Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has three fashion marketing schools within its city limits. University of Arizona, the highest ranked school in the city with a fashion marketing program, has a total student population of 38,767. It is the 834th highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Arizona (#1 is Northern Arizona University). To learn more about fashion marketing programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of fashion marketing professors at University of Arizona such as Jan Hardesty, Allison Heim, Yong Liu, Sherry Lotz, Kim Nelson, and Matt O'Brien.
Fashion Marketing students from Tucson schools who go on to become fashion marketers, fashion merchandisers, marketers, fashion models, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 169,330 people working as marketing managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $120,070. Also, Merchandise displayers and window trimmers make on average $28,480 per year and there are about 61,280 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tucson area alone, there are 170 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $24,360. Marketing managers in this area earn $76,930/yr and there are 370 employed.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Tucson are held by marketing managers, and 0/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.
Of the 3 fashion marketing schools in Tucson, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Tucson comes out as the most expensive ($25,117/yr) for fashion marketing students, with Pima Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,259/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |