The Phoenix area offers three primary educational opportunities for fashion students: The Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix College, and Arizona State University. For those seeking a traditional fashion marketing program, The Art Institute of Phoenix offers a bachelor's program that prepares graduates for retail, marketing, and merchandising jobs. Students seeking individual courses or a certificate or associate's degree will find several fashion-related options at Phoenix College. Arizona State University, located about 20 minutes away in nearby Tempe, offers a different focus with a bachelor's and master's program in fibers.
Through 2013, the outlook for fashion-related occupations in the Phoenix area is good with predicted job growth in most areas. For students and professionals seeking fashion design jobs in the Phoenix area, the growth outlook is good with a predicted 33.3% increase between 2003 and 2013, but the actual number of jobs is limited with just 52 fashion designer jobs predicted for 2013. However, with an average predicted growth of 20.5% and a predicted 12,684 jobs in 2013, merchandise display, textile, apparel, and furnishing, and tailor, dressmaking, and custom sewing jobs will offer more open positions than fashion design. Retail sales management will also provide many opportunities for fashion professionals with a ten-year predicted growth rate of 21.2% and over 23,000 jobs predicted for 2013.
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