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3900 Lomaland Dr, San Diego, California 92106-2899
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7650 Mission Valley Road, San Diego, California 92108-4423
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1923 Morena Blvd, San Diego, California 92110-3555
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1249 F St, San Diego, California 92101
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6250 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, California 92115-3919
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8555 Commerce Ave, San Diego, California 92121
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9680 Granite Ridge Dr, San Diego, California 92123
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10440 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, California 92126-2999
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7250 Mesa College Dr, San Diego, California 92111-4998
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1313 Park Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101-4787
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3890 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 100, San Diego, California 92123-4403
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Design Schools in San Diego

San Diego, CA (population: 1,309,749) has eleven design schools within its city limits. Point Loma Nazarene University, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 3,487. It is the 1451st highest ranked school in the USA and the 123rd highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about design programs in San Diego, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of design professors at Point Loma Nazarene University such as Nancy Murray, and Toni Renier.

Design students from San Diego schools who go on to become interior designers, architecture designers, designers, graphic designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990. Also, Floral designers make on average $24,940 per year and there are about 51,470 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area alone, there are 290 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $26,870. Interior designers in this area earn $47,490/yr and there are 730 employed.

San Diego lies in San Diego county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area has 1,279,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $23/hr average worker wage, and a $48,860 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in San Diego are held by interior designers, and 0/1000 are held by floral designers.

Of the 11 design schools in San Diego, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Platt College-San Diego comes out as the most expensive ($34,413/yr) for design students, with San Diego City College as the lowest, reported at only $6,682/yr.

Design Programs in San Diego


Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
The Art Institute of California-San Diego
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Fashion Careers College
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
Newschool of Architecture and Design
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Platt College-San Diego
  • Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates
Design Institute of San Diego
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
ITT Technical Institute-San Diego
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Associates
San Diego Miramar College
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Associates
San Diego Mesa College
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
San Diego City College
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
    Levels offered: Certificate
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
University of Phoenix-San Diego Campus
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors

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