Washington contains eight schools that offer interior decorating programs. Washington State University, the highest-ranking interior decorating school in WA, has a total student population of 26,101 and is the 131st highest ranked school in America.
Of the 8 interior decorating schools in Washington, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Seattle comes out as the most expensive ($28,174/yr), with Bellevue College as the lowest recorded at only $4,749/yr.
Interior Decorating students from Washington 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 alone, there are 250 employed fashion designers earning an average yearly salary of $70,520. Interior designers in this state earn $53,470/yr and there are 870 employed.
Also, within the interior decorating schools in Washington, the average student population is 3,354 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from interior decorating, there are 3883 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,017 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,803, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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