Illinois contains thirteen schools that offer fashion marketing programs. Dominican University, the highest-ranking fashion marketing school in IL, has a total student population of 3,909 and is the 263rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 13 fashion marketing schools in Illinois, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, School of the Art Institute of Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($38,965/yr), with Joliet Junior College as the lowest recorded at only $4,130/yr.
Fashion Marketing students from Illinois 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 Illinois alone, there are 1,920 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average yearly salary of $28,340. Marketing managers in this state earn $116,710/yr and there are 9,500 employed.
Also, within the fashion marketing schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from fashion marketing, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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