Cleveland, OH (population: 424,526) has sixteen floral design schools within a 500-mile radius of its city center. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the highest ranked school in this group with a floral design program, has a total student population of 33,819. It is the 70th highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of North Carolina (#1 is Duke University).
Floral Design students from Cleveland 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.
Cleveland lies in Cuyahoga county, which is one of the 36 counties in Ohio. Overall, the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area has 1,003,270 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $20.16/hr average worker wage, and a $41,930 average annual salary.
Of the 16 floral design schools with a 500-mile radius of Cleveland, only 7 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Cornell University comes out as the most expensive ($26,242/yr) for floral design students, with Westmoreland County Community College as the lowest, reported at only $2,481/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Cleveland |
| Cleveland Heights | OH | 44,848 | 1 | 34.6777 | 3 | 6.6 miles |
| Parma | OH | 76,338 | 1 | 26.2004 | 15 | 7.4 miles |
| Warrensville Heights | OH | - | 1 | 16.9884 | 13 | 8.6 miles |
| Highland Heights | OH | - | 2 | 31.299 | 116 | 11.6 miles |
| North Olmsted | OH | - | 1 | 26.1035 | 13 | 13.4 miles |
| Strongsville | OH | 42,251 | 1 | 28.2567 | 15 | 14.1 miles |
| Cuyahoga Falls | OH | 51,250 | 1 | 27.2194 | 16 | 23.0 miles |
| Mentor | OH | 52,000 | 2 | 33.5238 | 9 | 23.2 miles |
| Elyria | OH | 54,854 | 1 | 9.2858 | 63 | 23.3 miles |
| Medina | OH | - | 2 | 28.5662 | 14 | 25.5 miles |
| Lorain | OH | 70,400 | 1 | 24.183 | 2 | 26.1 miles |
| Akron | OH | 205,375 | 10 | 16.7669 | 304 | 28.9 miles |
| Suffield | OH | - | 2 | 21.6911 | 11 | 36.0 miles |
| North Canton | OH | - | 2 | 20.0373 | 113 | 44.2 miles |
| Milan | OH | - | 1 | 27.8478 | 15 | 49.7 miles |
| Youngstown | OH | 71,023 | 5 | 24.5415 | 214 | 59.6 miles |
| Lisbon | OH | - | 1 | 6.46571 | 19 | 68.2 miles |
| New Philadelphia | OH | - | 2 | 20.6614 | 41 | 69.6 miles |
| New Wilmington | PA | - | 1 | 66.0236 | 69 | 74.2 miles |
| Meadville | PA | - | 3 | 46.4275 | 58 | 79.9 miles |
| Tiffin | OH | - | 3 | 36.5272 | 159 | 81.8 miles |
| Erie | PA | 103,895 | 10 | 28.3152 | 329 | 93.5 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 93.5 miles |
| Detroit | MI | 901,160 | 11 | 18.127 | 476 | 96.0 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 97.0 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 97.5 miles |
| Warren | MI | 133,470 | 6 | 23.1927 | 131 | 98.5 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 99.1 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 99.6 miles |