Public schools

Public schools in Miami are governed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools, which is the largest school district in Florida and the fourth-largest in the United States. As of September 2008 it has a student enrollment of 385,655 and over 392 schools and centers. The district is also the largest minority public school system in the country, with 60% of its students being of Hispanic origin, 28% Black or West Indian American, 10% White (non-Hispanic) and 2% non-white of other minorities. Miami is home to some of the nation's best high schools, such as Design and Architecture High School, ranked the nation's best magnet school, MAST Academy, Coral Reef High School, ranked 20th-best public high school in the U.S., Miami Palmetto High School, and the New World School of the Arts. M-DCPS is also one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional bilingual education in Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese.

Private schools

Miami is home to several prestigious Roman Catholic, Jewish and non-denominational private schools. The Archdiocese of Miami operates the city's Catholic private schools, which include: St. Hugh Catholic School, St. Agatha Catholic School, St. Theresa School, Immaculata-Lasalle High School, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, St. Brendan High School, amongst numerous other elementary and high schools.

All-boy Catholic college preparatory schools are Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School; which are one of the top Catholic high school's in the nation.

Non-denominational private schools in Miami are Ransom Everglades, Palmer Trinity School, Gulliver Preparatory School, and Miami Country Day School. Other schools in the outlying areas include Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School, Dade Christian School, and Westminster Christian School.

Colleges and universities

    * Barry University (private)
    * Carlos Albizu University (private)
    * Florida International University (FIU) (public)
    * Florida Memorial University (private)
    * Johnson and Wales University (private)
    * Keiser University (private)
    * Manchester Business School (satellite location, UK public)
    * Miami Culinary Institute (public)
    * Miami Dade College (public)
    * Miami International University of Art & Design (private)
    * Nova Southeastern University (private)
    * St. Thomas University (private)
    * Talmudic University (private)
    * University of Miami (private)

Overall, amongst Miamians 25 years and older, 67% had a high school diploma, and 22% had a bachelors degree or higher. In 2011, Miami was ranked as the sixth most-read city in the U.S. with high book sales.

Professional training programs

Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other, related educational programs. Per scholas, for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers.