<p>I don’t doubt that there is going to be a significant difference in salaries, not because of the school that they went to, but because the NYU graduates will work in NYC while the USC graduates will work in SoCal, both of which are much more expensive than anywhere in Florida. I am not sure whether the difference in salary is as great as you indicated but there likely will be a difference in salary but it will be mitigated by the cost of living increases in those cities.</p>
<p>The whole point of this is to say that you should go to the grad school in the state in which you want to practice because they can gear their coursework towards allowing you to sit for the CPA exam in their state.</p>