Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has one furniture design school within its city limits. Chaminade University of Honolulu has a total student population of 2,626. It is the 3686th highest ranked school in the USA and the 12th highest in the state of Hawaii (#1 is University of Hawaii at Manoa). To learn more about furniture design programs in Honolulu, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of furniture design professors at Chaminade University of Honolulu such as Debbie Lowry, Gillian Regal, and Joan Riggs.
Furniture Design students from Honolulu schools who go on to become furniture makers, craftsmen, furniture designers, furniture upholsterers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 29,170 people working as commercial and industrial designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $61,400. Also, Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers make on average $29,010 per year and there are about 14,220 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Honolulu area alone, there are 70 employed textile, apparel, and furnishings workers earning an average salary of $50,390. Commercial and industrial designers in this area earn $51,840/yr and there are 40 employed.
Honolulu lies in Honolulu county, which is one of the 4 counties in Hawaii. Overall, the Honolulu area has 430,700 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,760 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Honolulu are held by commercial and industrial designers, and 0/1000 are held by textile, apparel, and furnishings workers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Chaminade University of Honolulu ends up costing a student $17,911/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Honolulu |
| Kaneohe | HI | - | 1 | 8.23652 | 2 | 6.2 miles |
| Pearl City | HI | - | 2 | 22.3389 | 25 | 12.4 miles |