Wichita, KS (population: 374,803) has twenty-eight fashion marketing schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. Texas Christian University, the highest ranked school in this group with a fashion marketing program, has a total student population of 8,853. It is the 142nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University). To learn more about fashion marketing programs in Wichita, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of fashion marketing professors at Texas Christian University such as Bob Akin, Julie Baker, Jim Bonfiglio, David Cravens, David Finn, and George Low.
Fashion Marketing students from Wichita 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 Wichita area alone, there are 110 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $31,080. Marketing managers in this area earn $93,150/yr and there are 220 employed.
Wichita lies in Sedgwick county, which is one of the 67 counties in Kansas. Overall, the Wichita area has 295,670 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.3% unemployment rate, $18.81/hr average worker wage, and a $39,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.752 out of every 1000 jobs in Wichita are held by marketing managers, and 0.386/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.
Of the 28 fashion marketing schools with a 500-mile radius of Wichita, only 12 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) for fashion marketing students, with El Centro College as the lowest, reported at only $5,469/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Wichita |
| North Newton | KS | - | 1 | 30.3056 | 44 | 26.4 miles |
| El Dorado | KS | - | 2 | 14.14 | 133 | 27.6 miles |
| Winfield | KS | - | 1 | 53.8865 | 62 | 36.4 miles |
| Arkansas City | KS | - | 1 | 16.4747 | 36 | 46.5 miles |
| Lindsborg | KS | - | 1 | 18.8974 | 70 | 63.8 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 69.4 miles |
| Pratt | KS | - | 1 | 19.626 | 18 | 76.6 miles |
| Salina | KS | 46,677 | 4 | 21.0387 | 91 | 79.6 miles |
| Great Bend | KS | - | 1 | 20.0068 | 110 | 90.6 miles |
| Enid | OK | 48,152 | 2 | 30.1217 | 45 | 93.2 miles |