Fashion Merchandising Schools In Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 10 accredited fashion merchandising schools where fashion merchandising faculty who teach fashion merchandising classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in fashion merchandising in the state of Massachusetts, which encompasses fashion merchandising training at the following levels:
- Fashion Merchandising Certificate
- Associates degree in Fashion Merchandising
- Bachelors degree in Fashion Merchandising
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Massachusetts Vs. National Fashion Merchandising Employment
| Massachusetts | 146,790 |
| National | 5,852,730 |
Approximately 2% of the country's fashion merchandising professionals work in Massachusetts state.
Employment Growth for Fashion merchandising professionals In Massachusetts
| 150,050 | 153,260 | 155,080 | 145,800 | 146,790 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Massachusetts, the field of fashion merchandising is shrinking. In Massachusetts, 3,260 less fashion merchandising professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 2% decline in the field. This decline is slower than the national trend for fashion merchandising professionals which shows a 4% decrease in the number of fashion merchandising professionals working around the nation.
Fashion Merchandising VS. All Professions salaries in Massachusetts
| $56,738 | $59,758 | $62,512 | $63,910 | $64,738 |
| $49,058 | $52,712 | $53,675 | $55,178 | $56,645 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Fashion Merchandising
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is declining, the salaries paid to fashion merchandising professionals are increasing in Massachusetts. In 2006 fashion merchandising professionals made a mean salary of $56,738 per year, and in 2010 they made $64,738 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion merchandising professionals in Massachusetts
10th percentile |
$39,960 |
25th percentile |
$48,762 |
50th percentile |
$60,870 |
75th percentile |
$76,845 |
90th percentile |
$94,955 |
This represents a 12% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of fashion merchandising, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid fashion merchandising professionals earning 138% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Massachusetts state.
Average Salaries for Fashion merchandising professionals and related professions in Massachusetts
Advertising |
$88,978 |
Business Administration |
$102,900 |
Business Management |
$119,986 |
Fashion |
$55,801 |
Fashion Design |
$55,240 |
Fashion Marketing |
$83,750 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$64,738 |
International Business |
$88,468 |
Marketing |
$103,050 |
Small Business |
$119,110 |
In Massachusetts, fashion merchandising professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Fashion Merchandising programs available for each degree type for all schools in Massachusetts
associate |
6 |
bachelor |
4 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
2 |
| Total | 12 |
As the number of fashion merchandising professionals is decreasing in Massachusetts state, the number of students graduating from the 10 accredited fashion merchandising schools in Massachusetts state is increasing. In Massachusetts, there were 94 graduates in 2006. And there were 140 graduates from fashion merchandising courses in 2010.
This represents a 49% increase in the number of fashion merchandising degree or certificate school graduates in Massachusetts state. Most of these graduates, or 50%, earned an associate's degree in fashion merchandising.