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Design Schools in Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI (population: 606,508) has five design schools within its city limits. Wisconsin Lutheran College, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 776. It is the 2070th highest ranked school in the USA and the 30th highest in the state of Wisconsin (#1 is University of Wisconsin-Madison).

Design students from Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area alone, there are 510 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $23,830. Interior designers in this area earn $45,770/yr and there are 260 employed.

Milwaukee lies in Milwaukee county, which is one of the 34 counties in Wisconsin. Overall, the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis area has 817,060 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $21.19/hr average worker wage, and a $44,080 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.317 out of every 1000 jobs in Milwaukee are held by interior designers, and 0.619/1000 are held by floral designers.

Of the 5 design schools in Milwaukee, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design comes out as the most expensive ($24,016/yr) for design students, with Milwaukee Area Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $6,574/yr.

Design Programs in Milwaukee

• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Industrial Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Graphic Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Interior Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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