Detroit, MI (population: 901,160) has eight fashion schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Michigan State University, the highest ranked school in this group with a fashion program, has a total student population of 47,071. It is the 45th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .
Fashion students from Detroit schools who go on to become fashion professionals, fashion merchandisers, marketers, fashion models, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 15,780 people working as fashion designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $74,410. 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.
Detroit lies in Wayne county, which is one of the 62 counties in Michigan. Overall, the Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn Metropolitan area has 705,820 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.4% unemployment rate, $22.55/hr average worker wage, and a $46,900 average annual salary.
Of the 8 fashion schools with a 100-mile radius of Detroit, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Michigan comes out as the most expensive ($36,230/yr) for fashion students, with Lansing Community College as the lowest, reported at only $11,506/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Detroit |
| Ferndale | MI | - | 1 | 11.6923 | 4 | 5.8 miles |
| Madison Heights | MI | - | 2 | 27.3656 | 17 | 7.3 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 7.4 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 8.4 miles |
| Royal Oak | MI | 56,742 | 1 | 28.1635 | 4 | 9.3 miles |
| Dearborn Heights | MI | 49,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.4 miles |
| Southfield | MI | 75,151 | 8 | 20.9451 | 96 | 10.7 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 13.1 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 13.5 miles |
| Sterling Heights | MI | 127,075 | 1 | 28.9156 | 3 | 14.3 miles |
| Westland | MI | 75,634 | 1 | 16.8264 | 4 | 14.9 miles |
| Farmington Hills | MI | 78,114 | 1 | 0.013626 | 0 | 16.2 miles |
| Bloomfield Township | MI | 41,179 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.3 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 17.0 miles |
| West Bloomfield Township | MI | 71,474 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.4 miles |
| Canton | MI | 94,521 | 12 | 27.6578 | 316 | 20.0 miles |
| Rochester Hills | MI | 68,883 | 1 | 23.9536 | 51 | 20.3 miles |
| Novi | MI | 54,922 | 1 | 10.8219 | 16 | 21.1 miles |
| Auburn Hills | MI | - | 2 | 5.8467 | 61 | 22.3 miles |
| Waterford | MI | 75,011 | 1 | 16.3502 | 6 | 24.4 miles |
| Ann Arbor | MI | 113,880 | 5 | 27.5859 | 183 | 33.0 miles |
| Port Huron | MI | - | 5 | 17.4204 | 129 | 53.4 miles |
| Flint | MI | 109,751 | 7 | 25.2834 | 318 | 53.5 miles |
| Sylvania | OH | - | 2 | 12.7922 | 52 | 55.5 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 55.6 miles |
| Maumee | OH | - | 2 | 16.7962 | 34 | 63.3 miles |
| East Lansing | MI | 45,575 | 2 | 19.4594 | 4 | 74.6 miles |
| Spring Arbor | MI | - | 1 | 60.8655 | 91 | 75.3 miles |
| Lansing | MI | 112,579 | 5 | 18.9833 | 209 | 77.3 miles |
| Milan | OH | - | 1 | 27.8478 | 15 | 79.1 miles |