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Furniture Design Schools in Maryland

Maryland contains four schools that offer furniture design programs. Maryland Institute College of Art, the highest-ranking furniture design school in MD, has a total student population of 2,084 and is the 220th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 4 furniture design schools in Maryland, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Maryland Institute College of Art comes out as the most expensive ($32,712/yr), with Harford Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,400/yr.

Furniture Design students from Maryland 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 Maryland alone, there are 220 employed textile, apparel, and furnishings workers earning an average yearly salary of $31,940. Commercial and industrial designers in this state earn $46,160/yr and there are 350 employed.

Also, within the furniture design schools in Maryland, the average student population is 3,835 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from furniture design, there are 2792 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,442 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $6,052, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Maryland Interesting Facts

• The United States Naval Academy was founded on October 10, 1845 at Annapolis.
• In 1830 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company built the first railroad station in Baltimore.
• During revolutionary times Rockville was known as Hungerford's Tavern the name of its most familiar landmark. One of the first calls to freedom from British rule was heard at the tavern in 1774.
• The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is considered a masterpiece and one of the finest 19th century buildings in the world. The basilica is the first cathedral in the United States. Baltimore represents the first Roman Catholic diocese.
• Fort Meade near Laurel became a base because a train engineer delivering soldiers to Meade knew only one Meade, the one in Maryland. He was not aware of Fort Meade, Florida. The confusion happened so often a second base was built in Maryland in an attempt to avoid the confusion.

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