Fashion Schools In New York
New York has 14 accredited fashion schools where fashion faculty who teach fashion classes can find employment. The trends in New York's fashion academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in fashion includes fashion training at the following levels:
- Associates degree in Fashion
- Bachelors degree in Fashion
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
New York Vs. National Fashion Employment
| New York | 318,780 |
| National | 4,625,040 |
Of all of the fashion professionals that work in the US, approximately 7% work in New York state.
Employment Growth for Fashion professionals In New York
| 326,370 | 328,520 | 330,970 | 310,550 | 318,780 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Fashion is a shrinking field in New York. In New York, 7,590 less fashion professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 2% decline in the field. This is slower than the trend for fashion professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of fashion professionals has shrunk by 6% between 2006 and 2010.
Fashion VS. All Professions salaries in New York
| $60,405 | $60,191 | $62,072 | $59,129 | $59,867 |
| $47,100 | $51,120 | $53,567 | $54,837 | $56,461 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Fashion
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In New York, as the number of fashion professionals is declining, the salaries earned by fashion professionals are decreasing. Fashion professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $60,405 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $59,867 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Fashion professionals in New York
10th percentile |
$29,093 |
25th percentile |
$38,697 |
50th percentile |
$53,576 |
75th percentile |
$58,934 |
90th percentile |
$64,827 |
This represents a 1% decline in salaries. State trends for all professions are quite different from this decline. Within the field of fashion, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid fashion professionals earning 143% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in New York state.
Average Salaries for Fashion professionals and related professions in New York
Art |
$70,104 |
Fashion |
$59,867 |
Fashion Design |
$81,990 |
Fashion Marketing |
$95,855 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$65,222 |
In New York, fashion professionals earn, on average, less than professionals in related fields.
Educational Trends
Fashion programs available for each degree type for all schools in New York
associate |
16 |
bachelor |
9 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 25 |
As the number of fashion professionals is decreasing in New York state, the number of students graduating from the 14 accredited fashion schools in New York state is increasing. In 2006 there were 1,546 fashion graduates from fashion courses in New York and in 2010 there were 2,890 graduates.
This represents a 87% increase in the number of fashion degree or certificate school graduates in New York state. Most of these graduates, or 64%, earned a associate's degree in fashion.