Indianapolis, IN (population: 803,930) has one jewelry design school within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Ivy Tech Community College-Kokomo has a total student population of 5,088. It is the 5785th highest ranked school in the USA and the 116th highest in the state of Indiana (#1 is Indiana University-Bloomington).
Jewelry Design students from Indianapolis schools who go on to become jewelry designers, craft artists, jewelers, jewelry makers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 23,410 people working as jewelers and precious stone and metal workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $36,620.
Indianapolis lies in Marion county, which is one of the 39 counties in Indiana. Overall, the Indianapolis-Carmel area has 870,660 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.5% unemployment rate, $20.15/hr average worker wage, and a $41,900 average annual salary.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Ivy Tech Community College-Kokomo ends up costing a student $12,383/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Indianapolis |
| Greenwood | IN | 50,562 | 2 | 33.0452 | 104 | 11.3 miles |
| Carmel | IN | 71,355 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.3 miles |
| Fishers | IN | 75,408 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.6 miles |
| Noblesville | IN | 43,991 | 1 | 25.8098 | 4 | 20.4 miles |
| Anderson | IN | 57,207 | 4 | 25.3197 | 163 | 32.5 miles |
| Greencastle | IN | - | 1 | 73.3275 | 64 | 39.2 miles |
| Crawfordsville | IN | - | 1 | 65.7607 | 29 | 42.5 miles |
| Kokomo | IN | 45,373 | 3 | 27.6981 | 91 | 48.4 miles |
| Muncie | IN | 64,234 | 3 | 31.2358 | 217 | 49.7 miles |
| West Lafayette | IN | - | 1 | 78.6553 | 122 | 60.0 miles |
| Terre Haute | IN | 60,269 | 5 | 28.5376 | 204 | 68.9 miles |
| Oxford | OH | - | 1 | 41.8383 | 150 | 77.2 miles |
| Hanover | IN | - | 1 | 62.3933 | 55 | 82.1 miles |
| North Manchester | IN | - | 1 | 55.0629 | 70 | 86.8 miles |
| Middletown | OH | 51,674 | 7 | 25.6111 | 228 | 96.6 miles |
| Florence | KY | - | 8 | 23.3148 | 213 | 97.7 miles |
| Cincinnati | OH | 332,807 | 36 | 23.3732 | 744 | 98.1 miles |
| Crestview Hills | KY | - | 1 | 24.073 | 65 | 98.5 miles |