Arkansas contains two schools that offer interior decorating programs. Harding University, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in AR, has a total student population of 6,484 and is the 224th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 interior decorating schools in Arkansas, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Harding University comes out as the most expensive ($13,745/yr), with University of Central Arkansas as the lowest recorded at only $10,733/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Arkansas schools who go on to become interior decorators, interior designers, interior design professors, interior design coordinators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990. Also, Fashion designers make on average $74,410 per year and there are about 15,780 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Arkansas, the average student population is 2,096 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 2695 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,969 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,307, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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