Fashion Design Schools

As a professor or instructor of fashion design classes at one of the 198 accredited fashion design schools in the country, you play a central role in shaping the future of this growing field. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the fashion design academic community and the future trends. Academia in fashion design includes fashion design training at the following levels:

Fashion Design Certificate
Associates degree in Fashion Design
Bachelors degree in Fashion Design
Masters degree in Fashion Design
PhD degree in Fashion Design

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Fashion design professionals

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
15,670	16,460	16,920	15,780	15,060

Dark Yellow: Actual Values

There were 15,060 fashion design professionals working in the US in 2010. Over the course of the past 4 years, this number has shrunk by 4%.

And the growth for all careers between the years 2006 and 2010 was 1%. This trend is expected to slow down over the next 7 years.

National Salary percentiles for Fashion design professionals

10th percentile	$32,500
25th percentile	$44,150
50th percentile	$64,530
75th percentile	$90,590
90th percentile	$130,890

Fashion design professionals in the US earned a median salary of $64,530 per year in 2010. The median yearly salary for fashion design professionals in the US was 9% more than that for all professions, which was $68,155 per year.

National Median Salary Growth For Fashion Design

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$62,610	$62,810	$61,160	$64,260	$64,530

Light Blue: Salaries

Between the years 2006 and 2010, salaries for fashion design professionals have grown by 3%.

Educational Trends

National Fashion Design Student enrollment growth by degree

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
2,131	2,189	2,127	2,101	1,779
3,844	4,217	4,418	4,635	4,642
11	20	17	14	8
109	138	132	156	202
444	352	377	446	345

Yellow: Associate's Degree in Fashion Design
Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design
Red: Doctorates Degree in Fashion Design
Light blue: Master's Degree in Fashion Design
Grey: Certificate in Fashion Design

The career outlook for fashion design professionals is showing a rapid change. However, on the educational front, the story is quite different. In the US, 6,539 students graduated from fashion design degree programs in 2006. And in 2010, 6,976 students graduated from fashion design schools.

This represents a 7% change in the number of graduates. The growth nationally for students graduating from institutions of higher learning in general has been 12% from 2006 to 2010. Thus, the growth in the number of students graduating from fashion design courses is less than the change in the number of students graduating in all disciplines in the US.

Fashion Design Programs offered Nationwide

associate	69
bachelor	117
master	20
doctor	4
Certificate	58
Total	268

While student graduation numbers are up, the number of schools offering fashion design programs has decreased. There were 108 fashion design schools across the country in 2006. And there were 198 schools in 2010.

Fashion Design Faculty Salaries

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