Kentucky contains one school that offers furniture design programs. Sullivan College of Technology and Design has a total student population of 630 and is the 1591st highest ranked school in America.
Furniture Design students from Kentucky 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 Kentucky alone, there are 120 employed textile, apparel, and furnishings workers earning an average yearly salary of $39,740. Commercial and industrial designers in this state earn $48,450/yr and there are 240 employed.
Also, within the furniture design schools in Kentucky, the average student population is 2,555 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from furniture design, there are 2859 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,477 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,117, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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