Fashion Merchandising Schools In Florida
In Florida, there are 7 accredited schools where fashion merchandising classes faculty can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the fashion merchandising academic community in Florida, and the future trends in fashion merchandising training at the following levels:
- Associates degree in Fashion Merchandising
- Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising
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Professional Trends
Florida Vs. National Fashion Merchandising Employment
| Florida | 356,430 |
| National | 5,852,730 |
Approximately 6% of the country's fashion merchandising professionals work in Florida state.
Employment Growth for Fashion merchandising professionals In Florida
| 376,360 | 376,210 | 367,740 | 347,380 | 356,430 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Florida, the field of fashion merchandising is shrinking. In Florida, 19,930 less fashion merchandising professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of fashion merchandising professionals has shrunk by 5%. This is faster than the trend for fashion merchandising professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of fashion merchandising professionals has shrunk by 4% between 2006 and 2010.
Fashion Merchandising VS. All Professions salaries in Florida
| $52,330 | $55,395 | $57,012 | $57,518 | $58,260 |
| $43,191 | $44,171 | $45,158 | $47,627 | $48,473 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Fashion Merchandising
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Florida, as the number of fashion merchandising professionals is declining, the salaries earned by fashion merchandising professionals are increasing. In 2006 fashion merchandising professionals made a mean salary of $52,330 per year, and in 2010 they made $58,260 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion merchandising professionals in Florida
10th percentile |
$33,630 |
25th percentile |
$41,602 |
50th percentile |
$54,040 |
75th percentile |
$70,855 |
90th percentile |
$88,528 |
Thus, fashion merchandising professionals' salaries grew by 10% in 4 years. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In Florida state, within the field of fashion merchandising, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid fashion merchandising professionals earn 163% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.
Average Salaries for Fashion merchandising professionals and related professions in Florida
Advertising |
$76,095 |
Business Administration |
$89,353 |
Business Management |
$98,453 |
Fashion |
$52,266 |
Fashion Design |
$62,290 |
Fashion Marketing |
$67,025 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$58,260 |
International Business |
$88,508 |
Marketing |
$84,678 |
Small Business |
$102,280 |
Fashion merchandising professionals in Florida earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Fashion Merchandising programs available for each degree type for all schools in Florida
associate |
3 |
bachelor |
6 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 9 |
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is decreasing in Florida state, the number of students graduating from the 7 accredited fashion merchandising schools in Florida state is increasing. In Florida, there were 99 graduates in 2006. And there were 219 graduates from fashion merchandising courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 121% percent increase in the number of fashion merchandising school degree or certificate graduates in Florida. A majority of these graduates, or 67%, graduated with an bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising.