www.EmploymentCrossing.com Florida schools provide the majority of vocational graduates for Florida's fastest growing occupations, according to a study by the Association of Schools of Florida and post-secondary colleges or FAPSC. Florida has more than 800 state-licensed and regulated school career and private colleges that educate more than 265,000 students each year. In 2007-2008, more than 90,000 students have graduated and received a certificate of two years, four years, master's or doctoral degree in a vocational school or college in Florida. "Most people do not realize that we are the backbone of the workforce in Florida," said Kathy Mizereck, executive director of FAPSC. "Our schools truly focus on professional and technical, career specific programs that allow students to place in jobs. "Careers in rapid growth in Florida include court reporting, information technology, health and allied health and transport, according to the Florida Agency for the innovation of the workforce. Sixty-four percent of new graduate employees working in technology and information science, and almost 55 percent of new graduate employees working in health care, are graduates of colleges professional.