Florida contains 21 schools that offer interior decorating programs. Florida International University, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in FL, has a total student population of 39,610 and is the 197th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 21 interior decorating schools in Florida, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, AI Miami International University of Art and Design comes out as the most expensive ($37,252/yr), with Washington-Holmes Technical Center as the lowest recorded at only $875/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Florida 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. In fact, in the Florida alone, there are 380 employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $51,840. Interior designers in this state earn $49,220/yr and there are 3,270 employed.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Florida, the average student population is 3,322 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 7625 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,875 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,879, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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