Los Angeles, California has 14 design schools for you to consider if you are interested in pursuing a degree in design. Los Angeles has a general population of 3,694,820 and an overall student population of 193,223. Approximately 125,812 of Los Angeles's students are enrolled in schools that offer design programs.
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles is the largest design school in Los Angeles, based on student population. In 2010, approximately 411 students graduated from the Design program at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles.
In 2010, 1,603 students graduated with a design degree from one of Los Angeles's design schools. If you decide to join their ranks, you can expect to pay an average of $41,484 per year in tuition if you are eligible for instate tuition. Out of state tuition for all Los Angeles design schools was an average of $49,040 per year in 2009.
In addition to tuition costs, plan on spending an average of $1,533 for design related books and supplies each year. And if you live on campus, you will face an additional expense of $11,808 per year, on average, for room and board. If you live at home, you can cut this cost down to approximately $23,950.
If you plan on staying in Los Angeles after graduating from design school, you should know that job prospects for designers in Los Angeles, which is the most popular design profession, are not very good. In 2010, of the 40,500 designers in California, 9,290 were working in the greater Los Angeles area. The number of designers in Los Angeles is expected to increase by 7% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is the same as the projected nationwide trend for designers.
The average salary you can expect to earn as a designer in Los Angeles is $51,180 per year. This is higher than the state-wide average salary for designers.
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