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Career Information for Industrial Designers in Michigan

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Fast Facts for Industrial Designers in Michigan

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Niles, Detroit, and Warren
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Holland, Grand Rapids, and Ann Arbor
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Warren, Detroit, and Grand Rapids

Salaries for Industrial Designers in Michigan

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Ann Arbor, Warren, and Grand Rapids. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Industrial Designers in Michigan are listed below.

Selected Industrial Design Schools in Michigan

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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The Art Institutes
Novi

The Art Institutes (AI) provides programs that stimulate the minds of its students with programs in design, the arts, game programming, culinary cuisine, and fashion.

  • Programs: Industrial Design, Visual Arts, Visual Communications
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor , Diploma

ITT Technical Institute
Canton, Troy

With over 100 campuses in 34 states nationwide and online programs offered as well, the ITT Technical Institutes may have a program that is convenient for you. ITT Tech is dedicated to teaching technology.

  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Industrial Designers in Michigan

AIU Online
Online

Students can complete their career-oriented degree entirely through web-based classes attended at the their convenience and from just about anywhere that has quality Internet access.

  • Programs: Visual Communication
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

More Michigan Industrial Design Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
College for Creative StudiesDetroitBachelor1,307
Cranbrook Academy of ArtBloomfield HillsMasters144
Ferris State UniversityBig RapidsDoctorate13,087
Gogebic Community CollegeIronwoodAssociate975
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazooAssociate11,113
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquetteMasters9,358
Spring Arbor UniversitySpring ArborMasters3,965
University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborDoctorate41,042
University of Michigan-FlintFlintDoctorate6,883
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazooDoctorate24,433

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Industrial Designers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Michigan. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Industrial Designers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Industrial Designers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

MICHIGAN

   
Niles120$63,3609.7
Detroit1,330 8.4
Warren2,110$76,8608.1
Ann Arbor240$77,1106.7
Grand Rapids490$63,7205.8
Holland50$60,2002.4
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