202In Florida
395
27.6%
1$33,290$23,488

Top 8 schools in Florida

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
445Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy63%$31,67273%
2University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
199Medicine84%$26,58919%
3University of South Florida
Tampa, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
181Medicine77%43%
4University of Florida
Gainesville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
175Medicine91%24%
5Florida International University
Miami, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
137Medicine74%55%
6University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
118Medicine78%40%
7Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
113Medicine86%24%
8Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL Public · 1 feeder programs
61Medicine63%66%

All 8 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.

All schools in Florida that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Nova Southeastern UniversityFort LauderdalePrivate not-for-profit4452
University of MiamiCoral GablesPrivate not-for-profit1991
University of South FloridaTampaPublic1811
University of FloridaGainesvillePublic1751
Florida International UniversityMiamiPublic1371
University of Central FloridaOrlandoPublic1181
Florida State UniversityTallahasseePublic1131
Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca RatonPublic611

What surgeons, all other earn in Florida

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Florida
$429,990
Mean annual
$391,060
Jobs in state
2,260
What the range looks like
10th pct$138,220Median$429,99090th pct$502,710
Versus the national median
+3.9%

U.S. median $414,010. Florida pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.41×

Concentrated here: Florida employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Florida

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
$500,390median
70 jobs
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
$441,180median
Port St. Lucie, FL
$419,070median
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
$425,970median
Tallahassee, FL
$322,350median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.9%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
600
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,000
25,100 → 26,000
Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree
Plus internship/residency

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 Surgeons, All Other page.

How to become a Surgeon, All Other

Typical entry education
Doctoral or professional degree
On-the-job training
Internship/residency

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 25 majors mapped to Surgeons, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 51.1201Medicine
  • 51.1202Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
  • 61.0101Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Program, General(no graduates reported)
  • 61.0199Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.0299Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.1001Neurological Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.1099Neurological Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.1701Otolaryngology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.1702Neurotology Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.1799Otolaryngology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2101Plastic Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2102Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2103Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2199Plastic Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2701General Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2702Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2703Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2704Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2706Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2707Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2708Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2799Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2801Urology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
  • 61.2899Urology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
  • 61.9999Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing surgeons, all other programs in Florida.

What degree do you need to become a Surgeon, All Other?+

Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Medicine, which awarded 1,034 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 72.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Surgeon, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Medicine. Together they graduate about 1,429 people a year in Florida.

How much do surgeons, all other earn in Florida?+

The median is $429,990 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.9% above the U.S. median of $414,010. 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 surgeons, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +3.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+

8 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 'Internship/residency' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

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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 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected 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 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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