<p>My husband and I are moving to Florida. We are young, he was in the military, and we have family in the Sarasota area and a couple of friends in Fort Myers.</p>
<p>We both have vehicles.</p>
<p>I am transferring from a community college with ~40 credits. He has no postsecondary education (chose to serve in the military). </p>
<p>When he initially was looking at colleges he fell in love with USF -- he went there and it just "felt right." </p>
<p>I am looking to major in Clinical Lab Science/Technology and he is thinking about Athletic Training / maybe Physical Therapy down the road. We will both be working at least part-time while going to school and would MUCH prefer to commute. </p>
<p>Given all of that (sorry for ALL the info!!!), which school would you recommend we attend? Which area do you think would be better for us in terms of finding jobs, living expenses, etc? (We are originally from New England.)</p>
<p>You and your husband could probably find programs at either school to meet your needs. If you have friends or family you plan to live with, pick the nearer school for commute. USF does have an independently accredited branch campus in Sarasota too. Commuting from Sarasota to Tampa campus would be a backbreaker daily drive. USF’s main Tampa campus is more established than FGCU, and USF Health offers a lot to USF students studying medical related majors at USF. </p>
<p>One thing to phone USF admissions about would be to determine how much of your cc course work is transferable to USF, especially if your previous studies were in a more technology oriented program. As far as expenses, both schools and towns (Tampa and Ft. Myers) would be similar. Tampa’s job prospects now might be a little better than Ft. Myers’ economy that was so centered on home construction and tourism which are both down now.</p>
<p>Good luck, and thanks for your husband’s military service</p>
<p>Some of my friends who did the athletic training program kind of regret doing it now. It is a limited access program which allows only a handful of students in. After all the hard work they say it is difficult finding good jobs and you might end up only getting part-time work like Fri. night football games at high schools. Apparently Florida high schools aren’t required to have certified athletic trainers on staff and with schools’ budget cutting, athletic trainers aren’t getting decent jobs with decent pay. My friends now wish they’d studied something else. Maybe though the problem is just the general off job market.</p>