Texas contains 25 schools that offer interior decorating programs. Texas Christian University, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in TX, has a total student population of 8,853 and is the 142nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 25 interior decorating schools in Texas, only 17 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Dallas comes out as the most expensive ($36,482/yr), with El Paso Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,368/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Texas 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 Texas alone, there are 180 employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $58,030. Interior designers in this state earn $48,480/yr and there are 4,240 employed.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Texas, the average student population is 3,703 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 11086 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,493 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,572, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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