Fashion Schools In Maryland
Maryland has 3 accredited fashion schools where fashion faculty who teach fashion classes can find employment. Below are statistics and other relevant data to help analyze the state of fashion and fashion training in Maryland, which includes fashion training at the following levels:
- Fashion Certificate
- Associates degree in Fashion
- Bachelors degree in Fashion
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Professional Trends
Maryland Vs. National Fashion Employment
| Maryland | 83,850 |
| National | 4,625,040 |
Approximately 2% of the country's fashion professionals work in Maryland state.
Employment Growth for Fashion professionals In Maryland
| 98,970 | 96,780 | 92,580 | 85,050 | 83,850 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Yellow: Actual Values
In Maryland, the field of fashion is shrinking. In Maryland, 15,120 less fashion professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of fashion professionals has shrunk by 15%. This decline is faster than the change in the number of fashion professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of fashion professionals has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010.
Fashion VS. All Professions salaries in Maryland
| $43,373 | $42,948 | $45,492 | $46,040 | $42,554 |
| $47,750 | $50,212 | $51,747 | $52,671 | $54,055 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Fashion
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of fashion professionals is declining, the salaries paid to fashion professionals are decreasing in Maryland. The mean salary for fashion professionals in 2006 was $43,373 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $42,554 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion professionals in Maryland
10th percentile |
$22,584 |
25th percentile |
$29,539 |
50th percentile |
$38,840 |
75th percentile |
$50,971 |
90th percentile |
$63,102 |
Thus, there was a 2% decline in fashion professionals' salaries. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. In Maryland state, within the field of fashion, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid fashion professionals earn 98% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.
Average Salaries for Fashion professionals and related professions in Maryland
Art |
$55,046 |
Fashion |
$42,554 |
Fashion Design |
$0 |
Fashion Marketing |
$68,150 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$64,025 |
In Maryland, fashion professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Fashion programs available for each degree type for all schools in Maryland
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
2 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 4 |
As the number of fashion professionals is decreasing in Maryland state, the number of students graduating from the 3 accredited fashion schools in Maryland state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 14 fashion graduates from fashion courses in Maryland and in 2010 there were 8 graduates.
This represents a 43% decrease in the number of fashion degree or certificate school graduates in Maryland state. Most of these graduates, or 50%, earned an bachelor's degree in fashion.