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1 College Hall 34th and Spruce Sts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6303
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1801 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122-6096
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3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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320 S Broad St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-4901
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School House Lane and Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144-5497
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9601 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118-2693
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1900 W Olney Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141-1199
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600 S 43rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4495
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20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1179
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1622 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-5198
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1700 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130-3991
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Design Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has eleven design schools within its city limits. University of Pennsylvania, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 24,599. It is the 5th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Pennsylvania.

Design students from Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 810 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $26,960. Interior designers in this area earn $49,710/yr and there are 1,010 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.551 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by interior designers, and 0.441/1000 are held by floral designers.

Of the 11 design schools in Philadelphia, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr) for design students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Design Programs in Philadelphia


University of Pennsylvania
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Certificate
Temple University
  • Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
    Levels offered: Masters, PhD
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
    Levels offered: Masters
Drexel University
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
  • Educational/Instructional Media Design
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Design and Applied Arts, Other
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
The University of the Arts
  • Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Industrial Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
  • Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Philadelphia University
  • Educational/Instructional Media Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Masters
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Industrial Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Chestnut Hill College
  • Educational/Instructional Media Design
    Levels offered: Masters
La Salle University
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
  • Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
    Levels offered: Masters, PhD
Moore College of Art and Design
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Fashion/Apparel Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Industrial Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
Community College of Philadelphia
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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