Colorado Springs, CO (population: 388,306) has three fashion marketing schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Johnson & Wales University-Denver, the highest ranked school in this group with a fashion marketing program, has a total student population of 1,461. It is the 3273rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 45th highest in the state of Colorado (#1 is Colorado College). To learn more about fashion marketing programs in Colorado Springs, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of fashion marketing professors at Johnson & Wales University such as Shawne Ahlenius, Mark Brand, and Jason Vallee.
Fashion Marketing students from Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs area alone, there are 80 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $27,730. Marketing managers in this area earn $113,450/yr and there are 210 employed.
Colorado Springs lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 55 counties in Colorado. Overall, the Colorado Springs area has 246,560 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,790 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Colorado Springs are held by marketing managers, and 0/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.
Of the 3 fashion marketing schools with a 100-mile radius of Colorado Springs, 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) for fashion marketing students, with Westwood College-Denver South as the lowest, reported at only $18,085/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Colorado Springs |
| Castle Rock | CO | 49,815 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.3 miles |
| Pueblo | CO | 107,496 | 2 | 15.7548 | 107 | 41.5 miles |
| Parker | CO | 47,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 45.0 miles |
| Lone Tree | CO | - | 1 | 9.20591 | 39 | 47.3 miles |
| Highlands Ranch | CO | 129,817 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.0 miles |
| Greenwood Village | CO | - | 2 | 15.5036 | 87 | 53.4 miles |
| Aurora | CO | 334,924 | 11 | 27.59 | 204 | 58.8 miles |
| Lakewood | CO | 142,294 | 13 | 20.2254 | 326 | 61.1 miles |
| Denver | CO | 609,651 | 24 | 21.7296 | 554 | 63.2 miles |
| Commerce City | CO | 46,807 | 0 | - | 0 | 70.1 miles |
| Thornton | CO | 120,487 | 4 | 21.9949 | 44 | 72.0 miles |
| Westminster | CO | 109,334 | 7 | 21.6728 | 184 | 72.2 miles |
| Boulder | CO | 95,721 | 5 | 25.2105 | 131 | 85.1 miles |
| Longmont | CO | 88,962 | 0 | - | 0 | 92.5 miles |