Design Schools In New York

New York has 75 accredited design schools where design faculty who teach design classes can find employment. The trends in New York's design academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in design includes design training at the following levels:

Design Certificate
Associates degree in Design
Bachelors degree in Design
Masters degree in Design

Cities

Statistics

Professional Trends

New York Vs. National Design Employment

New York	41,440
National	370,320

Approximately 11% of the country's design professionals work in New York state.

Employment Growth for Design professionals In New York

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
42,940	43,300	45,910	43,450	41,440

Yellow: Actual Values

Design is a shrinking field in New York. There were 1,500 less design professionals working in New York in 2010, than there were in 2006. So, in four years, the number of design professionals has shrunk by 3%. This decline is slower than the change in the number of design professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of design professionals has shrunk by 8% from 2006 to 2010.

Design VS. All Professions salaries in New York

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$60,626	$63,155	$63,022	$65,822	$67,914
$47,100	$51,120	$53,567	$54,837	$56,461

Light Blue: Design
Dark Yellow: All Professions

As the number of design professionals is declining, the salaries paid to design professionals are increasing in New York. Design professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $60,626 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $67,914 in 2010.

Salary percentiles for Design professionals in New York

10th percentile	$33,048
25th percentile	$44,379
50th percentile	$62,921
75th percentile	$83,679
90th percentile	$104,437

Thus, design professionals' salaries grew by 11% in 4 years. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of design, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid design professionals earning 153% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in New York state.

Average Salaries for Design professionals and related professions in New York

Computer Animation	$66,340
Design	$67,914
Drafting	$54,720
Fashion Design	$81,990
Game Design	$89,695
Graphic Design	$57,510
Industrial Design	$62,620
Interior Design	$64,400
Visual Communications	$59,000
Web Design	$57,510

In New York, design professionals make, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.

Educational Trends

Design programs available for each degree type for all schools in New York

associate	67
bachelor	66
master	22
doctor	0
Certificate	14
Total	169

The number of students graduating from the 75 accredited design schools in New York is increasing. In 2006 there were 4,710 design graduates from design courses in New York and in 2010 there were 5,528 graduates.

There was an increase in the number of design school degree or certificate graduates in New York by 17%. Most of these graduates, or 40%, earned an associate's degree in design.

Design Faculty Salaries in New York

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