Michigan contains 20 schools that offer interior decorating programs. Western Michigan University, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in MI, has a total student population of 24,576 and is the 1285th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 20 interior decorating schools in Michigan, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Michigan comes out as the most expensive ($36,230/yr), with Henry Ford Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,614/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Michigan 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 Michigan alone, there are 30 employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $51,240. Interior designers in this state earn $58,700/yr and there are 1,050 employed.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Michigan, the average student population is 3,208 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 6233 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,809 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,088, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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