Memphis, TN (population: 662,989) has two design schools within its city limits. Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 787. It is the 3634th highest ranked school in the USA and the 102nd highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University).
Design students from Memphis 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 Memphis-MS-AR area alone, there are 150 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $21,900. Interior designers in this area earn $42,700/yr and there are 100 employed.
Memphis lies in Shelby county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Memphis-MS-AR area has 605,630 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $18.93/hr average worker wage, and a $39,380 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.169 out of every 1000 jobs in Memphis are held by interior designers, and 0.241/1000 are held by floral designers.
Of the 2 design schools in Memphis, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Memphis College of Art comes out as the most expensive ($19,962/yr) for design students, with Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis as the lowest, reported at only $10,620/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Memphis |
| Southaven | MS | 47,625 | 1 | 27.9087 | 11 | 9.7 miles |
| Bartlett | TN | 47,744 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.3 miles |
| Senatobia | MS | - | 1 | 17.4796 | 114 | 34.1 miles |
| Jonesboro | AR | 66,734 | 1 | 24.4204 | 8 | 62.3 miles |
| State University | AR | - | 1 | 57.8251 | 135 | 63.1 miles |