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Fashion Consulting Degree - Online and Campus Programs

Many fashion consulting training programs allow high school students to take certificate-level coursework and earn credits toward an associate's degree. Employers look for knowledge of textiles, fabrics, ornamentation, and trends. Fashion consultants work as: fashion designers for apparel manufacturers and wholesalers; accessory designers for notions merchants and department stores; or, stylists for advertising agencies, photographers, and public figures

How to Prepare for a Career in Fashion Consulting

If you want to pursue a fashion consulting degree, choose from:

Two-year, Associate of Applied Science degrees
Four-year, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, and
Graduate, Master of Professional Studies and Master of Arts degrees

Common fashion consulting degree concentrations include the following:

Fashion design
Accessories design
Marketing for fashion
Fabric styling
Textile development and marketing
Fashion merchandising management
Exhibition design

Fashion Consulting Salary and Job Outlook

Many bachelor's and master's fashion consulting degree programs offer study abroad options in Paris, Milan, Florence, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Most fashion consultants in the U.S. work in New York and California. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts almost no job growth for fashion designers and consultants through 2018. In 2008. 22,700 fashion consultants had jobs, and, in 2018, that number is expected to rise by only two hundred. The middle 50 percent of fashion designers and fashion consultants earned between $42,150 and $61,160. The top 10 percent earned about $124,000. Regardless of the route you take in your fashion consultant training, prepare for stiff competition. The more you understand about business in general, and fashion merchandising specifically, the better your chances for success.

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The Art Institutes

With an Art Institutes education, imagine what you could create.

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North Hollywood
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Fashion Design (BFA)
Fashion Design (AS)
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International Academy of Design and Technology

Start planning for your future at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Chicago.

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Sacramento

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Fashion Design and Merchandising

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Academy Of Art University

Academy of Art University, founded in 1929 by artists for artists, is the nation's largest accredited, private art and design university with over 18,000 students.

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San Francisco

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Penn Foster Career School

Advance your career with our affordable, self-paced, career-focused distance education programs.

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Online

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Dressmaking & Design
Jewelry Design and Repair

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Ashworth College

Earn your degree or diploma on your schedule and succeed at Ashworth College.

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Online

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Jewelry Design and Repair

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Jewelry & Watch Repair School of New England

Welcome to the Jewelry & Watch Repair School of New England! Here, you will turn your interest in jewelry, watches, and clocks into practical, real world experience in the jewelry repair, clock repair, and watch repair industries. Our correspondence courses allow you to study at home at a comfortable pace, while our video-guided lessons get you repairing watches, clocks, and jewelry right away.

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