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Design Schools in Raleigh

Raleigh, NC (population: 421,938) has four design schools within its city limits. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 33,819. It is the 70th highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).

Design students from Raleigh 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 Raleigh-Cary area alone, there are 180 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $27,800. Interior designers in this area earn $40,140/yr and there are 140 employed.

Raleigh lies in Wake county, which is one of the 64 counties in North Carolina. Overall, the Raleigh-Cary area has 499,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $20.85/hr average worker wage, and a $43,370 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.290 out of every 1000 jobs in Raleigh are held by interior designers, and 0.362/1000 are held by floral designers.

Of the 4 design schools in Raleigh, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, School of Communication Arts comes out as the most expensive ($25,171/yr) for design students, with North Carolina State University at Raleigh as the lowest, reported at only $7,978/yr.

Design Programs in Raleigh

• Environmental Design/Architecture
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, PhD
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Industrial Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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