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Interior Decorating Schools in Illinois

Illinois contains sixteen schools that offer interior decorating programs. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in IL, has a total student population of 3,164 and is the 2409th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 16 interior decorating schools in Illinois, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, School of the Art Institute of Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($38,965/yr), with Triton College as the lowest recorded at only $2,479/yr.

Interior Decorating students from Illinois 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 Illinois alone, there are employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $48,200. Interior designers in this state earn $50,660/yr and there are 2,090 employed.

Also, within the interior decorating schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Illinois Interesting Facts

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• The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
• The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885.
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• The first Mormon Temple in Illinois was constructed in Nauvoo.

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