Best Title Examiner programs in Florida, ranked by enrollment
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26 schools in Florida run programs that feed this job, graduating 633 people a year. The job pays a median of $58,450 in Florida across about 4,800 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.
1 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 22.0302In Florida → | 633 | 100.0% | 26 | $37,542 | $25,166 |
Top 25 schools in Florida
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 26 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 79 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $37,559 | 61% | $35,483 | 97% |
| 2 | Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 72 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $39,824 | 57% | — | 63% |
| 3 | Hillsborough College Tampa, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 72 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $39,517 | 34% | — | — |
| 4 | St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $43,499 | 38% | — | — |
| 5 | Valencia College Orlando, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 49 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $32,210 | 48% | — | — |
| 6 | Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 39 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $46,622 | 41% | — | — |
| 7 | Ana G. Mendez University Orlando, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Miami Dade College Miami, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $40,782 | 46% | — | — |
| 9 | Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 29 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 39% | — | — |
| 10 | University of West Florida Pensacola, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 28 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $36,524 | 59% | — | 58% |
| 11 | Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 27 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 37% | — | — |
| 12 | Broward College Fort Lauderdale, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 22 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 39% | — | — |
| 13 | Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 17 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $44,783 | 41% | — | — |
| 14 | Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 45% | — | — |
| 15 | Tallahassee State College Tallahassee, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 38% | — | — |
| 16 | Santa Fe College Gainesville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 12 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 53% | — | — |
| 17 | State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota Bradenton, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 9 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 38% | — | — |
| 18 | Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 8 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 43% | — | — |
| 19 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 6 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 63% | $31,672 | 73% |
| 20 | Pensacola State College Pensacola, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 36% | — | — |
| 21 | Rasmussen University - Florida Ocala, FL Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | $34,421 | 42% | $20,261 | — |
| 22 | Pasco - Hernando State College New Port Richey, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 41% | — | — |
| 23 | Eastern Florida State College Melbourne, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 52% | — | — |
| 24 | Herzing University - Orlando Winter Park, FL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 37% | $20,697 | 94% |
| 25 | Northwest Florida State College Niceville, FL Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Legal Assistant/Paralegal | — | 39% | — | — |
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | Private not-for-profit | 79 | 1 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Myers | Public | 72 | 1 |
| Hillsborough College | Tampa | Public | 72 | 1 |
| St Petersburg College | St. Petersburg | Public | 49 | 1 |
| Valencia College | Orlando | Public | 49 | 1 |
| Palm Beach State College | Lake Worth | Public | 39 | 1 |
| Ana G. Mendez University | Orlando | Private not-for-profit | 38 | 1 |
| Miami Dade College | Miami | Public | 32 | 1 |
| Florida SouthWestern State College | Fort Myers | Public | 29 | 1 |
| University of West Florida | Pensacola | Public | 28 | 1 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Public | 27 | 1 |
| Broward College | Fort Lauderdale | Public | 22 | 1 |
| Seminole State College of Florida | Sanford | Public | 17 | 1 |
| Indian River State College | Fort Pierce | Public | 13 | 1 |
| Tallahassee State College | Tallahassee | Public | 13 | 1 |
What title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Florida
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $58,650. Florida pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Florida employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
Metro areas in Florida
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 Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers page.
How to become a Title Examiner
Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-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.
Top skills
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 1 majors mapped to Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 22.0302Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Common questions
Answers for people weighing title examiners, abstractors, and searchers programs in Florida.
What degree do you need to become a Title Examiner?+
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 Legal Assistant/Paralegal, which awarded 633 degrees in Florida in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Title Examiner?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Legal Support Services. Together they graduate about 633 people a year in Florida.
How much do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Florida?+
The median is $58,450 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.3% below the U.S. median of $58,650. 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 title examiners, abstractors, and searchers growing?+
BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 5,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Florida?+
26 institutions in Florida reported graduates from at least one of the 1 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.
What other job titles do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Abstractor, Title Officer, Title Examiner, Title Searcher among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 23-2093.
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
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