Wisconsin contains ten schools that offer furniture design programs. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the highest-ranking furniture design school in WI, has a total student population of 41,654 and is the 23rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 10 furniture design schools in Wisconsin, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Concordia University-Wisconsin comes out as the most expensive ($18,362/yr), with Gateway Technical College as the lowest recorded at only $220/yr.
Furniture Design students from Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin alone, there are 430 employed textile, apparel, and furnishings workers earning an average yearly salary of $"*". Commercial and industrial designers in this state earn $56,490/yr and there are 1,160 employed.
Also, within the furniture design schools in Wisconsin, the average student population is 3,620 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from furniture design, there are 4047 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,987 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,857, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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