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Fashion Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has five fashion schools within its city limits. Drexel University, the highest ranked school in the city with a fashion program, has a total student population of 22,493. It is the 108th highest ranked school in the USA and the 8th highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).

Fashion students from Philadelphia 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. In fact, in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are ** employed merchandise displayers and window trimmers earning an average salary of $32,020. Fashion designers in this area earn $48,890/yr and there are 90 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.051 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by fashion designers, and **/1000 are held by merchandise displayers and window trimmers.

Of the 5 fashion schools in Philadelphia, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Drexel University comes out as the most expensive ($31,832/yr) for fashion students, with Community College of Philadelphia as the lowest, reported at only $6,012/yr.

Fashion Programs in Philadelphia

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Fashion Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fashion/Apparel Design
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Fashion Merchandising
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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