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Florence, Alabama has 4 accredited schools offering mobile app development programs, with tuition ranging from $3,420 to $40,025 per year for indexed programs. Florence has a population of about 42,716. In the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area, the top-earning mobile app development-related role is Software Developer at a median $116,260 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer mobile app development programs near Florence, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Florence city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Florence. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Alabama schools on the Alabama mobile app development page.
Florence is part of the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area (BLS area code 22520). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Alabama statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | $116,260 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | $137,099 |
| Web Developer | N/A | AL statewide | – |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester | $101,500 | AL statewide | $119,693 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designer | $51,860 | AL statewide | $61,156 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 84.8 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 4 accredited schools offering mobile app development programs near Florence. The closest is Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, MS (52.2 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Union University (89.2 miles). 4 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying mobile app development-related roles near Florence are: Software Developer ($116,260), Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester ($101,500), Web and Digital Interface Designer ($51,860). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Alabama statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Athens, AL is 40.6 miles from Florence and has its own set of local mobile app development programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Florence:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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