Colorado contains three schools that offer fashion design programs. Johnson & Wales University-Denver, the highest-ranking fashion design school in CO, has a total student population of 1,461 and is the 3273rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 fashion design schools in Colorado, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Johnson & Wales University-Denver comes out as the most expensive ($23,765/yr), with Westwood College-Denver South as the lowest recorded at only $18,085/yr.
Fashion Design students from Colorado schools who go on to become fashion designers, fashion merchandisers, fashion models, fashion marketers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 15,780 people working as fashion designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $74,410. Also, Designers make on average $50,420 per year and there are about 10,510 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Colorado alone, there are 90 employed designers earning an average yearly salary of $31,730. Fashion designers in this state earn $67,930/yr and there are 110 employed.
Also, within the fashion design schools in Colorado, the average student population is 3,182 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from fashion design, there are 2501 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,103 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,337, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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