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IT Support Programs in the Tampa area
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area
Programs
17
10 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$61,050
computer user support specialists, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$1,395
of 8 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
IT Support Programs in the Tampa area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 17 programs: 10 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 7 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from Tampa
- 10 within 10 miles; nearest 2.0 miles, farthest 25.9 miles
- Listed program cost
- 8 of 17 list one: $1,395 to $13,000, middle $7,400 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 1 college lists a length: 10 months (IPEDS)
- Length on the WIOA list
- 10 listed programs give weeks: 1 to 45 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 370 IT support awards at the 10 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 10 of 17 on Florida's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 48% of exiters employed in the second quarter (7 report it); middle completion 88% (10 report it)
- Pay here
- $61,050 median for computer user support specialists ($29.35 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $40,330 to $102,810; 7,410 employed in the metro area; Florida median $58,740 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
IT support programs, nearest to Tampa first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Coach Training Center-PolkWIOA list | Tampa | WIOA list only | $7,400 | Not reported | 2.0 | |
| Erwin Technical College | Tampa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 31 | 4.3 |
| Center For Technology Training-IsWIOA list | Tampa | WIOA list only | $11,932 | Not reported | 4.7 | |
| University Of South Florida-Main Campus-UnWIOA list | Tampa | WIOA list only | $1,395 | Not reported | 5.9 | |
| Hillsborough Community CollegeWIOA list | Tampa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 119 | 6.9 |
| Learning Alliance Corporation - PolkWIOA list | Tampa | WIOA list only | $10,000 | Not reported | 7.5 | |
| Access Computer TrainingWIOA list | Lutz | WIOA list only | $5,500 | Not reported | 8.6 | |
| NET SYNERGY VIRTUAL SOLUTIONS dba LT3 ACADEMY-CSCFWIOA list | Lutz | WIOA list only | $7,000 | Not reported | 8.6 | |
| Strayer University-Florida | Tampa | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 | 8.7 |
| Computer Coach Training Center - vsWIOA list | Tampa | WIOA list only | $13,000 | Not reported | 9.5 | |
| Aparicio-Levy Technical College | Tampa | Certificate | $3,414 | 10 months | 8 | 10.5 |
| Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterWIOA list | Clearwater | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 | 15.6 |
| Pasco-Hernando State College | New Port Richey | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | 19.4 |
| St Petersburg College | St. Petersburg | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 140 | 19.5 |
| Fred K Marchman Technical College | New Port Richey | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 | 20.6 |
| Pinellas Technical College-St. PetersburgWIOA list | Saint Petersburg | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | 21.5 |
| Saint Leo University | Saint Leo | Associate | Not reported | Not reported | 4 | 25.9 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Florida: 2,364 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 244 of them IT support.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
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