Texas contains seventeen schools that offer fashion design programs. Texas Christian University, the highest-ranking fashion design school in TX, has a total student population of 8,853 and is the 142nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 17 fashion design schools in Texas, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Dallas comes out as the most expensive ($36,482/yr), with El Paso Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,368/yr.
Fashion Design students from Texas 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 Texas alone, there are 120 employed designers earning an average yearly salary of $38,650. Fashion designers in this state earn $58,030/yr and there are 180 employed.
Also, within the fashion design schools in Texas, the average student population is 3,703 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from fashion design, there are 11086 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,493 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,572, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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