Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations programs in Florida
38 schools in Florida teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.
What this work pays in Florida
General and Operations Managers in Florida earn a median of $101,580 a year across 236,290 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Managers, All Other | $108,890 | 37,820 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $78,870 | 2,900 |
| Personal Service Managers, All Other | $61,460 | — |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona State College Daytona Beach | Undergraduate certificate | $8,000 | not published | 36 |
| Hillsborough College Tampa | Undergraduate certificate | $17,612 | not published | 66 |
| Ana G. Mendez University Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Broward College Fort Lauderdale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 631 |
| College of Central Florida Ocala | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 87 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 58 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Florida Gateway College Lake City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 143 |
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Hillsborough College Tampa | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Indian River State College Fort Pierce | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 76 |
| Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Miami Dade College Miami | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 60 |
| Miami Dade College Miami | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| North Florida College Madison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Northwest Florida State College Niceville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Palm Beach State College Lake Worth | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 32 |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| Polk State College Winter Haven | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Saint Johns River State College Palatka | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Santa Fe College Gainesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Santa Fe College Gainesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Seminole State College of Florida Sanford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 309 |
| Seminole State College of Florida Sanford | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| South Florida State College Avon Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 27 |
| State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota Bradenton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Tallahassee State College Tallahassee | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| The College of the Florida Keys Key West | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Valencia College Orlando | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 556 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.