Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has fifteen fashion marketing schools within a 2500-mile radius of its city center. California College of the Arts, the highest ranked school in this group with a fashion marketing program, has a total student population of 1,828. It is the 3265th highest ranked school in the USA and the 312th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Fashion Marketing students from Honolulu 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 Honolulu area alone, there are 550 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $27,590. Marketing managers in this area earn $78,480/yr and there are 490 employed.
Honolulu lies in Honolulu county, which is one of the 4 counties in Hawaii. Overall, the Honolulu area has 430,700 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,760 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Honolulu are held by marketing managers, and 1/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.
Of the 15 fashion marketing schools with a 2500-mile radius of Honolulu, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of California–Sunnyvale comes out as the most expensive ($32,611/yr) for fashion marketing students, with City College of San Francisco as the lowest, reported at only $4,129/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Honolulu |
| Kaneohe | HI | - | 1 | 8.23652 | 2 | 6.2 miles |
| Pearl City | HI | - | 2 | 22.3389 | 25 | 12.4 miles |