Tulsa, OK (population: 387,683) has two interior decorating schools within its city limits. Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus, the highest ranked school in the city with an interior decorating program, has a total student population of 1,393. It is the 1349th highest ranked school in the USA and the 21st highest in the state of Oklahoma (#1 is Oklahoma City University).
Interior Decorating students from Tulsa 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.
Tulsa lies in Osage county, which is one of the 41 counties in Oklahoma. Overall, the Tulsa area has 423,270 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.4% unemployment rate, $18.09/hr average worker wage, and a $37,620 average annual salary.
Of the 2 interior decorating schools in Tulsa, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus comes out as the most expensive ($13,182/yr) for interior decorating students, with Tulsa Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,722/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Tulsa |
| Muskogee | OK | - | 3 | 25.7157 | 61 | 40.6 miles |
| Warner | OK | - | 1 | 13.4005 | 47 | 55.9 miles |
| Stillwater | OK | 49,103 | 3 | 29.7057 | 219 | 64.2 miles |
| Coffeyville | KS | - | 1 | 20.6161 | 35 | 65.0 miles |
| Seminole | OK | - | 1 | 13.2494 | 38 | 75.5 miles |
| Ponca City | OK | - | 2 | 30.535 | 26 | 76.2 miles |
| Siloam Springs | AR | - | 1 | 66.9948 | 62 | 77.1 miles |
| Choctaw | OK | - | 1 | 23.6866 | 52 | 87.4 miles |
| Edmond | OK | 83,110 | 2 | 44.4236 | 227 | 89.3 miles |
| Arkansas City | KS | - | 1 | 16.4747 | 36 | 89.5 miles |
| Parsons | KS | - | 1 | 16.7815 | 59 | 91.3 miles |
| Midwest City | OK | 57,117 | 2 | 17.3383 | 110 | 93.6 miles |
| Winfield | KS | - | 1 | 53.8865 | 62 | 97.2 miles |