Fredericksburg, VA has twelve interior decorating schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. George Washington University, the highest ranked school in this group with an interior decorating program, has a total student population of 25,061. It is the 52nd highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of District Of Columbia.
Interior Decorating students from Fredericksburg 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan area alone, there are ** employed fashion designers earning an average salary of $37,040. Interior designers in this area earn $63,090/yr and there are 1,550 employed.
Fredericksburg lies in Fredericksburg county, which is one of the 61 counties in Virginia. Overall, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan area has 2,300,000 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $29/hr average worker wage, and a $60,090 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Fredericksburg are held by interior designers, and **/1000 are held by fashion designers.
Of the 12 interior decorating schools with a 100-mile radius of Fredericksburg, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Washington comes out as the most expensive ($42,518/yr) for interior decorating students, with Northern Virginia Community College as the lowest, reported at only $5,953/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Fredericksburg |
| Manassas | VA | - | 2 | 19.7716 | 11 | 31.0 miles |
| Fairfax | VA | - | 1 | 38.2292 | 131 | 38.5 miles |
| Annandale | VA | 60,438 | 3 | 18.9314 | 107 | 38.9 miles |
| Alexandria | VA | 147,786 | 6 | 19.205 | 130 | 41.0 miles |
| Falls Church | VA | - | 1 | 13.4471 | 18 | 43.0 miles |
| Reston | VA | 64,064 | 1 | 5.74171 | 25 | 45.1 miles |
| McLean | VA | - | 1 | 24.682 | 8 | 46.3 miles |
| Herndon | VA | - | 1 | 2.02111 | 10 | 46.3 miles |
| Sterling | VA | 69,591 | 2 | 35.6922 | 64 | 48.9 miles |
| Capitol Heights | MD | - | 1 | 32.1418 | 6 | 49.9 miles |
| Bethesda | MD | 59,221 | 1 | 7.29955 | 10 | 50.9 miles |
| Potomac | MD | 42,836 | 0 | - | 0 | 52.2 miles |
| Takoma Park | MD | - | 1 | 13.9013 | 66 | 52.7 miles |
| Highland Springs | VA | - | 1 | 3.25189 | 0 | 52.9 miles |
| Richmond | VA | 198,179 | 22 | 25.9212 | 685 | 53.5 miles |
| North Bethesda | MD | 48,357 | 0 | - | 0 | 54.2 miles |
| Adelphi | MD | - | 1 | 12.6602 | 95 | 55.1 miles |
| Leesburg | VA | 42,666 | 2 | 20.8639 | 37 | 55.4 miles |
| Lanham | MD | - | 1 | 24.0199 | 10 | 56.1 miles |
| Rockville | MD | 63,567 | 2 | 20.9627 | 85 | 56.3 miles |
| Aspen Hill | MD | 53,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 58.2 miles |
| Charlottesville | VA | 41,429 | 2 | 17.4578 | 40 | 58.9 miles |
| Gaithersburg | MD | 59,755 | 2 | 35.5602 | 8 | 59.3 miles |
| Bowie | MD | 52,071 | 1 | 51.6519 | 53 | 59.8 miles |
| Germantown | MD | 71,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 61.6 miles |
| Olney | MD | 41,213 | 1 | 14.4703 | 35 | 62.1 miles |
| Montgomery Village | MD | 43,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 62.4 miles |
| Annapolis | MD | - | 2 | 37.2711 | 28 | 70.1 miles |
| Severn | MD | 47,939 | 0 | - | 0 | 71.3 miles |
| Winchester | VA | - | 1 | 58.7782 | 81 | 71.9 miles |