Tucson, AZ (population: 551,067) has nine floral design schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, the highest ranked school in this group with a floral design program, has a total student population of 22,273. It is the 1276th highest ranked school in the USA and the 99th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about floral design programs in Tucson, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of floral design professors at California State Polytechnic University such as Chris Aykanian, and Rasol Masomian.
Floral Design students from Tucson schools who go on to become floral designers, architecture designers, designers, fashion designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 51,470 people working as floral designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $24,940. Also, Fashion designers make on average $74,410 per year and there are about 15,780 of them employed in the US today.
Tucson lies in Pima county, which is one of the 15 counties in Arizona. Overall, the Tucson area has 362,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,870 average annual salary.
Of the 9 floral design schools with a 500-mile radius of Tucson, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona comes out as the most expensive ($10,756/yr) for floral design students, with Mt San Antonio College as the lowest, reported at only $2,897/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tucson |
| Sierra Vista | AZ | 44,234 | 0 | - | 0 | 55.0 miles |
| Casa Grande | AZ | 47,388 | 1 | 16.7022 | 3 | 68.8 miles |
| Maricopa | AZ | 53,723 | 0 | - | 0 | 90.0 miles |
| Gilbert | AZ | 243,090 | 0 | - | 0 | 93.1 miles |
| Chandler | AZ | 258,122 | 5 | 22.1433 | 88 | 95.1 miles |
| Mesa | AZ | 474,115 | 6 | 20.6791 | 210 | 97.8 miles |