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Career Information for Interior Designers in Florida

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Fast Facts for Interior Designers in Florida

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Sebastian, Naples, and West Palm Beach
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Gainesville, Tampa, and Jacksonville
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Miami, West Palm Beach, and Orlando

Salaries for Interior Designers in Florida

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: West Palm Beach, Naples, and Orlando. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Interior Designers in Florida are listed below.

Selected Interior Design Schools in Florida

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
Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa

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: Interior Design, Interior Design & Foundation For Design, Interior Planning With AutoCAD, Kitchen And Bath Design, Residential Interiors, ...
  • Degrees/Course Work: Bachelor, Bachelor , Diploma, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

International Academy of Design and Technology
Orlando, Tampa

Career-oriented design, visual arts and communications curricula in about ten major U.S. metro areas. Flexible class schedules and online study are available for working students.

  • Programs: Interior Design, Visual Communication
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

American InterContinental University
Weston

Offers Graduate and Undergraduate degree programs in business, criminal justice, design and media arts, education, engineering and information technology. Located in five U.S. and two foreign sites

  • Programs: Business Administration - Visual Communication, Interior Design, Visual Communication
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor

Southwest Florida College
Fort Myers, Tampa

Choose from a long list of accredited programs that prepare students for successful and rewarding careers. Campuses in Tampa and Fort Myers.

  • Programs: Interior Design & Decorating
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

ITT Technical Institute
Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lake Mary, Miami, Tampa

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 Interior Designers in Florida

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
AIU OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online DivisionOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Berkeley College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Stratford Career InstituteOnlineDiplomaGet Info

More Florida Interior Design Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Florida International UniversityMiamiDoctorate & First Professional38,182
Florida State UniversityTallahasseeDoctorate & First Professional40,555
Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasotaBachelor1,199
University of FloridaGainesvilleDoctorate & First Professional51,725
University of MiamiCoral GablesDoctorate15,449

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Interior Designers

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

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

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Interior 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

FLORIDA

   
Sebastian70$38,3304.3
Naples170$53,5303.8
West Palm Beach550$54,3002.6
Miami990$49,0702.5
Fort Lauderdale460$48,4801.6
Cape Coral110$38,1901.4
Orlando510$52,8101.2
Jacksonville280$38,3301.2
Tampa470$43,8401
Gainesville40$40,2900.9
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