Oregon contains four schools that offer interior decorating programs. University of Oregon, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in OR, has a total student population of 22,335 and is the 874th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 4 interior decorating schools in Oregon, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Portland comes out as the most expensive ($31,420/yr), with Portland Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,829/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Oregon 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 Oregon alone, there are employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $56,720. Interior designers in this state earn $46,760/yr and there are 530 employed.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Oregon, the average student population is 2,645 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 2428 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,810 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,147, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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