Albuquerque, NM (population: 535,923) has one fashion marketing school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Santa Fe Community College has a total student population of 4,630. It is the 5695th highest ranked school in the USA and the 33rd highest in the state of New Mexico (#1 is New Mexico State University-Main Campus).
Fashion Marketing students from Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque area alone, there are 100 employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $32,320. Marketing managers in this area earn $79,650/yr and there are 160 employed.
Albuquerque lies in Bernalillo county, which is one of the 23 counties in New Mexico. Overall, the Albuquerque area has 381,870 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $19.31/hr average worker wage, and a $40,170 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.410 out of every 1000 jobs in Albuquerque are held by marketing managers, and 0.269/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Santa Fe Community College ends up costing a student $10,016/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Albuquerque |
| Albuequerque | NM | - | 1 | 4.18669 | 13 | 3.0 miles |
| Rio Rancho | NM | 85,837 | 1 | 10.6625 | 12 | 10.6 miles |
| Santa Fe | NM | 74,019 | 6 | 20.0822 | 127 | 54.1 miles |
| Grants | NM | - | 1 | 9.85236 | 40 | 69.7 miles |